Tune in for a two-minute look at some of the most pivotal — and peculiar — events in Utah history! With all of the history and none of the dust, the Beehive Archive is a fun way to catch up on Utah’s past.
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Alisa Ivory Smith interviews inspiring female entrepreneurs around the world...
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In this podiobook: Every one of us is engaged in a quest in this life. The quest is why we get up early in the mornings or very late at night and leave the safety of our homes and families. We venture out into a world where the rules are different then the rules we grew up with. We find that the rules are different than the ones we were taught in school. We get into our cars. We hail taxi cabs. We walk in the rain. We take trains and buses. We navigate security lines at crowded airports. In ...
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The Jeffersonian Ideal: A Misfit for Utah
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When the United States was was created in the late 1700s, Thomas Jefferson had a vision of a nation built by individual family farmers. Here in Utah – we love farmers. But did we really live up to Jefferson’s ideal?بقلم Utah Humanities
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Motels dotted Utah’s highways throughout the twentieth century, beckoning motorists to pull off the road and spend their tourist dollars in rural towns. Now that hotel chains dominate accommodation options, what happened to these locally owned motels?بقلم Utah Humanities
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Did you know that Utah is haunted? Our state has an estimated one hundred ghost towns. While reasons for their abandonment vary, ghost towns throughout rural Utah have one thing in common: our desire to idealize a lost past and try to connect to it in real time.بقلم Utah Humanities
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During World War II, a city of more than 8,000 people rose out of Utah's desert for three years, and then returned to dust. Find out more, after this.بقلم Utah Humanities
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The rural Utah town of Orderville was once a communal utopia – until a single pair of pants scandalized the whole settlement.بقلم Utah Humanities
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Swaner: The Nature Preserve at the Center of Change
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This week learn about one family who made it their mission to preserve nature in the heart of a growing city – and they succeeded!بقلم Utah Humanities
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Before food blogs and Pinterest, Utah women shared their best recipes in community cookbooks. More than just recipes, these books kept rural foodways and food culture alive.بقلم Utah Humanities
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Carbon College and Utah’s Educational Revolt
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Back in the 1950s, Utah’s budget-slashing governor J. Bracken Lee wanted to close the first institution of higher education in eastern Utah – which he actually helped establish! But Utahns balked at his plan and stopped it.بقلم Utah Humanities
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“The Most Noble Subject:” Utah’s Landscape Inspires Artists
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Nineteenth-century painters used Utah’s impressive landscape to promote an awe-inspiring vision of the American West through their art.بقلم Utah Humanities
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Putting the Carbon in Carbon County: Divergent Identities Lead to Divorce
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The creation of Carbon County in 1894 resulted from a rift between Mormon agriculturalists and non-Mormon miners, and illustrates the struggle over identity in rural Utah.بقلم Utah Humanities
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Orchards to Steel: The Transformation of Utah Valley
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Today, Utah Valley is known for its rapid development and urban growth. But the valley just east of Utah Lake used to be farmland and orchards. Find out how wartime transformation brought prosperity to this region -- but also irrevocable change.بقلم Utah Humanities
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Welcome to Main Street: Helper Commercial District
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Every rural Utah town has their own special Main Street. In Carbon County, Helper’s main street tells a rich historic story about change and continuity in its unique community.بقلم Utah Humanities
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Artists have long idealized labor and land in the American West. But what motivates an artist to paint a haystack? The answer may surprise you.بقلم Utah Humanities
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Segregation, Racial Violence, and the Klan in Rural Utah
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African Americans living and traveling through Utah in the early twentieth century had to delicately navigate the increasing power of the Ku Klux Klan, which contributed to an acceptance of racially-motivated violence.بقلم Utah Humanities
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She’s big, pink, and has long beautiful eyelashes. Learn more about this unique rural Utah icon.بقلم Utah Humanities
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American mink are cousins to otters and ferrets, and their fur is exceptionally soft and dense. While times have changed, mink furs raised on rural Utah farms were once the height of luxury fashion.بقلم Utah Humanities
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Throughout the holiday season, Utahns celebrate by trimming trees, drinking hot chocolate, skiing, and... bird watching? Yep, they do! Learn more about this longstanding Christmas tradition.بقلم Utah Humanities
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The Meeker Incident: Allotment & Dispossession of Ute Land
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A federal agent in Colorado tried to force a band of Utes to take up farming. This would come to impact not just Utes in Utah, but national Indian policy.بقلم Utah Humanities
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Sundance: How Hollywood Changed Rural Utah
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The natural beauty and recreational opportunities offered by the Wasatch Range have long brought people seeking an enhanced quality of life. But how did the arrival of Hollywood change the culture and economy of this corner of Utah?بقلم Utah Humanities
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Midway’s Swiss Party for their Rural Community
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On the east side of the Wasatch Mountains, you can find a little slice of Switzerland right here in Utah. Learn more about Midway’s Swiss Days celebration.بقلم Utah Humanities
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Dancing for Good: Community Aid in Rural Utah
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In rural Utah, social dances were important events that brought townsfolk together, not only for fun, but to support each other and their community.بقلم Utah Humanities
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Turkeys: Industrial Change Makes it Everyone’s Bird
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This Thanksgiving, you might enjoy a meal that includes a roasted turkey. What are the chances it was born and raised here in Utah?بقلم Utah Humanities
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Driven to Read: Bookmobiles Bring Libraries to Rural Utah
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Most city dwellers live close enough to a public library to visit regularly. But for many readers in rural Utah, the library must visit them! Learn more about Utah’s history of libraries on wheels.بقلم Utah Humanities
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“Rich Diggins in Our Immediate Vicinity:” Brigham Young vs. Patrick Connor
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Conflict between Brigham Young and US Army Colonel Patrick Connor personified the tension between mining versus agriculture as suitable ways of life in the Utah Territory. But the reality was not quite as stark as either man made it out to be.بقلم Utah Humanities
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Hailing from opposite sides of the Atlantic, Harry and Matt share the unique story of how they came together to create a sound that transcends borders. The Backfires, a band that originated in London but now calls New York City home, are making waves with their distinctive blend of musical influences.In this candid conversation, we'll delve into th…
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When Congress passed the Desert Land Act in 1877, the intention was to improve the prospects of individual family farmers homesteading in the arid West. But what actually happened was far different.بقلم Utah Humanities
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The Death Hollow Trail: Delivering Mail by Mule to Boulder
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Today, our mail is delivered in large trucks and often takes just a day or two to reach its final destination. But for one Utah town, mail was delivered by mule well into the twentieth century.بقلم Utah Humanities
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Putting a Face on Poverty: Dorthea Lange in Utah
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Famous photographer Dorthea Lange captured the heartbreaking struggles and resiliency of rural Utah during the Great Depression. Find out more about Lange and her extraordinary photographs.بقلم Utah Humanities
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Fistfight Between Old & New: The 1971 Park City “Riot”
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Tensions between the old and new are not new to rural Utahns – but in 1970s Park City, these tensions erupted into an actual brawl between two seemingly opposite groups: hippies and miners.بقلم Utah Humanities
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Industry in rural towns often relies on the markets of larger cities. But, such reliance means that rural communities may be vulnerable to shifts in public policy and opinion that impact long-standing ways of life.بقلم Utah Humanities
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Utah Downwinders: Rural Activists for a Post-Atomic World
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Atomic testing in the nearby Nevada desert had devastating effects on rural Utah communities, but activists calling themselves "Downwinders" banded together to demand action from the federal government.بقلم Utah Humanities
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If you visit Lagoon Amusement Park, you may stumble across a modest stone building in the park’s Pioneer Village that used to be Coalville’s old Rock School House. In the late 1800s, this small structure supported a thriving rural community in Summit County.بقلم Utah Humanities
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Hailing from the mountainous border region between Spain and France, Basques are a tightly-knit and proud ethnic group. Find out how Basque immigrants to the Intermountain West maintained their identity, community, and traditions so far from home.بقلم Utah Humanities
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Every rural person and place has a story. Change is part of that story. While many Utahns identify with rural landscapes, work, and culture, the very idea of "rural" is changing today.بقلم Utah Humanities
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Sun Tunnels, an art installation by Nancy Holt, has become a unique part of Utah’s heritage.بقلم Utah Humanities
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You call, you text, you surf the net. You spend countless hours on your phone. Learn how the telephone transformed Utah’s remote Uinta Basin.بقلم Utah Humanities
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Erased History: Chinese Workers in Park City
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Barred from lucrative work and hounded by local residents, it took years of discrimination against Chinese workers to erase their contributions to Park City.بقلم Utah Humanities
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The depth, the dark, and the dangers inherent in coal mining created a uniquely hazardous work environment for miners in Utah at the turn of the twentieth century.بقلم Utah Humanities
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Hill Air Force Base is Utah’s sixth largest employer and military spending creates over $9 billion in economic activity for the State. Learn about the historic roots of Utah’s “Military Industrial Complex.”بقلم Utah Humanities
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A military hospital in Brigham City helped wounded soldiers and transformed the community during World War II.بقلم Utah Humanities
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Wings flashing in the sunlight, raucous calls filling the air, and tons of bird excrement coating the rocks. Learn about guano gathering out on the Great Salt Lake.بقلم Utah Humanities
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Miner’s Angel: Mother Jones and the Carbon County Coal Strike
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When she came to Utah to support striking coal miners, the Deseret News described her as a “vulgar, heartless, and vicious creature.” Learn about the “Miner’s Angel,” labor organizer “Mother” Jones.بقلم Utah Humanities
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Provo Woolen Mills: Industry Comes to Utah
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Learn about the Provo Woolen Mills, the first large factory built in Utah.بقلم Utah Humanities
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"One Vast Contiguity of Waste": Ute Relocation to the Uinta Basin
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Learn about the forced relocation of Ute people from lush central Utah to the remote Uinta Basin.بقلم Utah Humanities
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Utah’s interurban railroads were the predecessors of light rail in Utah.بقلم Utah Humanities
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Thousands of Japanese Americans were forced into exile in the Utah desert during World War II.بقلم Utah Humanities
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Utopian Dreams: Russian Pioneers in Park Valley
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A group of Russian pioneers sought a place to build their religious colony far from cities and government interference. Where else would they come but Utah?بقلم Utah Humanities
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Harry's Dream: Beaver Mountain Ski Resort
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Like many Utahns, Harold Seeholzer loved snow and skiing. But how did his enthusiasm for outdoor recreation turn into one of Cache Valley’s most notable ski resorts?بقلم Utah Humanities
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The voyage of Hawaiian Islanders to the windswept desert of Skull Valley could only have happened in Utah.بقلم Utah Humanities
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Citizen Activists Derail MX Missile System
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A grassroots movement of Utah citizens helped derail government plans to base the MX Missile System in Utah’s Great Basin.بقلم Utah Humanities
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