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Show X IN T R O D U C T I O N (P h o to C o u r te s y S a lt L a k e A r e a C h a m b er O f C o m m e r c e ) W h a te v e r y o u r fa n c y , w h a t e v e r y o u r v a c a t io n d r e a m , y o u ’l l fin d i t ’s f u lf ille d in a m p le m e a s u r e in t h is w o n d e r f u l c i t y w h ic h l i e s b e n e a th s h e l t e r in g p e a k s o f th e W a s a tc h R a n ge» H e r e y o u ’l l fin d a m o d e r n c it y , w a r m a n d a l i v e , y e t s t e e p e d in h is t o r y a n d tr a d it io n . H e r e y o u ’l l fin d a w o n d e r fu l o u td o o r w o r ld o f su n a n d tu m b lin g s t r e a m s . B u t p e r h a p s m o s t im p o r ta n t, y o u ’l l fin d a la n d w h e r e y o u c a n r e la x , a n d do j u s t a s y o u ’d l i k e . E x p lo r e a m o u n ta in t r a il , o r s n a g a f ig h t e r in f a s t w a t e r . E n jo y fo o d p r e p a r e d by m a s t e r s o f th e c u lin a r y a r t , o r p ic n ic in a c o o l c a n y o n . D i s c o v e r h is t o r y , a n d s e e th e r e l i c s o f a r u g g e d p io n e e r p a s t . S w a t a g o lf b a ll o r su n b e s i d e a s p a r k lin g p o o l. L e t y o u r s e l f g o — unw ind —in a n a tm o s p h e r e o f e a s e a n d c o n te n tm e n t, w h e r e th e p e o p le a r e f r ie n d ly . C o m e w ith u s n o w —l e t u s sh o w y o u w h e r e th e liv in g i s —in S a lt L a k e C ity . SALT LAKE CITY is lo c a te d n e a rly on the 41st d e g re e n o rth la titu d e , and c o rre s p o n d s to New Y ork C ity, M ad rid , N ap les, Istan b u l and P e ip in g . T he ele v a tio n of S alt L ake C ity a t T em p le S q u are is 4,330.35 (U .S.G .S.) fe e t above s e a le v e l. S alt L ake C ity ’s c lim a te is m ild . The p re c ip ita tio n a v e ra g e is 14.7 in c h e s, and the m e a n annual te m p e r a tu r e is 50.9 d e g re e s F . The A re a of S alt L ake C ity is 55 s q u a re m ile s . T he city is la id o u t to a c o n s id e ra b le e x ten t in s q u a re b lo ck s of te n a c r e s each . T he p rin c ip a l s tr e e ts a r e 132 fe e t w ide. CUSTOMS PO R T ESTA B LISH ED —A fu ll s e r v ic e c u sto m s fa c ility w a s e s ta b lis h e d in S alt L ake C ity A p ril 1, 1969. A fte r a fu ll y e a r of o p e ra tio n , the fa c ility m o re th an doubled its ex p ected grow th r a te . SNOWBIRD—W ork is being co m p leted on the f i r s t p h ase of an o v e r a ll r e c r e a tio n a l and r e s id e n tia l c o m m u n ity u n d e r planning f o r fo u r y e a r s . A 50 u n it condom inium is due f o r co m p letio n by N o v em b er, 1971,iand a n tic ip a te s th e c o n s tru c tio n of an a e r ia l tr a m and sk i lifts . SALT P A L A C E —$17 M illion convention c e n te r opened its d o o rs Ju ly , 1969, and h a s b een the c a ta ly s t needed fo r th e a c c e le r a te d econom ic g row th of the a r e a .. UTAH STA RS—P r o f e s s io n a l b a s k e tb a ll h a s com e to S alt L ake C ity, and th e S alt P a la c e w ith atte n d a n c e s u r p a s s in g a ll e x p e c ta tio n s. GOLDEN E A G LES—P r o f e s s io n a l hockey te a m also c a lls th e S alt P a la c e hom e. New to th e a r e a , hockey c o n tin u e s to a ttr a c t tre m e n d o u s c ro w d s. H is to r ic F a c ts The s ite of S alt L ake C ity w as f i r s t v is ite d by w hite m en , E tien n e P ro v o t, J im B rid g e r, Je d e d ia h S. Sm ith, and so m e f u r - tr a p p e r s o f the A m e ric a n F u r C o., in 1824. S alt L ake C ity w as founded Ju ly 24, 1847, by B rig h am Young and a p a rty of 148 “ M orm on P io n e e r s ,“ in cluding 143 m en , th r e e w om en and two c h ild re n . T he unique M orm on T e m p le w as begun in 1853, and w as co m p leted fo rty y e a r s la te r , in 1893. It is m ade of n ativ e U tah g ra n ite h au led fro m L ittle C ottonw ood C anyon, the f i r s t 20 y e a r s by ox te a m , and th e second 20 y e a r s by r a ilr o a d . T he build in g is 1 8 6 | fe e t long and 210 fe e t high, and c o v e rs an a r e a of 21,850 s q u a re fe e t. T he g ra n ite w a lls of th e T e m p le a r e 9 fe e t th ick a t the b a s e , and s ix fe e t th ick at th e top. T he foundation is 16 fe e t w ide, and 16 fe e t deep. T he s ta tu e of th e A ngel M oroni, w hich to p s the h ig h e st s p ir e of the T e m p le , is m ad e of h a m m e re d c o p p e r c o v e re d w ith gold le a f. |
