History of the Rio Grande Depot - Part 1

Happy Golden Spike Day, railfans!

The Rio Grande Depot is often overlooked as an irrelevant piece of ancient history, isolated and forgotten on the west side of downtown Salt Lake City. In fact, it has one of the most interesting and complete stories to tell about our city, touching on so many important city topics and identities.

In this first part of depot's story, the depot is planned, revised, constructed, opened, and accepted as a central gathering place for Salt Lake City residents and travelers alike.

For more information, this article from ISSU is an amazing resource:
https://issuu.com/utah10/docs/uhq_vol...

Many photos provided courtesy of the J. Willard Marriot Digital Library: https://collections.lib.utah.edu/sear...

Thank you to Zack Clegg for directing me to some amazing archived material, including many of the quotes used in this video.

Additional Voice talent provided by Cameron Blakely (playing Henry Schlacks, the architect), and Matt Givens (playing the West Side resident).

Music:
Billy Goat Stomp – Joel Cummins:    • Billy Goat Stomp  
The Easy Winners – Scott Joplin
The Ol’ Rio Grande – Christian Lenhart
Hitchcock Would Have… - Chris Zabriskie:    • Hitchcock Would Have Fucked Up Charade  

Stay tuned for Part 2! And in the meanwhile, please check out our website at www.RioGrandePlanSaltLakeCity.org