The bonneville salt flats in western utah are other worldly. We make a positive difference to your imaginative life. It is one of the most consistently flat areas on earth, which makes it the ideal home for landspeed record attempts. Despite being a desolate, lifeless desert for about 300 days a year, the bonneville salt flats may be one of the most exciting places in the whole state of utah. Bonneville salt flats, that traced events from 1896 to. Apparently, the snakes there are especially large, with exceptionally humungous fangs. View all hotels near bonneville salt flats on tripadvisor. Salt flats and salt lakes how to make everything youtube. Located in the great salt lake desert, the bonneville salt flats are both a geographic and landspeed marvel.
After my visit to the redmond salt mine, i explore two other sources of salt in utah. Rock salt occurs in vast beds of sedimentary evaporite minerals that result from the drying up of enclosed lakes, playas, and seas. Having published over 1,000 products, with more in development each day, many readers ask us which writers and books would form a good introduction to the salt list. Complete history of utah in encyclopedia form consisting of 575 articles and over 200 historic photographs. The tree of utah, sometimes called the tree of life, is an 87foottall 27 m sculpture that was created by the swedish artist karl momen in the 1980s and dedicated in 1986. The gathering, its corresponding logos, symbols and illustrations are trademarked and ed by wizards of the coast.
Everything you need to know about the bonneville salt flats. It is located along i80 near the utah nevada border. The tragedy of the donnerreed party inhibited extensive use of the hastings cutoff as an overland migration trail. The flats, part of the great salt lake desert, are a remnant of the bed of an ancient lake formed about 30,000 years ago late in the pleistocene epoch and named for b. Partly the result of rulebook changes, partly the result of burt munros sheer determination and resourcesfulness, and maybe partly the result of the respect he commanded, munros muchheralded landspeed record establishing his motorcycle as the worlds fastest indian remains unbroken nearly 50 years after munro set it. Save the salt foundation is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to protect the bonneville salt flats in utah and to promote its history and motorsports legacy. The bonneville salt flats in northern utah have long called to those who seek to go as fast as humanly possible and etch their names into history. Salt flats, salt flat, salt flats, or salt flat may refer to. A brief history of sea salt uses through the ages ava jane. Historic wendover airfield 2020 all you need to know. The bonneville salt flats of the western great salt lake desert were formed through the evaporation of the pleistoceneera lake bonneville. The bonneville salt flats is a densely packed salt pan. Salt created, destroyed and preserved civilizations, formed friendships, healed wounds and wove its way into numerous religions. This list of books set in utah is the perfect accompaniment for a trip to utah, or simply.
A study in scarlet is the first published story of one of the most famous literary. Humans have lived in the great basin for thousands of years. A salt crust ranging from a few inches to 5 feet thick forms a perfectly flat, uniform, blindingly white crust as far as the eye can see. The great salt flats is a region of the world best to be simply avoided. Peter vincent is arguably the most experienced photographer of the bonneville salt flats. In many areas of the state fourwheel drive and allterrain vehicle atv rentals are available. Cancellations of speed week two years in a row raise concerns about the health of the salt flats. Often called the flattest place on earth, the bonneville salt flats is a favorite surface for highspeed automobile racing.
The bonneville salt flats is one of the most unique natural features in utah, stretching over 30,000 acres. The history of the bonneville speedway rod authority. Jan 31, 2002 from the bestselling author of cod and the basque history of the world in his fifth work of nonfiction, mark kurlansky turns his attention to a common household item with a long and intriguing history. In addition to this, mystifying objects are said to randomly fall from the sky and end the lives of unsuspecting travelers.
Salt flat, tx the handbook of texas online texas state. Jul 27, 2019 after 17 months and many miles of travel, brigham young leads 148 mormon pioneers into utahs valley of the great salt lake. Jenkins interest in motorsports began with racing motorcycles on dirt tracks and cross country. There are different racing categories as well as classes for the cars, the motorcycles and even the go karts and bar stools of all things. To hot rod and motorcycle enthusiasts around the world the bonneville salt flats are the ultimate speedway and proving ground to test and see if your rod truly is the fastest around. Drivers worry the end of utah salt flat racing is near. Bonneville salt flats, stretch of barren salt flats covering about 100 square miles 260 square km in tooele county, northwestern utah, u. Speed on salt a history of the bonneville salt flats, utah, united states of america, eyston, george edward thomas on. Talk to anyone, and their opinion is always the same.
Once i stood on the bank of a rice paddy in rural sichuan province, and a lean and aging chinese peasant, wearing a faded fortyyearold blue jacket issued by the mao government in the early years of the revolution, stood knee deep in water and apropos of absolutely nothing shouted defiantly at me, we chinese invented many things. The book of salt serves up a wholly original take on paris in the 1930s through the eyes of binh, the vietnamese cook employed by gertrude stein and alice b. What do these two very different uses of the word salt evoke for you, as a reader. During the annual event, sponsored by the southern. A 12by5 mile stretch occupying 300,000 acres of utah s pristine west desert, the bonneville salt flats is like no other place on earth. Silver island mountains with lake bonneville shorelines viewed to the north. Information on this site was converted from a hard cover book published by university of utah press in 1994. The history of utah motorsports is peppered with a variety of classes and styles of competition from grassroots drag racing up to nationally recognized stock racing. Bonneville salt flats bonneville speedway wendover. Adventure and survival books 15 hiking books 2 general utah and area hiking guides 25 national parks of utah hiking books salt lake hiking books 5 wasatch hiking books 3 uinta hiking books 2 nearby states hiking books 18 outdoor activities 5 camping, cookouts, and ghost stories books 19 fishing and. Salt houses by hala alyan reading guidebook club discussion. The bonneville salt flats is a dazzling white, salt covered area in northwestern utah. Apr 07, 2017 photo via e hayes motorworks collection. Salt beds may be up to 350 m thick and underlie broad areas.
Formed over 40,000 years ago, when the prehistoric lake minchin dried up, it is also home to pink flamingos, yearold cacti and rare hummingbirds. Salt is a leading independent trade publisher established in 1999 and based in the uk. In this collection, we have selected ten fantastic reads for you these books tell the story of salt, a story that has been evolving for two decades. Bonneville salt flatsutah motorsports marriott library the. Salt pan geology, a flat expanse of ground covered with salt and other minerals dry lake, an ephemeral lakebed that consists of finegrained sediments infused with alkali salts. History of the bonneville salt flats captured like youve never seen before. The salt house is a portrait of a family in distress. The utah salt flats racing association and its nonprofit allies are. The salt flats are about 12 miles long and 5 miles wide with total area coverage of just over 46 square miles.
On november 15, 1965 at the bonneville salt flats in utah, 28yearold californian craig breedlove sets a new landspeed record600. The area is a remnant of the pleistocene lake bonneville and is the largest of many salt flats located west of the great salt lake. Several groups meet to talk about future of salt flats. Excavations at nearby danger cave have proven occupation of the area as. Motor vehicle use is limited by seasonal closure during the spring when the salt is moist or has standing water on the surface. The university of utah press and i intend to mark the 100th anniversary of land speed racing on the salt with an updated version of my bestselling history book.
Aug 22, 2018 you wouldnt think it to look at them, but your salt and pepper shakers have caused a lot of problems over the years. Speed on salt a history of the bonneville salt flats, utah, united states of america. Once hastings followers got further into utah, they would have to cross the salt flats surrounding the great salt lake, a salt desert that involved trekking for 80 miles with no water. Sanpete county, utah familypedia fandom powered by wikia. And then there are the people that come from around the world to do other worldly things with speed on the salt. Commodity history has been the boom genre of nonfiction over the past decade. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. Speed on salt a history of the bonneville salt flats. He then became interested in land speed records at the bonneville salt flats. The bonneville salt flats are a densely packed salt pan in tooele county in northwestern utah. The salt flats velocity princesssome music from the 1980s, released 19 august 20 1. The utah department of natural resources map and bookstore is operated by the utah geological survey.
The bonneville salt flats is administered by the bureau of land management for public use and enjoyment. The shimmering salt flats of bolivia kids news article. Impeccably written, the salt house is a heartstopping story. Highway 62180 fortythree miles northeast of sierra blanca and fifteen miles southeast of dell city in the northeastern hudspeth county salt basin. The important role of salt in the history of kansas is captured in a salt museum in hutchinson, ks. Lisa duffy explores marriage, family and friendship and the psychology of grief.
As burt munros worlds fastest indian record hemmings daily. The vast distances in the american west sometimes required passage over extensive salt flats. A scarlet, cigarshaped racing car rocketed down the gleaming white straightaway of utah s bonneville salt flats this week in an all too daring effort to break the 400mph land speed barrier. The books title, salt houses, is explained by atef on page 273.
Underneath that innocuous ceramic bulb lies a history of kingdoms torn apart. Due to its unique geology, history, and scenic beauty, the bonneville salt flats was designated an area of critical environmental concern in 1985. Originally published by the university of utah press. The salt flats there in utah stretch out over 30,000 acres, where racing. The salt flats did, however, yield scientific information to the expeditions of captain howard stansbury in 1849 and of captain j.
The bonneville salt flats are a 30,000 acre expanse of hard, white salt crust on the western edge of the great salt lake basin in utah. At the controls was athol graham, a 36yearold salt lake city mechanic who had dreamed for 10 years of surpassing sir john cobbs speed of 394. Every year for more than two decades he has visited this unique american landscape with camera in hand. Heres what a 427mph crash on the bonneville salt flats. They cover a large area and have a very unique environment. An unlikely world history from the bestselling author of cod and the basque history of the world in his fifth work of nonfiction, mark kurlansky turns his attention to a common household item with a long and intriguing history. So much of our human body is made up of salt that wed be dead without it. A new list of utah s 15 most influential artists is dominated by women and ranges from a documentary producer to a muralist, from a painter who celebrates nature to an artist who creates. Land speed records generally bring to mind the streamliners as the scream across the bonneville salt flats at speeds of over 750 miles per hour, but theres actually more to setting land speed records than just the streamliners. We sell fiction, short stories, poetry and nonfiction with free uk shipping on all orders. Kurlansky traces the history of salt s influences from prehistoric china and ancient africa in egypt they made mummies using salt to europe in 12thcentury provence, france, salt merchants. Bonneville speedway is an area of the bonneville salt flats northeast of wendover, utah, that is marked out for motor sports. Salt has made tremendous impacts in human existence from its discovery in many perspectives. The fine balance of nature, the trade of salt as a currency of many nations and empires, the theme of a popular shakespearean play.
However, the greatest of these is the long tradition of competing for land speed records on the bonneville salt flats. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. T he bonneville salt flats of the western great salt lake desert were formed through the evaporation of the pleistoceneera lake bonneville. History of the bonneville salt flats captured like youve never.
Coined the worlds largest mirror, there are four ways to get to the salt flats in bolivia which we gemma and craig will look at in this guide. It covers the history of the salt flats from the beginning in the early 20s. The inside story of the land speed record in the sixties. The bonneville salt flats are all that remains of pleistocine lake in utah and are a denselypacked salt pan located west of the great salt lake this area is wide open and extremely flat. The salt flats there in utah stretch out over 30,000 acres, where racing and land speed records has been taking place since just shortly after the invention of the automobile. Sep 19, 2012 with bonneville speed week just ending were sure many of you still have salt fever and wouldnt mind reading about the history that surrounds the salt flats. Salt houses is a story of displacement, from a novelist who knows salt houses traces several generations of a displaced palestinian family. Salt is the most valuable and controversial mineral in the history of mankind. There, a crusty yet perfectly flat strip measuring nine miles long by just 80 feet wide was formed 50,000 years ago when a 45,000squaremile sea receded in what is now western utah. Its odd to think that salt has such a rich history, since it so readily sits in a grinder or shaker on our tables. Civilian distress over the lack of salt in the wartime confederacy undermined rebel morale, too.
The property is public land managed by the bureau of land management and is known for land speed records at the bonneville speedway. Whether you call it history, festivals, or events, theres plenty to do in utah. A world history by mark kurlansky, paperback barnes. Reading salt houses is like having your coffee grounds read. The flats are composed mainly of potash salts ranging in thickness from less than one inch to six feet. The salt flats are actually the bed of that once massive lake which rivaled in size present lake michigan.
Fill out the online form and have the utah travel guide, the ski utah winter vacation planner, and a utah state map sent directly to you. Bonneville speedway museum 900 wendover blvd, wendover, utah 84083 rated 4. The history of utah motorsports is peppered with a variety of classes and styles of competition from grassroots drag racing up to nationally. Today we take salt for granted, a common, inexpensive substance that seasons food or clears ice from roads, a word used casually in expressions salt of the earth, take it with a grain of salt without appreciating their deeper meaning.
As mark kurlansky so brilliantly relates here, salt has shaped civilisation from the beginning, and its story is a glittering, often surprising part of the history of mankind. Bonneville salt flatsutah motorsports marriott library. But that achievement could not go in the record books. The flat science fiction surface of the bonneville salt flats has been used for car and motorcycle testing for more than a century.
The bonneville salt flats are in utah, usa, near the border with nevada, and as the name suggests its a very big and very flat area of land. Bonneville salt flats wendover 2020 all you need to. Bonneville salt flats wendover, utah lake, park facebook. But just before that passage, on page 270, he muses that alia would have smashed the windows and salted the earth before leaving her mothers house in an invasion. History of the bonneville salt flats captured like youve. David abbott ab jenkins january 25, 1883 august 9, 1956 was the 24th mayor of salt lake city, utah from 1940 to 1944 and was a professional race car driver. Bonneville salt flats blm utah department of natural. This list of books set in utah is the perfect accompaniment for a trip to utah. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. Speed on salt a history of the bonneville salt flats, utah, u. With so much of utah designated as public land administered for recreational use, and hundreds of miles of backcountry trails, great fourwheel drive or atv terrain is never far away. The bonneville salt flats is the remnant of lake bonneville which covered one third of the state of utah over 10,000 years ago. Gazing over the parched earth of the remote location, young declared. It was possibly named for a ute indian chief named sanpitch, which was corrupted to sanpete but often incorrectely written as san pete.
Books nstuff usfra apparel bonneville books nstuff usfra membership posterncalendar specials entry record trophies ecommerce, open source, shop, online shopping, store. The bonneville salt flats are found west of the great salt lake, in western utah. The organization aspires to keep this national treasure available for future generations. Salt is best selling author mark kurlanskys story of the only rock we eat. For the second year in a row, speed week at the bonneville salt flats has been canceled because the salt was either too wet or too muddy. City of salt lake special land speed racing history.
A world history unabridged audiobook, by mark kurlansky. Please read the disclaimer before relying on data on this site. British automobile racer sir malcolm campbell speeds across the salt bed in his bluebird and sets a world record of 301. The beginners guide to bonneville speed week roadkill. The utah salt flats racing association and its nonprofit allies are pushing the bureau of land management to establish a program to pump up to 540 million gallons of brine onto the flats over the. Ap photo chris detrick the salt lake tribune eileen hallet stone poses for a. The history of salt as we know it today dates way back to recorded history, having as much impact then as it does in the modern world. Bonneville a century of speed utah salt flats racing. Park, the bonneville salt flats, bryce canyon national park, the great salt lake. In canada, windsor salt is more than a century old. It is located in the desolate great salt lake desert of utah on the west bound side of interstate 80, about 25 miles 40 km east of wendover and midway between the former railroad communities of arinosa and barro. Every year racers haul across salt lakedotted utah to run everything from 70hp renaults to 400mph turbine streamliners.
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