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Exploring Utah's most popular tourist attraction

Exploring Utah’s most popular tourist attraction

On June 9, 1856, 500 Mormons left Iowa and headed west for Salt Lake City, transporting their belongings in two-wheeled carts.

Almost four decades later, in 1893, the Mormons completed construction on Salt Lake Temple, located in Temple Square, which today attracts from 3 to 5 million tourists each year.

The site is the state’s most popular tourist attraction and garners more visitors than the Grand Canyon.


Video courtesy of LDS Vids via YouTube

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