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Camp Floyd and the Mormons
For nearly a decade prior to the army’s arrival in 1857, the Mormons had lived relatively isolated and undisturbed by outside influences. Of early concern to church leaders, Fairfield, a satellite town of Camp Floyd, was viewed as bringing moral…
War Training in the Rocky Mountains
The United States Army created Camp Hale specifically to train soldiers in mountain warfare. In 1939 the idea of creating a unit of mountain troops in the American Army originated with Charles Minot “Minnie” Dole, president of the National Ski…
Ogden’s Bustling Base: Hill Air Force Base
Prominently located a mere 30 miles north of Salt Lake City, Hill Air Force Base has become a remarkable feature of Utah’s landscape. Even before its gates opened in 1940, its construction as a Works Progress Administration (WPA) project provided…