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“I stared out the window, at the whitecapped mountains in the distance. It was strange, looking at them from the other side. A month ago I had stood in the Salt Lake City Airport and wondered what was on the other side. Now I knew. I imagine prison bars are the same way. Maybe a grave.” quote by Charles Martin — Download Open image

““I stared out the window, at the whitecapped mountains in the distance. It was strange, looking at them from the other side. A month ago I had stood in the Salt Lake City Airport and wondered what was on the other side. Now I knew. I imagine prison bars are the same way. Maybe a grave.””

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“Keep the tourists out," some tourist from Salt Lake City has written. As fellow tourists we heartily agree.”

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Yesterday the flame of the Olympic torch was carried through our great state on its way to Salt Lake City.

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I left Montana in Spring of 1866, for Utah, arriving at Salt Lake city during the summer.

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I still feel Mormon. Those men in Salt Lake City can't decide who's Mormon and who isn't.

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