By Amber Anderson, SHPO Tax Credit Coordinator Did you know that historic masonry is meant to breathe? Whether it be brick, stone, or another type …
Ash Creek County Wagon Road
Prepared by Lindsey M. Evenson, Jennifer Bannick, and Everett Bassett of Transcon Environmental, Inc. for Washington County Water Conservancy District. This discussion of Washington County’s …
Happy GIS Day!
Written by Deb Miller, SHPO Records Manager What Is GIS? GIS stands for Geographic Information Systems, which is mapping software on a computer and is …
National Register Multiple Property Submissions: What are they and how can they help you nominate a building?
Written by Cory Jensen At the Utah State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) I’m frequently contacted by property owners curious about getting their building listed in …
Teaming Up to Record Rock Imagery
Utah SHPO, URARA, and Logan Simpson Team Up to Record Rock Imagery in Central Utah Written by Tina Hart, archaeologist at Logan Simpson Design Robert …
What is historic in West Valley City and Kearns?
By Langston Guettinger, Historic Preservation Specialist/Architectural Historian at Logan Simpson Design Only in the last twenty years has popular culture come to reevaluate midcentury American …
Week One: Let’s Learn About Utah’s Archaeology!
This is a collection of readings about Utah’s cultural history curated for the 2021 UPAN pledge drive
UPAN Pledge 2021 Week 3 Resources
The following guides are just some of the amazing artifacts that are common to Utah! Each guide will show you some of the specific information …
UPAN Pledge 2021 Week 2 Resource
This interactive map has all sorts of sites that you can visit! You can filter by historic, prehistoric, or even museums! Or you can activate …
A Colorful History: Black Rock’s History and Graffiti Woes
Christopher W. Merritt, Ph.D. Utah State Historic Preservation Officer It is unclear when the first human laid eyes upon the geological oddity now called “Black …
Climbers and Archaeology
By Elizabeth Hora, Public Archaeologist at the Utah Division of State History Within the space of two weeks, I have heard reports of more than …
Steward Spotlight: Darrell and Marty Thomas
For this, our first ever Site Steward Spotlight, we will be spotlighting not one, but two dedicated Site Stewards. Marty and Darrell Thomas are a …