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In 2002 Salt Lake City hosted the world at the Winter Olympics. You'll be warmly welcomed in this historic city as have thousands before you.
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Meet the 2005 convention logo. Utah Crossroads Chapter, your convention host, gets its name from the many emigrant trails that cross the state, a number of them passing through, meeting or ending in Salt Lake City. Our logo calls attention to the roads entering from the East-a branch of the California Trail (including the Hastings Cutoff) and Mormon Pioneer Trail, the Southern Route heading for the San Bernardino country in the Los Angeles Basin, the Hastings Cutoff passing west from Salt Lake across the Great Salt Desert, and north of the city Hensley's Salt Lake Cutoff of the California Trail-a route pioneered by returning Mormon Battalion members but soon used by 25,000 Gold Rushers-and a connection to the Oregon Trail. The Old Spanish Trail traversed Utah south of Salt Lake. Remnants of most of these roads can be found in the city and some of the old campsites and routes are just yards from the convention hotel. You'll see lots of the logo during the convention and when you do we hope you'll remember all the trail activity in these parts 150 years ago. Utah is truly a trails crossroads. -The Organizing Committee |
Trail Photos Utah has some of the best trail remnants anywhere. You'll find ruts, swales, campsites, dugways, rust marks and more in climes as diverse as high alpine to desert.
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