1974 Salt Lake City Suburban (Salt Lake County, Utah) Directory: including: Draper, Granger, Holladay, Hunter, Kearns, Magna, Midvale, Murray, Riverton, Sandy, South Jordan, Taylorsville, Union, West Jordan and White City

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IN T RO D U C TIO N XV th r o u g h S an d y. T h e y u s e d e ig h t y o k e s o f o x e n o n th e p lo w to m a k e th e d itc h . T o d a y t h is s a m e d itc h i s u s e d b y th e sa n d y ir r i g a t i o n c o m p a n y . A c r o s s th e V a lle y , C a p ta in C o n n o r h ad fo u n d th e G r e a t B in g h a m C o p p e r M in e s an d s e n t s o l d i e r s t o e x p lo r e f o r m o r e w e a lth , t h e s e s o l d i e r s fo u n d O r e in A lt a a n d b e g a n w o r k o n th e E m m a S i l v e r M in e s . Sa n d y n o lo n g e r a q u ie t l i t t l e f a r m in g v i l l a g e , bu t a b o o m in g m in in g to w n . P e o p le r u s h e d to Sa n d y fr o m a l l o v e r , f r o m E n g la n d , W a le s and S w e d e n to w o r k in th e M ills a n d s m e l t e r s th a t w e r e b u ilt . T h e r e w e r e t h r e e s m e l t e r s in e a r l y S and y, T h e S a tu r n , th e F l a g s t a f f a n d th e M in g o . T h e b e s t k n ow n o f th e t h r e e “ O ld M in g o .“ T h is s m e l t e r c o n tin u e d t o ru n u n til 1 8 8 9 . T h e b ig m in e s a n d m i l l s b r o u g h t a l l k in d s o f p e o p le to Sa n d y, now a ro u g h to u g h , w e s t e r n m in in g to w n . S a lo o n s w e r e b u ilt w h e r e th e p e o p le sp en t th e ir pay. In 1871 B r ig h a m Y o u n g ha d b u ilt a r a ilr o a d to g e t th e b ig b lo c k s o f g r a n it e f o r th e L D S T e m p le . S an d y w a s s e l e c t e d a s th e s p o t w h e r e th e r a ilr o a d w a s t o b e b u ilt . It w a s c l o s e t o L it t le C o tto n w o o d C a n y o n and th e r o c k c o u ld b e h a u le d d o w n h ill to t h is r a ilr o a d . B y 187 2 t h e r e w a s a b r a n c h r a ilr o a d w ith a s t e a m r o a d e n g in e h a u lin g t o Sa n d y, w a s in c h a r g e o f t h i s r a ilr o a d . In 1 8 7 2 - 7 3 a n o th e r im p o r ta n t r a ilr o a d w a s b u ilt . It w a s th e W a s a tc h an d J o r d a n V a l l e y R a ilr o a d . S t ill a n o th e r t o B in g h a m s o th e o r e f r o m B in g h a m c o u ld b e a s s a y e d a n d s m e l t e d a t S a n d y . Sa n d y w a s th e ju n c tio n o f a l l t h e s e m in in g to w n r a i l r o a d s . T h e “ B ig E m m a ” v e i n r a n o u t. In 1900 o n e b y o n e th e B ig C o tto n w o o d m in e s c l o s e d , t o o . So S a n d y no lo n g e r n e e d e d s m e l t e r s a n d m i l l s . Sa n d y w a s l e f t w ith o u t in d u s t r y A s Q u ic k ly a s g r e w s m a l l a g a in . T h e p e o p le w h o r e m a in e d h e r e w e r e t h o s e w h o had c o m e t o S an d y a s h o m e s t e a d e r s a n d f o r t h e i r r e l i g i o n . S u r r o u n d in g th e to w n a r e f r u it a n d b e r r y f a r m s , f i e l d s o f a lf a lf a , w h e a t a n d s u g a r b e e ts. G a te w a y t o F a b u lo u s A lt a th e S lo g a n o f S an d y C ity , th e o ld A lt a m in in g to w n i s now t h e fa b u lo u s A lt a S k i r e s o r t . P e o p le f r o m a l l o v e r th e w o r ld t r a v e l t o S k i “ A lt a . * J u s t a s fa m o u s f o r t h o s e w h o e n jo y Sky d iv in g i s th e A lt a A i r P a r k , w h ic h o f f e r s A i r C r a ft r e n ta l, fly in g l e s s o n s , c h a r t e r , s i g h t s e e i n g a n d s k y d iv in g , a l s o m a in te n a n c e , r e p a ir a n d e q u ip m e n t r e n t a l. O p en f iv e d a y s a w e e k d u r in g th e w in t e r m o n th s a n d s i x d a y s d u r in g th e s u m m e r .