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Show 135 by fire. Plans were started to rebuild Saltair but the success of Lagoon delayed the rebuilding. Between 1925 and 1929 several smaller enterprises stepped in to fill the void. In 1929, when Saltair reopened, people preferred the newer and smaller beach resorts and Saltair floundered until it closed again in 1958. In 1934, Sunset Beach Resort was established and Black Rock Beach was reopened. Both were successful for a time. Several attempts have been made to reopen the Saltair Resort. In 1959, the resort became the property of the Utah Parks and Recreation Commission, and they in turn relinquished it to the Board of Examiners in 1960. In 1965, Dr. Thomas C. Adams, then Commodore of the Salt Lake Yacht Club, founded the Citizens League for the Protection, Planning and Development of the Great Salt Lake, and an elaborate plan for the reconstruction of Saltair was devised. It met with little success, and in 1966, Saltair became the property of the Utah State Legislature. In 1962, Silver Sands Beach was established about a mile east of Sunset Beach and it is still in operation today. By 1967, all of the old resort sites were abandoned and the standing buildings boarded shut. Development of beach resorts reached its zenith at the turn of the century, and as the water level of the Great Salt Lake retreated, so did the people. Today, only Silver Sands Beach and Lagoon remain in operation. Boating The earliest boating on the Great Salt Lake was probably done by Indians. In 1824, Jim Bridger became the first white man to travel the Lake in a boat. In 1826, another famous mountain man, James Clyman, was the first white man to circumnavigate the Lake. Captain John C. Fremont |
