‘Bent on having a strenuous good time’: How Utahns celebrated America’s 100th, 150th and 200th

Combing through The Salt Lake Tribune’s archives reveals how Utah marked milestone Fourth of July holidays.

(Utah State Historical Society) Buses for the Bingham Stage Line Company line up in Big Cottonwood Canyon, circa 1926.

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If you see or hear illegal fireworks — and you will — who you gonna call? Not 911. Report them here instead.

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