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Show SALT FLAT NEWS, AUGUST, 1970 7 NEWS photo by R. Goldbtrgar Giant Cowboy Freaks! This famous landmark of Wendover, Statelines giant cowboy, takes on a strange glow due to time lapse photography, and the Fourth of July activities. NEWS photo eourtoy Norina K. Carter - P. R. Puyiiey - Louiti Pugrity took picture. Shocked Sheep During a violent thunderstorm in the City of Salt, nature turned on a bit of electrical symmetry that gave an illusion of turning on The Walker Bank Sign. The bolt is hidden by the sign. September 1, 1939 was a sad day for Park Valley. 925 sheep grazing on top of Pine Canyon in The Raft River Mountains just north of town were killed by a freak bolt of lightning. The sheep being wet acted as a perfect conductor of electricity. This unusual event made national newspapers. |