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Utah Stories from the Beehive Archive

Utah Humanities

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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3:29

Sagebrush Rebellion in Grand County

Utah Stories from the Beehive Archive ·

2024/09/16

When local officials in southern Utah's Grand County declared independence from the federal Bureau of Land Management in 1980, they took rhetoric of small government and individual freedom to a whole new level.

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3:17

Wastelanding

Utah Stories from the Beehive Archive ·

2024/09/09

When you think of Utah's desert lands, do you picture a pristine wilderness or an arid waste? How we treat this landscape depends on the value that we assign to it.

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3:19

Brigham City Peach Days

Utah Stories from the Beehive Archive ·

2024/09/02

Every autumn, large crowds descend on the small rural town of Brigham City for "Peach Days." It's the oldest harvest festival in Utah. And it all started with a one dollar investment in peach pits back in 1855.

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3:35

Utah Rejects the White Elephant

Utah Stories from the Beehive Archive ·

2024/08/26

The United States federal government controls about 65% of land in Utah. The goal of maintaining these lands for public use tends to polarize Utahns. But there was a time when Utah leaders were not averse to federal regulation of public lands. (Wait...what?)

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3:24

The Canyonlands Controversy

Utah Stories from the Beehive Archive ·

2024/08/19

Canyonlands is more than just Utah’s third national park. Its designation in 1964 occurred after a fight over who exactly public lands are meant for.

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3:39

Town That Drowned: The Rockport Reservoir Tradeoff

Utah Stories from the Beehive Archive ·

2024/08/12

If you could provide drinking water for thousands of people by displacing twenty-seven farming families, would you do it? Utah leaders faced this very dilemma in the 1950s. Find out what they decided

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3:39

Women Hold the Line in Carbon County

Utah Stories from the Beehive Archive ·

2024/08/05

When Carbon County coal miners from the National Miners Union went on strike in 1933, their wives, sisters, and daughters were right there beside them. These women proved to be formidable adversaries in the fight for workers’ rights.

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3:47

The Last Brothel in Utah

Utah Stories from the Beehive Archive ·

2024/07/29

Urban spaces in twentieth century Utah are known for their vice -- gambling, prostitution and more. But did you know the last brothel to close in Utah was actually in a rural town?

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3:32

Utah’s Green Book

Utah Stories from the Beehive Archive ·

2024/07/22

In the 1940s, new roads, affordable cars, and an interest in national parks meant that more Americans were packing up their vehicles and hitting the open road. For Black travelers driving through rural areas of Utah, the Green Book was a vital resource for getting around safely.

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3:17

Ghost Towns: Dewey

Utah Stories from the Beehive Archive ·

2024/07/15

There are only three roads in Utah that bridge the Colorado River, and only a handful of crossings. The ghost town of Dewey is one of those places and early settlers of the region made good use of this crossing.

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3:29

Ghost Towns: Cisco

Utah Stories from the Beehive Archive ·

2024/07/08

A former railroad and ranching hub, the tiny settlement of Cisco became a ghost town after highway travel through the remote area was rerouted. But is Cisco still a ghost town today?

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3:40

Ghost Towns: Sego, a Coal Town with a Colorful Past

Utah Stories from the Beehive Archive ·

2024/07/01

Down a bumpy canyon road in the Book Cliffs of southeastern Utah, curious travelers can find the ghost town of Sego. Named for Utah’s state flower, it’s a dusty coal town with a colorful past.

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3:32

Utah's Gay Rodeo

Utah Stories from the Beehive Archive ·

2024/06/21

Saddles, denim, country music, and… drag queens? It’s an unexpected combination but an important one for community and belonging in queer rural Utah.

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3:40

Rural to Rockets: Box Elder County Takes Off

Utah Stories from the Beehive Archive ·

2024/06/17

So, you are a giant aerospace company and you want to build a rocket plant: what do you look for? This week, learn how one Utah town met all the requirements to become a center for the US rocket industry and how that decision forever changed its future.

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3:32

In This Little Town of Ours, We Have a Literary Club

Utah Stories from the Beehive Archive ·

2024/06/10

In 1928, a women’s club in Moab adopted an official song that crowed: “In this little town of ours, we have a literary club, and we derive from it everything good, it helps the town and public in numerous ways.” Learn more about these women and their service.

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3:28

Ogden Union Stockyards

Utah Stories from the Beehive Archive ·

2024/06/03

Do you know where your food comes from? Utahns once depended on local butchers for fresh meat. But, in the early 1900s business boomed for the Ogden Union Stockyards, signaling a shift in how and where Utahns purchased their food.

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West Desert Wasteland: Pollution and Sovereignty in...

Utah Stories from the Beehive Archive ·

2024/05/27

Just around 45 miles west of Salt Lake City is a vast landscape shrouded in mystery and controversy. It’s also a holding place for some of the US military’s deadliest materials.

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Utah’s Potato Growing Clubs

Utah Stories from the Beehive Archive ·

2024/05/20

Potato growing clubs became all the rage in the early 20th century as interest in a formal agricultural education grew.

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The Militarized West

Utah Stories from the Beehive Archive ·

2024/05/15

World War II and the Cold War brought the military to much of rural Utah, transforming those places in the process. The economic boost that followed was long-lasting in some communities, but devastatingly short-lived in others.

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3:18

The Mountain Man: a Romanticized Symbol

Utah Stories from the Beehive Archive ·

2024/05/06

Rugged individualism is practically synonymous with the American West, and mountain men are the embodiment of that ideal. But the ideal tends to mask the real significance – and legacy – of mountain men in Utah.

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