by Gerald | Mar 31, 2022
The state was enjoying life to the fullest when the disastrous depression of 1929 struck. The nation was quickly humbled, and Utah was among the states hit hardest. In 1933 Utah’s unemployment rate was 35.8 percent, the fourth highest in the nation.
by Gerald | Mar 31, 2022
The year 1918 was important because of the Great Pandemic and the airplanes that began to appear in Utah. Utah’s railroads helped the state’s growing industries. In 1918, World War I American soldiers, stationed in military camps across the United States, were among...
by Gerald | Mar 31, 2022
The Merchants and Manufacturers Association of Utah was organized in 1905 to help encourage and develop industrial growth in the Beehive State, and to help foster the dedication for outstanding quality established by the state’s founders in 1847. In 1905, only 8,000...
by Gerald | Mar 31, 2022
Despite the period of Civil War, inflation during the early 1860s and the deep depression of the mid 1870s, Utah grew dramatically. Manufacturing grew to provide parts and equipment for the changing transportation scene, and electricity was paving the way for mass...
by Gerald | Mar 31, 2022
As Utah stepped into the 1860s, four explosive decades lay ahead. Manufacturing expanded rapidly to provide new construction materials such as stone, sand, gravel, clay and limestone. The completion of the transcontinental railroad provided the economic feasibility of...
