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The Days of '47 Parade is an annual parade presented by The Days of '47, Inc. The three-hour event is held in Salt Lake City starting at 9:00 a.m. MDT on or around July 24, the same day as Pioneer Day, a Utah state holiday.
The interior of the Salt Lake Tabernacle as decorated for the Deseret Sunday School Union's July 1875 Pioneer Day celebration.. The earliest precursor to Pioneer Day celebrations in Utah occurred on July 24, 1849, [19] when the Nauvoo Brass Band led a commemoration of the second anniversary of the Latter-day Saints entering the Salt Lake Valley.
The Utah Pride Festival is a festival held in downtown Salt Lake City in June celebrating Utah's diversity and gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender community.The event is a program of the Utah Pride Center, and includes the state's second-largest parade, after the Days of '47 Parade.
Ogden Express (OGX) is a 5.3-mile (8.5 km) bus rapid transit (BRT) line in southern Ogden, Utah.United States. [5] [3] The line is operated by the Utah Transit Authority (UTA) and runs between Ogden Central station (FrontRunner station) and the McKay-Dee Hospital, via Weber State University (WSU).
State Route 39 (SR-39) is a state highway in northern Utah connecting Ogden to Woodruff via Ogden Canyon and Huntsville. The highway is locally designated as 12th Street in Ogden and the Ogden River Scenic Byway through Ogden Canyon. The route is 67.7 miles (109 km) long. Prior to 1964, SR-39 was routed along 24th Street and Harrison Boulevard ...
The MPNHA was established by legislation introduced by former Utah Senator Bob Bennett, which, as he said at the time, intended to preserve "the rich heritage and tremendous achievements of the Mormon Pioneers." (Insert link) His bill was passed by Congress in July 2006 and signed into law by President George W. Bush in October of the same year.
State Route 39 originally ran east up 24th Street to Harrison Boulevard, then north along Harrison, then turning east on Valley Drive up Ogden Canyon. Later, in 1935, Harrison Boulevard south of SR-39 was added to the state highway system as Utah State Route 103, running from Route 39 (24th Street at the time) south to Route 5 (modern US-89). [6]
The Utah Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum, located in Ogden, Utah, is a state-recognized museum which collects and presents artifacts of the American frontier. [1] It is situated in Ogden Union Station, along with the Utah State Railroad Museum, John M. Browning Firearms Museum, Kimball Classic Car Museum, and Myra Powell Gallery. [2]