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Missed Big Boy No. 4014 earlier this month? 'World's largest' steam train to make Utah encore
Carter Williams, KSL.com | Posted July 19 - 7:39 a.m. | Save Story
Utahns have one more chance to view a historic steam train that brought in large crowds earlier this month.
Archeologists find musket balls fired during an early battle of the Revolutionary War
Michael Casey, Associated Press | Posted July 17 - 9:16 p.m. | Save Story
Archeologists with the National Park Service say they have found musket balls that date back nearly 250 years and were fired during one of the first battles in the Revolutionary War.
Historic vehicle taken from Utah national forest last seen in Kane County, rangers say
Carter Williams, KSL.com | Posted July 15 - 9:29 p.m. | Save Story
A historic military vehicle that had been illegally removed from a national forest last month was last seen in Kane County.
'It's very meaningful to us': Utah church offers $1K reward in search for stolen relic
Carter Williams, KSL.com | Posted July 15 - 1:05 p.m. | Save Story
A cherished relic that had been housed at the Cathedral of the Madeleine for more than a century has been stolen and church officials are hoping the public can help them find it.
Former Ogden man identified as victim of 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre from DNA
Tim Vandenack, KSL.com | Updated July 12 - 7:08 p.m. | Save Story
DNA from a former Ogden man has been identified as a victim of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, the first such identification as part of a probe into those killed in the incident.
Biden will bestow Medal of Honor on soldiers who helped hijack train in Confederate territory
Josh Boak, Associated Press | Posted July 3 - 1:03 p.m. | Save Story
Two Union soldiers are posthumously receiving the Medal of Honor from President Joe Biden for conspicuous gallantry during the Civil War.
See the 'world's largest' steam locomotive as Big Boy tour reaches Utah
Carter Williams, KSL.com | Posted July 3 - 12:03 p.m. | Save Story
Big Boy No. 4014 is coming home, as Union Pacific's "Westward Bound Tour" continues.
Not just a book: Why the Gutenberg Bible is relevant 500 years after its printing
MarÍa Teresa Hernández, Associated Press | Posted June 30 - 9:07 a.m. | Save Story
Feel compelled to see a Gutenberg Bible up close? Here's a look at how its printing influenced the history of books and the religious landscape and what a 500-year-old volume can still reveal.
'Every day was worth it': Taylor man leaving behind Old West museum he built behind his home
Tim Vandenack, KSL.com | Posted June 28 - 6:10 a.m. | Save Story
Michael Ackley spent nine years assembling an Old West museum behind his home in Taylor, but now he and his wife are moving, leaving it behind.
Remembering the times the late, great Willie Mays played in Utah
Carter Williams, KSL.com | Posted June 26 - 6:24 p.m. | Save Story
Willie Mays played at least three exhibition games in Utah during his baseball career. Here's how those games were reported at the time.
'We were all kind of stunned': Historic military vehicle stolen from national forest
Carter Williams, KSL.com | Updated June 26 - 8:54 a.m. | Save Story
The U.S. Forest Service is asking for the public's help in locating a historic military vehicle after it was illegally "removed" from the Boulder Mountain Row Lakes area.
'America is worth the sacrifice': Memorial dedication in France for Utahn killed during WWII
Alex Cabrero, KSL-TV | Posted June 22 - 10:26 p.m. | Save Story
A small town in France dedicated a memorial Saturday to a crew of a B-17 bomber killed in WWII. One of the soldiers honored was Utah resident 2nd Lt. John "Jack" Lundberg.
How Utah researchers helped discover a new 78 million-year-old dinosaur species
Carter Williams, KSL.com | Updated June 20 - 6:07 p.m. | Save Story
Utah researchers helped lead a study outlining a previously unknown dinosaur species that once roamed the West.
Lehi Historical Marker Program to unveil first marker honoring the rodeo
Cassidy Wixom, KSL.com | Posted June 19 - 4:53 p.m. | Save Story
The Lehi Historical Society will be unveiling its first historical marker, which will honor the Lehi rodeo.
A Utah hero died for freedom in World War II. This woman is making sure he's not forgotten
Lee Benson, Deseret News | Posted June 19 - 4:04 p.m. | Save Story
On June 22, in a pasture outside the village of Épagne-Épagnette in northern France, a young patriotic woman from Utah is set to help unveil a memorial plaque honoring World War II soldiers who died 53 years before she was born.
The legacy of a last name: A new memorial park honors the last names of the formerly enslaved
Victor Blackwell and Devon M. Sayers, CNN | Posted June 19 - 1:02 p.m. | Save Story
A new sculpture park that memorializes African Americans' centuries-long fight for freedom – from slavery to modern day – has opened in Montgomery, Alabama, the original capital of the Confederacy.
Centuries-old cherries found at Mount Vernon. Growers hopeful about next crop
Dennis Romboy, Deseret News | Posted June 19 - 7:15 a.m. | Save Story
Archaeologists discovered dozens of bottles of cherries and berries preserved in storage pits at George Washington's Mount Vernon home on the banks of the Potomac River.
The sometimes amusing, sometimes troubled history of Utah's school mascots
Emma Everett Johnson, KSL.com | Posted June 17 - 7:34 p.m. | Save Story
June 17 is National Mascot Day. Take a look at the evolution of some Utah schools' mascots over the years.
