Salt Lake County, Utah Utah Territory after traveling what settlers later called Emigration Canyon. Brigham Young, their leader, declared "This is the place" after seeing the valley. Compared to eastern regions, it seemed arid and unpromising to some of the migrants. Settlers used extensive irrigation to develop agriculture and the flourishing, self-sufficient city, known then as Great Salt Lake City. Thousands of Mormons joined them in the next several decades. The county was officially organized on January 31, 1850, with slightly more than 11,000 residents recorded. Mormon settlements were scattered across the valley and beyond. They relocated the territorial capital to Great Salt Lake
Firestation No. 8 (Salt Lake City, Utah) the later years, because the doorways could not handle large modern firetrucks. It later served as a restaurant. Firestation No. 8 (Salt Lake City, Utah) The Firestation No. 8 in Salt Lake City, Utah, at 258 S. 1300 East, was built in 1930. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. When listed, it was then the second oldest relatively intact fire station in Salt Lake City, after No. 3, built in 1914. The station was built in 1930 to serve the east bench area. It was designed to be compatible with the residential neighborhood, and