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Demolished Places

Demolished Places

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Digging through the rubble of Utah’s history to bring you long lost stories of its past.

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The story of the Salt Lake City Sears, Roebuck, and Company stores.

Sources:

Utah State Division of State History

Utah Division of Archives and Record Services

Utah Digital Newspapers

Utah Center for Architecture

eugenemontgomery.com

jacobbarlow.com

history.com

owlcation.com

smithsonianmag.com

cnn.com

pbs.org

ksl.com

sltrib.com

For full biography, please visit my Patreon.

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/demolishedsaltlakepodcast

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A conversation about the Transcontinental Railroad, Golden Spike National Historical Park, and Chinese railroad workers with Chris Merritt, State Historic Preservation Officer at the State Historic Preservation Office.

Sources:

Utah Digital Newspapers: 1869-05-19

Utah State Historic Preservation Office:

https://history.utah.gov/shpo

https://www.facebook.com/UtahSHPO

https://www.instagram.com/ut_shpo/?hl=en

https://twitter.com/shpoutah

Utah’s Cultural Site Stewardship Program:

https://history.utah.gov/shpo/upan/ucss

Rails East to Ogden: Utah’s Transcontinental Railroad Story

https://issuu.com/utah10/docs/rails_east_to_ogden

Golden Spike National Historic Park

https://www.nps.gov/gosp/index.htm

Transcontinental Railroad Sources:

https://www.nps.gov/gosp/index.htm

https://spike150.org

Chinese Railroad Workers Descendants Association

http://www.goldenspike150.org/about-us

Driving Maps:

https://www.nps.gov/gosp/planyourvisit/maps.htm

https://www.blm.gov/sites/blm.gov/files/uploads/BLMUtahTranscontinentalRailroadMap.pdf

Please visit my Patreon for a detailed source list.

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/demolishedsaltlakepodcast

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The story of the Ogden Union Stockyards. This is the fourth episode in the Summer Road Trip Series.

Sources

Utah Division of State History

Utah Division of Archives and Record Service

Utah Digital Newspapers

J Willard Marriott Digital Library

Weber State University Digital Collections

Utah Historical Quarterly, Vol. 85, 2017

Utah Center for Architecture

utahrails.net

ogdenstockyard.org

thedeadhistory.com

historytogo.utah.gov

intermountainstories.org

response.epa.gov

utahinvestigative.org

Ogden Daily Standard: 1915-04-22; 1916-03-27; 1916-10-28; 1916-12-15; 1917-01-19; 1917-05-12; 1918-02-09; 1919-05-21; 1920-02-14

Inter-Mountain Republican: 1907-10-13

Ogden Standard-Examiner; 1915-04-22; 1920-04-15; 1921-02-23; 1922-10-01; 1923-01-23; 1923-01-26; 1923-07-15; 1923-08-22; 1923-12-02; 1924-04-15; 1925-09-29; 1926-01-01; 1926-01-07; 1931-05-24

Salt Lake Telegram: 1910-02-02; 1915-04-23; 1918-05-16; 1920-05-25; 1921-02-23; 1922-05-23; 1923-10-02; 1926-01-24

Iron County Record: 1930-06-21

Park Record: 1967-11-02

Times Independent: 1977-08-18

Deseret News: 1993-08-30

Salt Lake Herald-Republican: 1920-04-09

Richfield Reaper: 1925-01-01

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The story of the Territorial Insane Asylum. This is the second episode in the Summer Road Trip Series.

Sources:

Salt Lake Herald-Republican: 1874-10-24; 1885-05-28; 1893-03-02; 1900-05-25; 1910-04-27

Salt Lake Tribune: 1903-03-31; 2017-09-08

Deseret News: 1999-08-22; 2018-10-10

Salt Lake Telegram: 1885-05-28

Salt Lake Democrat: 1885-05-06; 1885-07-15

Ogden Daily Standard: 1894-02-01

Utah Division of State History

Utah Division of Archives and Record Service

Utah Digital Newspapers

J Willard Marriott Digital Library

Find A Grave

Provo City Library

Utah State Hospital

issuu.com

utah.psychiatry.org

atlasobscura.com

asylumprojects.org

thepreservationworks.org

99percentinvisible.org

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The story of historic sites that play an important role in queer history in Salt Lake City as told by my friends Connell O’Donovan and Randy Hoffman. This is the first episode in the Summer Road Trip Series.

Sources:

Salt Lake Tribune 1987-01-04

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Demolished Places - Demolished Salt Lake Summer Road Trip
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05/27/21 • 1 min

Demolished Salt Lake is hitting the road! Join me for a summer of episodes about long lost buildings outside of Salt Lake.

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Demolished Places - Episode 7: Utah Territorial Penitentiary Part 2
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04/05/21 • 28 min

The story of the Utah Territorial Penitentiary, Part 2.

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Salt Lake Tribune: 1915-11-19; 1915-11-26; 1915-10-19; 1915-11-19

Salt Lake Herald-Republican: 1915-08-13

Springville Herald | 1938-08-04

Salt Lake Telegram | 1938-10-3; 1938-10-29; 1939-11-09; 1939-11-08; 1950-12-26; 1950-12-26; 1951-04-13; 1951-11-10; 1951-04-23; 1951-03-12; 1951-02-09; 1952-02-28

Sugar House Bulletin: 1946-03-01; 1946-04-26; 1947-03-14; 1947-03-14; 1951-01-05; 1951-01-26; 1951-05-04

Utah Division of State History

Utah Division of Archives and Record Service

Utah Digital Newspapers

J Willard Marriott Digital Library

Salt Lake County Archives

PBS Utah

Find A Grave

Aflcio

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Demolished Places - Episode 8: Salt Lake City Brewing Company
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05/03/21 • 25 min

The story of Jacob Moritz and the Salt Lake City Brewing Company.

Sources:

Salt Lake Tribune: 1894-01-01;1901-04-25;1905-08-09; 1910-08-07; 1917-12-16; 1919-03-30

Salt Lake Telegram: 1902-10-14; 1906-08-29; 1907-02-22; 1907-08-28; 1911-07-15; 1915-04-06; 1917-07-18; 1917-09-06; 1919-12-31; 1923-12-09; 1929-04-13; 1931-07-21; 1933-11-29; 1936-08-04; 1937-07-22; 1936-07-30

Salt Lake Herald Republican: 1885-11-13; 1893-11-07; 1894-10-26; 1895-03-04; 1898-06-26; 1899-10-27; | 1902-10-05; 1902-10-10; 1902-10-18; 1902-10-20; 1906-07-22; 1907-10-13; 1907-11-13; 1910-06-10; 1910-08-07; 1917-07-16; 1919-03-30

Salt Lake Democrat: 1885-03-30; 1885-06-16; 1885-11-12

Salt Lake Time: 1890-12-23

Intermountain Catholic: 1907-07-13; 1907-07-13

Inter-Mountain Republican: 1907-10-13; 1907-11-13

Utah Division of State History

Utah Division of Archives and Record Service

Utah Digital Newspapers

J Willard Marriott Digital Library

Find A Grave

Utah Jewish History

The Dead History

City Weekly

Old Brewery History

Utah Stories

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Demolished Places - Episode 6: Utah Territorial Penitentiary Part 1
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03/22/21 • 23 min

The story of the Utah Territorial Penitentiary, Part 1.

Sources:

UHQ 1979 – Volume 47 No.1 Life Behind Bars

Union Vedette: 1864-03-08

Salt Lake Telegram: 1934-02-01; 1951-03-12

scholarsarchive.byu.edu

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The story of the Standard Parachute Company of Utah. This is the third episode in the Summer Road Trip Series.

Sources:

Utah Division of State History

Utah Division of Archives and Record Service

Utah Digital Newspapers

historytogo.org

intermountainstories.org

history.utah.gov

meredithelizabeth.com

sandiegohistory.org

issuu.com

common.wikimedia.org

Mormon Rosies: Women and War Work in Manti

Proud to Send Those Parachutes Off: Central Utah’s Rosies During WWII

Manti Messenger

Ephraim Enterprise

Deseret News

Salt Lake Tribune

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FAQ

How many episodes does Demolished Places have?

Demolished Places currently has 40 episodes available.

What topics does Demolished Places cover?

The podcast is about History and Podcasts.

What is the most popular episode on Demolished Places?

The episode title 'Episode 18: The Salt Lake City Sears, Roebuck, and Company Stores' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on Demolished Places?

The average episode length on Demolished Places is 32 minutes.

How often are episodes of Demolished Places released?

Episodes of Demolished Places are typically released every 21 days, 19 hours.

When was the first episode of Demolished Places?

The first episode of Demolished Places was released on Jan 2, 2021.

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