R. L. Polk & Co.'s Salt Lake City (Salt Lake County, Utah) City Directory 1940: including Garfield, Magna, Midvale, Murray, Sandy and all suburbs. Containing an alphabetical directory of business concerns and private citizens, a directory of householders, occupants of office buildings and other business places, including a complete street and avenue guide and much information of a miscellaneous character; also a buyers' guide and a complete classified business directory

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14 H I ST O RI C FA CT S 9 f e °f Lak® V f 'rS+ visI+ ed b y whit e men, Et ienne Provo st , Jim Bnd g er, Jed ed iah S. Sm ith and some fu r t rap p ers o f the Am erican Fur Co m p an y, in 1825. p 1 T h ,e I Sa,J LakQ eH 2 children 48 ,S a l + was r a r Ju ly 24, 1847, b y Brigham Young and a M° rm0n Plo neers' including 143 men, 3 women, and The unique "M o rm o n" Tem p le was begun in 1853 and was co m ­ p let ed f o rt y years lat er in 1893. It is m ade o f nat ive Ut ah g ranit e hauled trom Lit t le Co t t o n w o o d Can yo n , the f irst 2 0 years b y ox t eam , and the seco nd 2 0 years b y railro ad . The building is I 8 6 V2 f eet long, 210 f eet high and co vers an area o f 21,850 sq uare f eet . The g ranit e walls o f the Tem ple are 16 f e et t h ick at the base and 8 f eet t hick at the t o p . The st at ue o f the An g el M o roni, which to ps the hig hest sp ire o f the Tem ple is m ade o f ham m ered bronze and is co vered wit h pure gold leaf. The arch i­ t ect u re o f the Tem p le is as unusual as can be found any p lace on eart h . I .p™ ,6 g reat dom ed! Tab ern acle was begun in 1863 and co m p let ed II I H i + 1 ° n<C ?f +he mos+. un'que building s in the world from the s and p o int o f arch it ect u re. It is 250 f eet long, 80 f eet hig h, and 150 ■ ■ ■ ar eun ad e f 6atS aboU+ 8.000 p eo p le. The wooden beam s and |oists o f the Tab ern acle w ere p u t t o g et h er with wooden pegs and co whid e thongs. The ro o f is sup p o rt ed only b y the 44 butt resses which surround the b uild ing . The b alco ny st and s ap art from the walls. Because o t the shape o f the building and the ab sence o f m et allic sub stances, the aco ust ic p ro p ert ies o f the Tab ern acle are m arvelo us. A pin d ro p p ed at the fro n t o f the aud it o rium , o r fust the rubbing o f the hands t o g et her, can be heard d ist in ct ly at the ext rem e rear o f t h e build ing . I H H °,r<3a" was b uilt b y Utah art isans and was m ade alm ost ent irely b y hand M any ad d it io ns have been m ade t o the orig inal instruB h h B O nP,w: fully elect rified , it is one o f the m ig ht iest organs in the world. W o rld - fam ed m usicians and aco ust ical engineers claim the g reat lab ern acle organ t o have the rich est and sw eet est tones o f any organ irv the w o rld . The org an has 6 ,8 6 8 p ip es, includ ing the " ech o " ' o rg an Ihese p ip es range in length fro m five- eig ht hs o f an inch to 32 f eet . Free org an recit als are given d aily excep t Sund ay, at noon. The Un iversit y o f Utah was fo und ed as the Universit y o f Deseret less than t hree years af t er the p io neers set t led Salt Lake C i t y It is the o ld est Un iversit y west o f the M issouri River and was fo und ed Feb ru- f* ary 28, 1850. . 1 The f irst m onument t o b ird life in the world is the Seagull M onum ent in the Tem p le Sq uare which was b uilt b y the "M o rm o n s." The seagulls d est ro yed a hord e o f cricket s which t hreat ened t o ruin the p io neers’ cro p s. r , The Utah St at e Cap it o l was b u ilt at a co st o f $2,750,000. The d om e o f the building is m ade o f Utah co p p er and the* walls o f nat ive Utah g ranit e The int erio r o f the building is furnished with m atched Geo rg ia m arble and Utah o nyx. The furnit ure o f the Go vern o r's recep ­ tion cham b er is t rim m ed with Utah gold and silver. The rugs and d rap es are hand m ad e.