T I M E L I N E

1911 1889 1900

Note the creation of Denver Court subdivision to facilitate railroad workers.

Utah Ice and Storage. 13 October 1913.

Uncle Sam’s Cleanser. 23 September 1910.

Faust Creamery later named Jensen Creamery. 12 December 1905.

Salt Lake Mattress and Manufacturing Company. 13 August 1907.

Greek Church moved to its current location on 3rd West in 1925. Note that the original structure was wood.

The Rio Grande Hotel and Sullivan Hotel no longer exist. However a “cheap boarding house” seems to have formed by combining several former shops and one dwelling place. The loss of hotels may be due to the movement of the Rio Grande Depot from 6th West to 5th West in 1910.

200 South was thriving at this time, mainly due to its position as the heart of Greektown. Over 60 Greek-owned businesses were located on it between 400 and 600 West.

Electric trains, automobiles, and horse carts shared the west side’s unpaved streets at this time. Above, 200 W 400 S. Below, the ravages of rain on unpaved roads, 200 S 450 W.

1890 LDS Church President Wilford Woodruff issues the Manifesto ending church-sanctioned polygamy.

1892 B'Nai Israel Temple dedicated in Salt Lake City.

1891 National political parties form in Utah, following the disbanding of the old parties formed along religious lines of Mormon (People’s Party) and Gentile (Liberal Party)

Zion’s Cooperative Mercantile Institution had both a warehouse and stables in this region.

1893 The Salt Lake LDS Temple is officially dedicated after forty years of construction. M

1894 Congress deeds sixty acres of Fort Douglas land on the city's east bench for the University of Utah campus, moving it from its downtown location on 300 West.

1894 Congress passes the Enabling Act, laying out what Utah must do to become a state M

1899 No US Senate candidate is able to get a majority vote in the Utah Legislature. For the next two years, Utah has only one Senator in Congress.