Here Are The Oldest Photos Ever Taken In Utah And They're Incredible
By Catherine Armstrong|Published August 11, 2017
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Writer, editor and researcher with a passion for exploring new places. Catherine loves local bookstores, independent films, and spending time with her family, including Gus the golden retriever, who is a very good boy.
Can you imagine what it was like to live in Utah more than 100 years ago? Thanks to historians, some of Utah’s earliest photographs have been preserved so that we can all enjoy them. Take a look at how different life in Utah in the late 1800s was!
1. Daggett County, 1870. Surveyors make camp near the Henry's Fork of the Green River.
2. Unknown location, 1860. We don't have much information on these two cute little kids, except that they managed to hold very still for this photo in 1860.
5. Unknown location, 1880. A group of Ute tribal leaders were sent to Washington D.C. in 1880 to form a treaty: Chief Ignacio of the Southern Utes, Carl Shurz, Secretary of the Interior, Chief Ouray and his wife, Chipeta. Standing are Woretsiz and General Charles Adams.
I’m glad I wasn’t living in Utah in the late 1800s – imagine life without air conditioning! Do you have any old Utah photographs in your collection? Share them with us!
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