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The SHPO team is delighted to introduce Kate Anderson, one of our Summer 2023 Public Archaeology interns! Hi my name is Kate Anderson. I love music and anything outdoors including...

The SHPO team is set to have a few new faces in Summer 2023, starting with one of the summer interns in Public Archaeology, Justin Fullmer. Justin’s projects will focus...

The Cemetery Grant is available annually to help support Utah’s cemeteries in the areas of digitizing, mapping and historic preservation.PROJECT ELIGIBILITY Eligible cemetery grant projects include: Records digitization GIS Mapping...

Meet Joan & Paul Joan West and Paul Magnanti are very dedicated Utah Site Stewards who call Moab home. Both Joan and Paul have a love for being outdoors, connecting...

A STORY THOUSANDS OF YEARS IN THE MAKING The poster for 2023 Archaeology and Historic Preservation Month tells the story of the last 13,000 years of the Great Salt Lake....

We have an awesome opportunity for y’all. The State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) will be hosting the Utah Preservation Conference in conjunction with the Stewardship Get-Together here in Salt Lake...

Christopher W. Merritt, Utah State Historic Preservation Officer Imagine your life without landfills, dumpsters, and collection services: where would all your trash go? How would you get it out of...

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By: Benjamin Pykles and Ryan Saltzgiver, Church History Department,https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/landing/church-history-library?lang=eng&y_source=1_MzA1ODU2NzAtNzE1LWxvY2F0aW9uLndlYnNpdGU%3D The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints In October 2011, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Church) announced...

By Chris Elison & Sarah Sutherland, Central Utah Water Conservancy District Do you know where your water comes from? Whether for drinking, washing clothes, or even to keep your grass...

By Michael R. Polk, Aspen Ridge Consultants The intersection of 600 North and Pugsley Street in Salt Lake City today marks the boundary between the posh Marmalade District and the...

One brisk day in November 2020, archaeologists discovered a moment frozen in time from 1890 – the heyday of luxury rail travel! Read on to see what they found....