THE HISTORY BLAZER SEI1'S OF LTA H'S PAST FROM THE
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May 1995 Blazer Contents The Sun D m e Opera Wowed Audiences in Utah and New York Strawberry Valley Was Utah's First Federal Reclamation Project A Presbyterian Minister Won the Hearts of Panguitch Residents
Minstrel Shows Proved Very Popular in 19th-Century Utah ColorEul Sam Gilson Did Much More Than Promote Gilsonite The Utah National Guard and the Battle of the Cow Just Who Was the Outlaw Queen Etta Place?
"WoodDances" Became Annual Events in Some Rural Towns A Bit of Polynesia Remains in the Salt Desert Transcontinental Telephone Service Began in 1914, But Who Remembers? Why the Towns of Thurber and Grayson Changed Their Names When the Wolves Seemed to Be Taking Over Randolph, Utah 1883 Blaze Spurred Craion of Salt Lake City's Professional Fire Department The Wenner Family Enjoyed Life on Fremont Island Timpanogos Cave Became a National Monument in 1922 Sister Madeleva, Poet and Educator, Established St. Mary of the Wasatch Despite Its Critics, Remote Morgan Medical College Served a Need
Evil Spirits Plagued the Residents of Hebron, Utah The Rocky Mountain Sweepstakes in 1843 Provided Exciting Entertainment Colonel Comor Filled a Varied, Dramatic Role in Utah History