Immigration History
Current Challenges and Developments in a Post-Industrial Neighborhood: Part Two
Salt Lake West Side Stories: Post Thirty-Fourby Brad Westwood The Pioneer Park neighborhood has always been a contested space. Initially, the area was owned by Native Americans until Mormon (members...
Last updated: March 4, 2026
Amy Barry, Stories from Utah’s Cemeteries Database (Part 1 & 2, Reissued)
Date: December 23, 2019 (Season 1, Episode 7 – Part 1: 25 min. & 3 sec. long and Part 2: 26 min. & 1 sec. long). Click here for Part...
Last updated: March 4, 2026
Utah & 1900 US Census with Cartographer Brandon Plewe
Date: March 7, 2022 (Season 4, Episode 7: 59 min. & 28 sec. long). Click Here for the BuzzSprout version of this Speak Your Piece episode. The above photo is...
Last updated: March 4, 2026
The New Juneteenth Holiday & Utah’s Laws on Interracial Marriage (1888-1963)
June 2, 2022 (Season 4, Episode 9, episode length: 61 minutes) Click here for the BuzzSprout version of this Speak Your Piece Episode. Photograph caption: wife & husband, George and...
Last updated: March 4, 2026
Benevolent and Mutual Aid Societies, Fraternal Orders, and Labor Unions and Salt Lake City’s West Side
Salt Lake West Side Stories: Post Twentyby Brad Westwood and Cassandra Clark Above image caption: The Salt Lake City office of the Modern Woodmen of America, a workers’ fraternal life...
Last updated: March 4, 2026
Chinese Americans on Plum Alley and on the West Side
Salt Lake West Side Stories: Post Twenty-ThreeBy Brad Westwood Above photo caption: Based on information provided on a Salt Lake Tribune folder, the above image was described simply as the...
Last updated: March 4, 2026
“Rails East to Ogden:” Abandon Cultural Landscapes, Historical Archaeology and One of USA’s “Unknown National Treasures”
Date: 07.12.2021 (Season 3, Episode 8; 1:20 minutes). Click here for the BuzzSprout version of this Speak Your Piece Episode. The cropped image above is taken from a map entitled,...
Last updated: May 16, 2026
Latinos/as and Salt Lake City’s West Side: Part One
Salt Lake West Side Stories: Post Twenty-EightBy Brad Westwood, Cassandra Clark and Catherine Aviles Above photo caption: Two men accompany “Señorita Chicana 1971” (Miss Chicana 1971) at “Adelante [Ahead!]: A...
Last updated: March 4, 2026
SLC’s Latinx Population, Environmental Racism: A West Side Story, Past & Present
Date: September 20, 2021 (Season 3, Episode 11; 49:26 minutes long). Click here for the BuzzSprout version of this Speak Your Piece episode. The above image is a screenshot of...
Last updated: March 4, 2026
Japanese Americans on the West Side
Salt Lake West Side Stories: Post Twenty-SevenBy Brad Westwood and Cassandra Clark During the late nineteenth century, Japanese American immigrants arrived in Utah seeking employment opportunities. Initially, many worked for...
Last updated: March 4, 2026
Irish, Cornish, Welsh and Jewish immigrants and Salt Lake City’s West Side
Salt Lake West Side Stories: Post Twenty-TwoBy Brad Westwood Many of the west side’s earliest immigrants found employment in mining, transportation and smelter industries. Others bought and sold goods essential...
Last updated: March 12, 2026
Latinos/as and the West Side: Part Two
Salt Lake West Side Stories: Post Twenty-NineBy Brad Westwood, Cassandra Clark and Catherine Aviles The above photo is of four Mexican railroad workers, circa 1915-1920, presumably somewhere in Utah. Photo...
Last updated: March 4, 2026
