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Historic Francis Tate Barn – Wasatch Mountains

Historic Francis Tate Barn - Heber Valley - Wasatch Mountains

The historic Francis Tate Barn, in the Wasatch Mountains of northern Utah. The barn is located in the Heber Valley near Solider Hollow. Deer Creek Reservoir which sits in the Provo River drainage, and stores water coming down from the Uinta Mountains to the east, is seen in the distance. Francis Tate, was an English emigrant, who established a dairy farm near the barn’s current location. The original barn was built in 1902, and a rebuilt barn following the design of the original was constructed in the run-up to the 2002 Winter Olympics.

Little Grand Canyon Sunset – Wedge Overlook – Utah

Little Grand Canyon Sunset - Wedge Overlook - Utah

A view of the Little Grand Canyon in the San Rafael Swell in central Utah, from the Wedge Overlook at sunset.  The Swell is a beautiful area south of Price that offers an abundance of interesting rock formations, desert wild life, and the historic petroglyphs of the Fremont, and other Native American tribes.  It offers a preview of what awaits visitors further south in the magnificent canyon country of the Colorado Plateau.

Lincoln Highway Marker – Sugarhouse, Utah

Lincoln Highway Marker - Sugarhouse, Utah

A marker for the Lincoln Highway, found in Sugarhouse, Utah, a neighborhood in Salt Lake City. The Lincoln Highway was the first transcontinental highway in the United States, and the first built specifically for the automobile. The Lincoln Highway runs coast-to-coast from Times Square in New York City west to Lincoln Park in San Francisco. Its total original length upon completion in 1913 was 3,389 miles.  The concrete highway marker in the picture, is one of 3,000 erected along the highway by Boy Scout troops in 1928. The highway is named after Abraham Lincoln,  the 19th president of the United States. He is best known for his time in office during the Civil War, and the formal freeing of the slaves with the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863.