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Traveler’s Utah Journey Reveals Salt Lake City Firelight
The account details a train trip from Denver to Salt Lake City with stops in Cheyenne and Ogden. It notes the contrast of rugged Wyoming desolation and Utah’s modern cityscape, the Temple district glow, and a tour plan including the Grand Tetons and Mormon sites. A Kansas City to Kanab segment adds a Grand Canyon description.
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Salt Lake City
Brigham Young
Joseph Smith
Utah
Echo Canyon
Wyoming
Denver
Cheyenne
Wyo
City of
St. Louis
Los Angeles
Union Pacific
Sherman Pass
Hermosa Tunnel
Continental Divide
Laramie
Medicine Row
Rock Springs
Green River
Aspen
Evanston
McConnell’s Mill Gorge
Devil's Slide
Weber Canyon
Ogden
Great Salt Lake
Temple
Monument and Burial Ground
Lion House
Eagle Gate
Capitol
University of Utah
Fort Douglas
Jackson Lake
Grand Tetons
Colorado Springs
Pike’s Peak