Utah Lake Resorts
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JacobBarlow
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Settlers of the Utah Lake area, attracted by its sandy beaches, built resorts which provided dancing, boating, swimming and picnicing....
Waymark Code: WM268Z
Location: Utah, United States
Date Posted: 09/11/2007
Views: 23
Settlers of the Utah Lake area, attracted by its sandy beaches, built resorts which provided dancing, boating, swimming and picnicing. The earliest sites and their proprietors were "Woodbury Park" Pleasant Grove 1880, B.W. Driggs Jr., "Old Lake", first called "Snail Island", Provo 1883, Don H. Corry and R.H. Dodd; "Geneva", Orem 1888, John Dallin; "Lincoln Beach", 1892, John Hallett; "American Fork", 1892, Chas. Roberts & Samuel Dean; "Murdock", Lehi 1894, George Murdock. "Saratoga", a warm spring resort near the lake west of Lehi was built in the late 1860's by John Beck, and is still in operation in 1970.
Marker Name: Utah Lake Resorts
Marker Type: Roadside
Addtional Information:
Location:
4090 W Center Street
PROVO
UTAH County
Near entrance to Utah Lake State Park
County: Utah
City: Provo
Group Responsible for Placement: DUP
Date Dedicated: 1970
Marker Number: 369
Web link(s) for additional information:
http://history.utah.gov/apps/markers/detailed_results.php?markerid=1585
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