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When I left my country, Korea, my feeling was so terrible. I had to leave my entire family, friends, and food behind. Furthermore, when I arrived at the airport, the weather was so cold. It rainde the day before. My mind also got cold and rain. Anyway, I arrived in Utah. After one day, I though that this place wsa not my place, so I picked up the suitcase to take taxi I went out. When I was waiting the taxi, I saw the sky. I had never seen such a beautiful sky. I look around. There were beautiful mountains, high sky, and green woods. I climbed the top of the school at night. Have you ever seen the Salt Lake city night view? I suddenly realized that this place is very awesome. I was attracted to Utah. After a few months, I traveled to some different places including other states. However, I couldn't find life as good as Utah. I would like introduce this fantastic place and events. In addition, I want to share our information.
Thomas G. (1984, p, 32) explains the reason why people made city:
"The settlement of Salt Lake City was not typical in many ways of the westward movement of settlers and pioneers in the United States. The people who founded the city in 1847 were Mormons, members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. They did not come as individuals acting on their own, but as a well-organized, centrally directed group; and they came for a religious purpose, to establish a religious utopia in the wilderness, which they called the Kingdom of God on Earth. Like the Puritan founders of Massachusetts more than 200 years earlier, Mormons considered themselves on a mission from God, having been sent into the wilderness to establish a model society."
However, religious color of Salt Lake City is changing. John S. McCormick, (1982, p, 15) explains people how to change the city :
"In 1870 more than 90 percent of Salt Lake's 12,000 residents were Mormons. In the next twenty years the non-Mormon population grew two to three times as rapidly as did the Mormon population. By 1890 half of the city's 45,000 residents were non-Mormons; and there was also increasing variety among them, as a portion of the flood of twenty million immigrants who came to the United States in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries found its way to Utah."
The web site, Salt Lake 2002 Olympic Cauldron Park (2004, para. 2), shows how can people use the facility to remember:
"Envisioning a spiraling structure that would reflect the Salt Lake 2002 crystal emblem and embody the theme of Light the Fire Within, these artists and technological wizards worked exhaustively with Olympic officials to produce a worthy vessel. The result was a tower of 117 feet, weighing 29,000 pounds."
"During the Salt Lake 2002 Games, the Hoberman Arch encircled and protected the Heroes Cauldron, lit by the Olympic Flame. Today, it continues to embody the theme of Light the Fire Within, as a permanent fixture in Olympic Cauldron Park."
"More than 50 Olympic images from the country's top photographers have been collected and curated into a luminous exhibition of humanity, courage and connections. Granted special access during the Games, these photographers captured some of the most poignant, intimate scenes of the Olympic Spirit. Their award winning shots now shine in an elegant display that lends to contemplation, alongside a special presentation of the Salt Lake 2002 torch and multimedia remembrance of the Light the Fire Within theme."
If visitors have time, I recommend visitors use Trax, a light-rain train. Trax provides visitors with an unusual experience.
After remembering 2002, visitors should go to Temple Square. Temple square is located on downtown. Actually, downtown was made nearby Temple Square. If visitors miss temple square, visitors still won't know about Salt Lake City.
The web site, Utha.com (2004, para, 2), shows why people should visit this area:
"Construction on the temple began in 1853. However, the capstone of this magnificent structure was not put in place until 1892. The plush interior was completed 12 months later. Using hand drills and hammers, temple workers shaped and polished granite blocks hauled by horse-drawn wagon into the valley. The temple, which cost $3.5 million to build, took 40 years to complete. Today, Temple Square tours feature a demonstration of the Tabernacle's remarkable acoustics. Visitors may sit in the rear of the building as the tour-guide drops a pin on the floor close to the podium. The sound rings clearly throughout the hall. The Tabernacle's acoustics are also the reason the Grammy-award winning Mormon Tabernacle Choir calls it home."
Temple square is not only a sanctuary but also the most beautiful place in Salt Lake City. In addition, Temple square was completed a little over a hundred years ago. It means that this place is historic place.
"The resorts of Ski Salt Lake are blessed with The Greatest Snow on Earth. A lucky combination of geological features makes our powder snowfall the driest, fluffiest, most skiable snow in the world. In fact, national skier surveys consistently rank Salt Lake��s mountain resorts at the top for snow quality and quantity. You just have to experience it for yourself. It��s dry, light, and plentiful. In an average season, our resorts will receive over 500 inches, almost twice the amount at the resorts on the other side of the Rockies."
In a recent interview (Nathan, 2004), a university student explains why he like Utah. Click HEREto listen to the interview. From this interview, we can know how wonderful Utah is.
John S. McCormick. (1982). The Historic Buildings of Downtown Salt Lake City. Salt Lake City, Utah : Utah State Historical Society
Saltlake2002.com (2002). Salt Lake 2002 Olympic Cauldron. Retrieved December 3, 2004, from the World Wide Web: http://www. saltlake2002.com/olympiccauldron.html.
Saltlake2002.com (2002). Salt Lake 2002 Olympic Cauldron. Retrieved December 3, 2004, from the World Wide Web: http://www.saltlake2002.com/visitorscenter.html.
Utah.com (2004). Temple Square. Retrieved December 3, 2004, from the World Wide Web: http://www.utah.com/mormon/temple_square.html.
Utah.com (2004). Utah National Parks overview. Retrieved December 3, 2004, from the World Wide Web: http://www.utah.com/nationalparks.html.
2003/04 Salt Lake Convention & Visitors Bureau (2004). Ski Salt Lake. Retrieved December 3, 2004, from the World Wide Web: http://www.visitsaltlake.com/ski/resorts.html.
Nathan, H. (2004). Personal interview. Salt Lake City, Utah
Hong, S. K. (2004). Utah travel survey. Retrieved December 6, 2004, from World Wide Web: http://www.createsurvey.com/c/21758-1NHgGb/.
