Division of State History http://history.utah.org
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tahns love their history. They spend thousands of hours reading state and local history, searching for ancestors, researching community history, collecting artifacts, and restoring historic buildings. The Division of State History, founded over 100 years ago as the Utah State Historical Society, is the state “authority of history.” The division helps citizens understand, appreciate, and preserve Utah’s unique story through its many programs.
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The History Information Center provided reference services to more than 8,000 researchers, assisting them with research for everything from family history to scholarly publications. Division collections are now available on the Internet via an online collections catalog. Researchers may also access the online catalog in the History Information Center on one of three new public computers.
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The division responds to nearly 10,000 students from around the country with requests for Utah history information, including requests that come to the Utah Travel Council. Students receive material and directions to our newly developed kids’ Web page (http://history.utah.org/ ForKids/forkids.html).
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The Historical Society answered 9,308 student requests for information on Utah history during fiscal year 2000. The requests came from elementary-school students writing reports on the state of Utah.
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Patrons doing research in the Utah History Information Center: 7,734
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Visitors at the exhibit, Utah at the Crossroads: 68,652
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School tours: 68 (3,103 students)
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Students from Outreach: 1,821
Community Partnerships The Office of Preservation continues its partnerships with Certified Local Governments, statewide archaeological societies and heritage areas. The heritage area/corridor development made significant progress in fiscal year 2000. The Heritage Highway organization promoted Highway 89. The Bear River Heritage Area is being organized. Federal designation for the San Rafael Swell and the Ogden Heritage areas is before Congress. The state is contemplating an official heritage area designation for
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