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Salt Lake County was named for the Great Salt Lake. Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah is the County Seat  Its county seat and largest city is Salt Lake City. It occupies a valley, Salt Lake Valley, as well as parts of the surrounding mountains, the Oquirrh Mountains to the west and the Wasatch Range to the east. In addition, the Great Salt Lake is partially within the northwestern section of the county. The area that was to become Salt Lake County was settled in 1847 when Mormon Pioneers of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, fleeing persecution in the East, arrived in the Salt Lake Valley after traveling through Emigration Canyon. Brigham Young, their leader, declared "This is the right place" after seeing the valley, which was at the time arid, dry, and unpromising. However, they soon developed a flourishing, self-sufficient city, Great Salt Lake City, through extensive irrigation techniques. Thousands of Mormons from around the world followed in the next several decades. The county was officially formed on January 31, 1850, with just over 11,000 residents recorded. Settlements were scattered across the valley and beyond, and the territorial capital was moved to Great Salt Lake City in 1857, when the name was subsequently shortened to Salt Lake City. Fifteen cities and one town (Alta) have been established in the county: Alta, incorporated in 1970 Bluffdale, incorporated in 1970s Cottonwood Heights, incorporated in 2005 Draper, incorporated in 1978 Herriman, incorporated in 1999 Holladay, incorporated in 1999 Midvale, incorporated in 1900s Murray, incorporated in 1902 Riverton, incorporated in 1946 Salt Lake City, incorporated in 1851 Sandy, incorporated in 1893 South Jordan, incorporated in 1935 South Salt Lake, incorporated in 1938 Taylorsville, incorporated in 1996 West Jordan, incorporated in 1941 West Valley City, incorporated in 1980 [source: wikipedia.org]

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Website Updates: February 2012: OBITUARIES: Obituaries for Janet Cook Sharp, Frank Royle Olson, Rachel Hardman, Emanuel Master Murphy, Delamore Fisher & Mary E. Hazen submitted by Barb Ziegenmeyer. BIOGRAPHIES: Biography for David L. Hoggan submitted by Jim Dezotell. BIOGRAPHIES: Biographies for Maude Adams, George Washington Bartch, Henry William Blair & Frank Jenne Cannon submitted by Therman Kellar. OBITUARIES: Obituaries for Thorou H. Woodbury, Mary Armstrong Madsen, Lew Dallin, Maria T. Goff, John Charles Carlisle, John Marlon Graham, Amelia Woodard Mulliner, William S. Romney, Archibald Stewart Higham, Edward H. Snow, Elijah E. Malin, W. A. Wright, Eugene Kimball, James Jardine, Phil H. Margetts, Margaret Snedden Treseder, Peter C. Peterson, Gordon S. Bills, James Bernard Keysor & Mrs. Joseph J. Meyers submitted by Barb Ziegenmeyer. BIOGRAPHIES: Biographies for William C. Winder, Charles MacLean Anderson, Alma Swenson, Samuel J. Lindsay, William H. Rothwell, M.D., James Edward Talmage, Clarence Cecil Jacob, William A. Banks, Clarence Leroy Cooper, Jedediah M. Blair & S. J. Schneitter submitted by Wayne Cheeseman. BIOGRAPHIES: Biography for Abraham William Brooke submitted by Charlotte Slater. MILITARY: Korean War Casualties submitted by Nan. CEMETERIES: Early Burials in Salt Lake City Cemetery submitted by Tracy McAllister. BIOGRAPHIES: 90 biographies submitted by members of the Genealogy Trails Transcription Team. BIOGRAPHIES: Biography for Harry Dorr Niles submitted by Andrea Stawski Pack. January 2012: NEWS: Post Office: List of Letters submitted by Peggy Thompson. NEWS: Death Notices: Maria Lillian Morris, William E. Keller, Sarah Edna Richardson, George W. Larkin, Jr., Phillip E. Bertoch and Amanda Morgan Miller submitted by Marla Zwakman. HISTORY: The “Deseret News” - The Pioneer Newspaper of the West and the First University of Deseret Party submitted by Richard Ramos. CENSUS: 1883 List of Pensioners submitted by Richard Ramos. HISTORY: The Hillstrom Case submitted by Andrea Stawski Pack. OBITUARIES: Obituaries for Edson Barney, Philemon Christopher Merrill and Elmina S. Taylor submitted by Andrea Stawski Pack. OBITUARIES: Obituaries for George H. Sperry and James Daniel Murphy submitted by Dale Donlon. BIOGRAPHIES: Biography for Frank C. Bramwell submitted by Jim Dezotell. BIOGRAPHIES: Biographies for Arthur Brown, Clarence Emir Allen, Wallace Foster Bennett, John Milton Bernhisel and Reva Zilpha Beck  Bosone submitted by Anna Newell. May 2011: Biographies(Contributed by Wayne Cheeseman): John Thomas CAINE, Sr.; Rufus K. COBB; News Articles:Crime: Lawrence P. BROWN submitted by Robyn Greenlund; News Articles:Miscellaneous: Henry LEITEL submitted by Darrel Dexter; News Articles:Obits/Deaths: Lansing ELDREDGE submitted by Marie Miller; Postcards: Mormon Battalion Monument contributed by Kathie Marynik. November 2010: News Articles:Marriage Announcements: MUNFORD-TAGGART; Obits: Herbert John BLAKE; Adeline Young ROBBINS; George A. BROWN; News Articles:Accidental Deaths: MCCONVILL Baby; Biographies: Matthew CULLEN. June 2010: GERTINO, CORLETT, REID obits. Sep 2009: MAGEE Family Data. Aug 2009: GITTINS, SNOW, KOPP, ARMSTRONG, REID obits. June 2009: ROSE crime story; births, Cemeteries. Mar. 2009: News Articles: OBITS/DEATHS; BIRTH Announcements; DIVORCE Data: GRAND JURY Report; Divorce Puddle Article - WEBSTER; Divorce DECREES; Divorce NOTICE. Sep 2008: GREETHAM & STARR obits; MILITARY Pensions.
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