In 1955, Utah legislators named the “Sea Gull” the state bird. They were commemorating the 1848 “Miracle of the Seagulls,” when huge flocks of gulls ate up hoards of crickets, saving crops of the newly landed Mormon pioneers. This is funny on two counts: As […]
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The Truth behind Sea Gulls
In 1955, Utah legislators named the “Sea Gull” the state bird. They were commemorating the 1848 “Miracle of the Seagulls,” when huge flocks of gulls ate up hoards of crickets, saving crops of the newly landed Mormon pioneers. This is funny on two counts: As […]
Read moreFor want of a Darn Tough sock
For want of a sock the foot was sore, For want of a foot the hiker was sore, For want of a hiker the walk was lost, For want of a walk the day was lost, So the day was lost – all for want […]
Read moreRock on, Salt Lake of yore
I got to chatting with Charley Hafen about Utah’s cultural scene in the 60s and 70s. Hafen knows about these things. He was in his teens and twenties back then, a card-carrying hippie who mixed with scores of other talented artists and musicians, he recalled. […]
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