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A KNACK FOR INVENTIO Philo T. Farnsworth gave the world its first television set.
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From it’s earliest days, Utah has been a hive of industry. by G A R Y D A U G H T E R S
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he Mormons who settled Salt Lake Valley in 1847 were enviable multi-taskers. Equipped with only the scant provisions that could fit inside their wagons, they faced the momentous job of feeding themselves in a virtual desert while erecting a city from scratch. In short order, they irrigated fields, constructed log cabins, built roads and bridges and laid the foundations of public utilities. By 1853, they had broken ground on the worldrenowned temple around which
