Borderlands History

Pre-European Settlement, Crossroads, and the Idea of Home
Salt Lake West Side Stories: Post Fourby Brad Westwood Native Americans lived in what is now Salt Lake’s west side. After Europeans began to colonize North, South, and Central America,...
Last updated: March 4, 2026

Overland Travelers, Early Visitors, and the Coming of the Railroad
Salt Lake West Side Stories: Post Eightby Brad Westwood Utah was never entirely isolated from the United States, Latin America, and the Pacific World. From the 1800s onward, the Great...
Last updated: March 4, 2026
