Summit County Sesquicentennial
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N 40° 55.071 W 111° 23.950
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This exhibit honoring Summit County on the occasion of its sesquicentennial is located in front of the county courthouse at 60 N Main Street in Coalville, Utah.
Waymark Code: WMGPN4
Location: Utah, United States
Date Posted: 03/28/2013
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member Math Teacher
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In the early 1900s there was a lot of contention between Park City and Coalville over the location of the colunty seat. Park City thought that it should be the county seat because it was the commercial and mining center of the county. Coalville maintained that it sholuld remain the county seat because is supplied Park City with all the necessary foodstuffs for its existence. The county seat has remained in Coalville to the present.

When Summit County celebrated its sesquicentennial in 2004, Park City donated and exhibit honoring the occasion consisting of a silhouette sculpture of a miner and a mine car loaded with ore that bears the plaque for the occasion. The plaque reads:

Park City Honors Summit County
on the occasion of its
Sesquicentennial Anniversary
January 2004

For over 130 years Park City has proudly shared its past
and present with Summit County. We look forward to a common future filled with peace and prosperity.

Presented by Park City Municipal Corporation and Jordanelle Special Service District

Subject: County

Commemoration: Sesquicentennial

Date of Founding: 1854

Date of Commemoration: 2004

Address:
Summit County Courthouse 60 N Main Street Coalville, Utah 84017

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Yes


Detail Photograph:

Yes


Web site if available: Not listed
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