Tom Wharton

From the U.S. Army's bloodless "invasion" of Salt Lake City to the humble beginnings of the Sundance Film Festival, “It Happened in Utah” looks at intriguing people and episodes from the history of the Beehive State. Read about Jean Baptiste, an exiled grave robber whose mysterious disappearance from a remote island in Great Salt Lake remains unsolved. Relive the life-shattering upheaval suffered by Japanese Americans during their banishment...

A collection of twenty-eight stories that describe the history of the state of Utah including the Transcontinental Railroad at Promontory Point, the Japanese internment camp at Topaz, Utah, and the 2002 Winter Olympics at Salt Lake City.

"From the U.S. Army's bloodless "invasion" of Salt Lake City to the humble beginnings of the Sundance Film Festival, It Happened in Utah looks at intriguing people and episodes from the history of the Beehive State."--Provided by publisher.