Sagebrush Rebellion in Grand County

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When local officials in southern Utah's Grand County declared independence from the federal Bureau of Land Management in 1980, they took rhetoric of small government and individual freedom to a whole new level.

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Women's Home Missionary Society 1:43

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Female Methodist missionaries in Utah forged relationships with women across religious lines, protecting and advocating for women in need throughout the state.

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Utah Votes for Bryan 1:57

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Voters from Utah went crazy for Democratic presidential hopeful William Jennings Bryan in the election of 1896.

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The Ku Klux Klan in Utah 2:00

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The presence of the Ku Klux Klan was not just limited to the southern United States. In fact, the KKK had grown enough to march through the streets of Salt Lake City in the early 1920s.

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The Great White Palace: African American Segregation in Utah 2:01

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The old Hotel Utah has a storied history of hospitality that is shadowed by the racial prejudice common throughout Utah right into the 1960s.

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Anti-Apartheid Activists Force Divestment at the University of Utah 2:30

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In the mid-nineteen eighties, global pressure was mounting against the apartheid regime in South Africa. Learn how persistent student activists at the University of Utah forced their campus to confront its connections to an oppressive regime half a world away.

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Welsh Immigrants Recreate Their Lives in Utah 2:21

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Welsh immigrants brought with them valuable skills that laid the foundation for Utah’s early mining industry.

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Utah's Rosies 2:29

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You’ve seen her. She wears the red bandanna and a blue collared shirt, flexing her bicep with a look that says, “get to work.” She’s Rosie the Riveter, and Utah had an army of them.

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Alien Registration Act of 1940 2:10

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The United States has a long history of limiting immigration and managing migrants once they are here, including a campaign to register non-citizen immigrants living in Utah.

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Lessons in Resilience 3:26

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Over long years of colonization, the Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation faced severe setbacks. But the Tribe continued to adapt to new conditions and found ways to preserve their culture and traditions.

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2002 Winter Olympics Bring Utahns Together 3:33

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Utah's snowy peaks and valleys became the stage for athletes from around the world during the 2002 Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake. But the Games were much more than a sporting competition.

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Utah Tree History: A Landscape in Flux 3:32

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Utah history isn’t just about the people who lived and worked here. It’s also about some of the oldest living organisms in our state – trees! Learn more about our arborous elders.

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Nine Mile Canyon: Resource Exploitation vs Cultural Preservation 3:23

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Nine Mile Canyon contains an estimated 10,000 rock art sites created over a thousand years ago, and that’s just the beginning of the canyon's historic and cultural value. But natural gas exploration and extraction nearby pose challenges to preservation efforts.

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The Energy Transition Powered by Rural Utah 3:31

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When you flip your light switch, do you know which part of rural Utah your electricity is coming from? Historically, fuel for the energy grid came from rural areas in the form of fossil fuels. But even as utilities transition to alternative energy, that energy is still sourced in rural Utah.

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Poultry Co-operative Transforms Utah Agriculture 3:32

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The switch from Utah being a net importer of turkeys to becoming a substantial exporter in the 1920s can be attributed to the efforts of one man -- Benjamin Brown -- and the poultry co-operative he organized.

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Radio: Bridging the Distance Across Rural Utah 3:33

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