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Show Thumbnail Facts On Interesting and Unusual Things In Utah DO YOU KNOW: On Sunday, July 15, 1951, the temperature was 101 in Salt Lake City, yet Utah's highway 29, less than 150 miles south of Salt Lake City was closed by snowdrifts. The summit between Ephraim and Castle Dale is 12,300 feet, highest high-est state road summit in Utah. DO YOU KNOW: In 1878 Silver Reef was one of the largest towns in Utah. Today it is the strangest ghost town in the state, with Wells-Fargo Bank building the only structure left. Silver Reef was located a mile off U.S. Highway 91, 17 miles north of St. George. DO YOU KNOW: That it is believed be-lieved that Brigham Young was the first administrator of a make-work make-work project in America. DO YOU KNOW: That the 'Mormon 'Mor-mon Pioneers" went to the dogs for new clothes dogs were shaven annually and their hair woven into cloth. DO YOU KNOW: That 100 year old footbrints and wagon tracks made by the ill-fated Donner party still are visible on the Great Salt desert. DO YOU KNOW: That in southern south-ern Utah there is an area as large as the states of Delaware and Connecticut combined, with a resident population of four persons. DO YOU KNOW: That the history his-tory of famous Ensign Peak dates back to July 26, 1847. two days after the arrival of the main group of pioneers in Salt Lake valley, a number of the leaders climbed to the top of the peak north of the camp. While here, they decided it would be a good place to raise an ensign and name the place Ensign Peak. |