Fremont Festival 2025

Chris McFarland May 1, 2025

With the Prehistoric Museum – USU Eastern The Prehistoric Museum will offer FREE ADMISSION ALL DAY with kid’s activities from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. …

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An artistic shot of 20-25 historic rifle cartridges showing the closed ends with the spent primers. The cartridges are rusty or green with oxide from their time in the ground.

Beer Bottles and Cartridges: Archaeology of Fort Douglas in Salt Lake City lecture given by Christopher Merritt

Chris McFarland March 13, 2025

Park City Museum will host a lecture called Beer Bottles and Cartridges: Archaeology of Fort Douglas in Salt Lake City given by Christopher Merritt on …

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Fort Douglas Archaeology Walking Tour

Amy Barry March 5, 2024

Join Dr. Chris Merritt, Archaeologist from the Utah State Historic Preservation Office on a walking tour of the historic Fort Douglas!   Join archaeologist Dr. …

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Fort Douglas Archaeology Walking Tour

Amy Barry March 5, 2024

Join Dr. Chris Merritt, Archaeologist from the Utah State Historic Preservation Office on a walking tour of the historic Fort Douglas!   Join archaeologist Dr. …

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Fort Douglas Archaeology Walking Tour

Amy Barry March 5, 2024

Join Dr. Chris Merritt, Archaeologist from the Utah State Historic Preservation Office on a walking tour of the historic Fort Douglas!   Join archaeologist Dr. …

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Trash or Treasure

Faith Bitz April 14, 2023

Small display of items found around Antelope Island. Can you identify what is litter that should be picked up and what is an artifact that …

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Trash or Treasure

Faith Bitz April 14, 2023

Small display of items found around Antelope Island. Can you identify what is litter that should be picked up and what is an artifact that …

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Trash or Treasure

Faith Bitz April 14, 2023

Small display of items found around Antelope Island. Can you identify what is litter that should be picked up and what is an artifact that …

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Outlaws and Artifacts: A Daggett County Partnership at the John Jarvie Ranch

Written by Chase Roberts Utah Division of State History and Christopher W. Merritt Utah State Historic Preservation Officer If you ask most Utahns where Daggett County …

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Utah’s Prehistory in Artifacts

Written by Erin Haycock Editor’s note: The artifacts you are about to see have all been looted, or stolen. Looting is the illegal removal of …

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