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The Coal Conflict: Utah's Fight With The Union Pacific Railroad, Michael Guy Bishop
The Coal Conflict: Utah's Fight With The Union Pacific Railroad, Michael Guy Bishop
All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023
The problem of an adequate fuel supply plagued the people of the Salt Lake Valley from the Mormons' earliest occupation of the region. The first type of fuel used in the area was timber from the surrounding mountains, but this proved to be insufficient to meet the demands of growing population. With the rapid increase in the number of homes and businesses in the Salt Lake area, a new source of fuel was needed. A universal feeling existed in the community that coal was the answer to its needs.
In the autumn of 1859 coal was discovered near the present-day …