by JRobins | Sep 8, 2023 | Bicentennial Art
Circumnavigation of the Great Salt Lake 1976 Exhibit BrochureIn 1826 James Clyman, Louis Vasquez, Henry Fraeb and Black Harris made the first 300-mile circumnavigation of the Great Salt Lake in two buffalo hide bull boats. 2023 Exhibit GuideCircumnavigating the Great...
by JRobins | Sep 8, 2023 | Bicentennial Art
The City of Corinne 1976 Exhibition BrochureIn 1871 the “City of Corrine,” a 130-foot paddle-wheeler steamer, was launched into the Great Salt Lake at Corrine, Utah. It carried ore and passengers across the Great Salt Lake for approximately 15 years. 2023 Exhibit...
by JRobins | Sep 8, 2023 | Bicentennial Art
Echo Canyon Fortifications 1976 Exhibit BrochureIn 1875 the Mormon Militia Men built rock fortification on top of the cliffs in Echo Canyon to assist in the defense against Johnston’s army. 2023 Exhibit GuideIn response to reports about the Utah settlers’...
by JRobins | Sep 8, 2023 | Bicentennial Art
Encounter at Mountain Green 1976 Exhibit BrochureIn 1825, Peter Skene Ogden and his Hudson Bay Brigade encountered American trappers at Mountain Green in Weber Canyon. The Americans asserted that Ogden was encroaching on American territory and that his trappers were...
by JRobins | Sep 8, 2023 | Bicentennial Art
Evacuation of Ogden 1976 Exhibit BrochureIn the spring of 1858, the residents of Ogden evacuated their city with every intention of destroying all that had been built in a decade of settlement if Johnston’s Army should prove to be another persecutor. 2023 Exhibit...
by JRobins | Sep 8, 2023 | Bicentennial Art
Fort Buenaventura 1976 Exhibit BrochureFort Buenaventura was built in 1845 by Miles Goodyear, Utah’s first permanent white citizen, just east of the Weber River on a site located approximately 100 yards northeast of a large sand mound lying almost directly west of the...
