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Salt Lake City in 1913 Downtown Salt Lake City, Utah in 1913, looking east along 200 South from West Temple Street. To the far left is the Salt Lake Temple. The very white building right of the Temple is Hotel Utah, about one year old at the time. Just visible on the right side of the photo is the Salt Lake City and County Building clocktower. The Wasatch Mountains are in the background. The Mormon handcart pioneers were participants in the migration of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (also known as the Mormon or LDS Church) to Salt Lake City, Utah who used handcarts to transport their belongings. The Mormon handcart movement began in 1856 and lasted until 1860. Motivated to join their fellow Church members but lacking funds for full ox or horse teams, nearly 3,000 Mormon pioneers from England, Wales, and Scandinavia made the journey to Utah in 10 handcart companies. The trek was disastrous for two of the companies after they started their journey dangerously late and were caught by heavy snow and severe temperatures in central Wyoming. Despite a dramatic rescue effort, more than 210 of the 980 pioneers in the two companies died along the way. John Chislett, a survivor of one of these companies, wrote, "Many a father pulled his cart, with his little children on it, until the day preceding his death." J. Willard Marriott (September 17, 1900-August 13, 1985) was an American entrepreneur and businessman. He was the founder of Marriott International, the parent company of one of the world's largest hospitality, hotel chains and food services company. His company rose from a small root beer stand in Washington D.C. in 1927 to a chain of family restaurants by 1932, to his first motel in 1957. By the time he died, the Marriott company operated 1,400 restaurants and 143 hotels and resorts worldwide, earned USD $4.5 billion in revenue annually with 154,600 employees. The company's interests even extended to a line of cruise ships and theme parks ...that the Utah teapot (pictured) is a 3D model which has become a standard reference object in the computer graphics community? ...that Camp Steiner is the highest boy scout camp in the United States at 10,400 feet? ...that James H. Clark, who received a PhD in computer science from the University of Utah in 1974, founded Silicon Graphics, Inc., Netscape Communications Corporation and Healtheon? Template:/box-header More anniversaries... Wikinews Utah portal March 27: Utah reinstates firing squad for death penalty February 14: University of Utah study finds suicide may be linked to air pollution February 20: Slovak Henrieta Farkašová wins downhill event at 2013 IPC Alpine World Championships February 16: 2013 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships preparations underway August 5: On the campaign trail, July 2012 June 30: Fred Karger officially ends 2012 presidential campaign June 23: One Australian male and female archer qualify for Olympics after Ogden event April 28: Wikinews interviews Fred Karger, U.S. Republican Party presidential candidate March 15: Rocky Anderson announces he will seek Americans Elect nomination December 21: Wikinews interviews former Salt Lake City mayor and 2012 presidential candidate Rocky AndersonTemplate:/box-footer The cauldron used for the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah was moved from the top of the Olympic stadium and now anchors the Salt Lake 2002 Olympic Cauldron Park just south of Rice-Eccles Stadium. The flame is lit on special occasions, such as the opening weekend of the 2006 Winter Olympics. Template:/box-header {{Wikipedia:WikiProject Utah/to do}} Template:/box-footer Utah-related lists Education Colleges and universities High schools School districts Geography Bouldering sites Historic places Rivers State parks Government Cities and towns Counties Governors State Legislatures Media Newspapers Radio stations Salt Lake City media Television stations People Individuals executed People Transportation Airports Railroads State highways Template:/box-footer What are portals? List of portals Featured portals