All Aboard! Union Pacific Depot Marks 100th Anniversary

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In early August 1909, Salt Lake City was gearing up for what would be the largest convention in the city's history: the 43rd Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic.

Perhaps as many as 70,000 Civil War veterans, their families and other visitors would arrive in the city, and most would come by rail.

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All Aboard! Union Pacific Depot Marks 100th Anniversary

Salt Lake's rail yards received daily notices of special trains and special cars that would be bringing delegates to the convention, and the city was all set to put on a grand spectacle for them.

Passengers arriving on the Oregon Short Line Railroad or the San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad would be greeted with a spectacle all their own: a brand-new depot, which had opened just day...

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