How a Utah student’s thesis led to Spiral Jetty joining the National Register of Historic Places

Spiral Jetty, an icon of the Great Salt Lake, joins the long list of Utah sites on the National Register of Historic Places.

(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) People explore the Spiral Jetty, just south of the Rozel Point peninsula on the northeastern shore, March 25, 2022. The Land Art work by Robert Smithson has been added to the National Register of Historic Places.

How a Utah student’s thesis led to Spiral Jetty joining the National Register of Historic Places

Spiral Jetty, an icon of the Great Salt Lake, joins the long list of Utah sites on the National Register of Historic Places.

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