On May 10, 2019, the 150th anniversary of the Golden Spike, the wedding of the Transcontinental Railroad, will be celebrated widely. As part of Spike 150, exhibitions and events are happening throughout Utah, and one such exhibition is Transcontinental: People, Place, Impact, which highlights the...
The University of Utah’s J. Willard Marriott Library now through August 15 presents the exhibition “Path to the Pacific: Building the Transcontinental Railroad.” The public is welcome to enjoy a display of rare books, archival materials, and two gallery walls showcasing photographs and artistic works...
Once again we eagerly anticipate the start of the fall semester and the arrival of students on campus. From students who are starting their first semester at the U to those who are returning, the campus comes alive with their excitement and enthusiasm....
Viewe of a seditious bul sent into Englande, from Pius...
On May 15, 2019, Utah Digital Newspapers reached a new milestone. The three-millionth newspaper page was added!...
"I hope, speaking on the part of my companions and myself, that we have done all that we ought to do to prove our tenacity of purpose and devotion to the cause which we have undertaken. This attempt to escape by crossing the southern ice...
"Great edifices, like great mountains, are the work of the ages." -- Victor Hugo, The Hunchback of Notre Dame Construction of the Notre Dame de Paris began between 24 March and 25 April, 1163. Notre Dame burned a month ago today. Its history, like that of...
"Faster than fairies, faster than witches" From a Railway Carriage R. L. Stevenson Dunedin: Frayed Frisket Press, 2005 PR5489 A3 2005 Robert Louis Stevenson's poem, "From A Railway Carriage" was first published in 1885 in A Child's Garden of Verse. England, not Utah, 1885 not 1869, but we like the way...
