UTAH 2017July 7
Joseph Smith Memorial Building, formerly Hotel Utah, now welcome center at Temple Square in Salt Lake CityLion House, 1850's home of Brighman Young who was called the "Lion of the Lord"Beehive House, Salt Lake City home of Brigham Young, with LDS Church Office Building in the backgroundThe Temple in Salt Lake City, place of Mormon weddings and other ceremonies, but not used for Sunday worship servicesGold statue of Moroni, the angel appearing to Joseph Smith, on top of the Temple in Salt Lake CityFamily History Center in Salt Lake City where Julia and Edgar researched their family histories28-story LDS church office building with rooftop observation deck from which some of the photos following this one were takenThis is the Place monument at This is the Place Heritage Park in Salt Lake City where Brigham Young declared Salt Lake Valley as the destination of the Mormon trek from IllinoisSam in This is the Place Heritage Park with wagon decorated for Pioneer Days celebrating the arrival of the Mormons from IllinoisRe-enactors at This is the Place Heritage Park in Salt Lake City where Brigham Young declared Salt Lake Valley to be the destination of the Mormon trek from IllinoisPine Valley Chapel at This is the Place Heritage Park in Salt Lake City1872 Huntsman Hotel (reconstructed) from Fillmore, UT where Brigham Young stayed while visiting Southern Utah at This is the Place Heritage Park in Salt Lake CityOne of many magpies at the This is the Place Heritage Park in Salt Lake CityPipe organ in the Mormon Tabernacle in Salt Lake CityState Capitol of Utah from roof top of LDS Church Office BuildingTemple Square from roof top of LDS Church Office Building with Mormon Tabernacle behind TempleWasatch Mountains and University of Utah campus at foot of mountains from roof top of LDS Church Office Building in Salt Lake CityCopper dome of the Utah State Capitol BuildingBeautiful interior of Utah State Capitol Building often used as movie set for US Capitol BUuldingView of State Street and downtown Salt Lake City from steps of Utah State Capitol BuildingRice + Eccles Stadium on campus of University of Utah, home of the Fighting Utes football teamCity Creek Center shopping and dining in downtown Salt Lake CityLight rail TRAX in Salt Lake City offering free rides in city center area -, Atrium of DoubleTree SUites Hotel in downtown Salt Lake City, where we spent first two nights
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