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'Really iconic': Ogden museum secures $200K grant to rehab old Saltair train car
Tim Vandenack, KSL | Updated Nov. 12 - 7:27 a.m. | Save Story
Utah State Railroad Museum officials secured a $200,000 grant to rehab a deteriorating train car that hauled passengers to the old Saltair resort area by the Great Salt Lake.
Mississippi elects Democrat Scott Colom as state's first Black US senator since Reconstruction
Bill Barrow And Sophie Bates, Associated Press | Updated Nov. 11 - 10:06 p.m. | Save Story
Democratic nominee Scott Colom defeated Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith in Mississippi's U.S. Senate race, giving the state its first Black U.S. senator since post-Civil War Reconstruction.
Hidden for decades, a Bountiful veteran's letters tell story of Vietnam War
VideoAlex Cabrero, KSL | Updated Nov. 11 - 8:12 a.m. | Save Story
A Bountiful family discovered hundreds of letters written during the Vietnam War, giving them a chance to reconnect with their stepfather and husband.
Feds investigate after damage found to 2 prehistoric petroglyphs near Moab
Carter Williams, KSL | Updated Nov. 6 - 6:07 p.m. | Save Story
Federal land managers are seeking the public's help as they investigate a pair of vandalism cases to prehistoric petroglyph panels within the Moab area.
81 years later, a son pays tribute to his father's WWII mercy ride
Lee Benson, Deseret News | Posted Nov. 1 - 10:57 a.m. | Save Story
A Utah man retraced his late father's 110-mile bicycle journey across the Netherlands during World War II to honor his father's courage and reflect on his family's history.
Halloween through the years: A look back at Utah's spooky season traditions
VideoShelby Lofton, KSL | Updated Oct. 31 - 11:30 a.m. | Save Story
From trick-or-treating and costume parades to candy safety and haunted graveyards, KSL archive footage reveals how Halloween traditions in Utah have evolved over the decades.
'Dixie' map that divided the US into North and South fetches nearly $1M at auction
Associated Press | Updated Oct. 29 - 7:24 p.m. | Save Story
After a brief bidding war, the manuscript map that helped divide the United States into North and South, free and slave states, sold for $950,000.
An network of tunnels was discovered under Liverpool. Now the mystery may be solved
Maureen O'Hare, CNN | Updated Oct. 27 - 5:27 p.m. | Save Story
It's an unassuming entrance to what's been described as the world's largest underground folly, a centuries-old mystery buried at least 60 feet below the streets of Liverpool, England, and stretching out for perhaps a square mile or more.
New market space, restaurant part of plan for new history-themed Salt Lake City trail
Carter Williams, KSL | Posted Oct. 26 - 9:25 a.m. | Save Story
The group behind a new history-themed trail now being constructed near the Utah Capitol says it envisions transformations to historic buildings along the path, which can bring new restaurants and events to Capitol Hill.
A fire devastates the Eagle's Nest retreat built for Hitler in Germany. A suspect is detained
Geir Moulson, Associated Press | Updated Oct. 24 - 4:14 p.m. | Save Story
A fire swept through the mountaintop retreat built for Adolf Hitler and known as the Eagle's Nest as emergency services struggled to tackle the blaze in snow and wind, and a man was arrested on suspicion of arson, authorities said Saturday.
Salt Lake City's winter market to return to old Leonardo, but without 2 historic planes
Carter Williams, KSL | Posted Oct. 23 - 3:02 p.m. | Save Story
Salt Lake City is in the process of scrapping two historic planes that were housed at the old Leonardo museum, after unsuccessful efforts to sell them.
Century-old history surfaces from beneath Pineview reservoir
VideoMike Anderson, KSL | Updated Oct. 14 - 3:04 p.m. | Save Story
The remnants of dozens of artesian wells that were constructed about a hundred years ago are surfacing after Pineview Reservoir was drawn down so workers could replace Ogden City's water pipeline.
A forgotten history of widescreen movies
VideoPeter Rosen, KSL | Updated Oct. 13 - 7:21 a.m. | Save Story
A Virginia inventor's early widescreen film technology helped pave the way for modern cinema, and his descendants are working to ensure his contributions to Hollywood history are recognized.
Popular 'Never Rip Overalls' mural at central Utah mercantile restored
VideoAlex Cabrero, KSL | Updated Oct. 9 - 11:46 a.m. | Save Story
When a colorful advertisement painted on the side of the Grass Valley Mercantile suddenly disappeared behind a wall of white paint, many people got upset.
Butch Cassidy home newest Utah State Monument
VideoAlex Cabrero, KSL | Updated Oct. 8 - 8:04 a.m. | Save Story
The Butch Cassidy Boyhood Home in Circleville is becoming an official Utah State Monument, a designation local leaders hope will preserve the site and draw more tourists to Piute County.
Historic Salt Lake City chapel restoration project moves forward
VideoAndrew Adams, KSL | Posted Oct. 7 - 6:20 a.m. | Save Story
A project to restore the historic Fifth Ward meetinghouse showed visible signs of progress Tuesday, as the owner said he hoped to have work completed in a year.
DNA evidence from Thomas Jefferson's hair reveals the truth about his relationship with Sally Hemings
Mindy Weisberger, CNN | Posted Oct. 4 - 10:35 a.m. | Save Story
After spending years reconstructing DNA fragments, scientists have revealed the most compelling evidence to date that Thomas Jefferson also fathered children with Sally Hemings, an enslaved woman.
Tooele genealogist hired by US Navy to identify men killed in Pearl Harbor
Joe R. Wirthlin Jr, KSL | Posted Oct. 4 - 7:54 a.m. | Save Story
Jamie Anderson loves being a genealogist and is undertaking the final contract of her career: A project from the United States Navy.
