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Registration materials are now available for the April 15-18 OCTA Spring Symposium in Salt Lake City, and this is one you won't want to miss! We even have a couple of nationally renowned presenters in Dr. Greg Jackson from Utah Valley University and Dr. Jay Buckley from Brigham Young University. Dr. Jackson, host of the highly regarded podcast "History That Doesn't Suck," will kick off the symposium on Wednesday morning with his talk on "Western Expansion and History," while Dr. Buckley will kick off the Friday session with his talk, "Jim Bridger, Brigham Young, and Washakie: Contestation Over the Upper Green River Country during the 1840s and 1850s."
In between, the symposium will cover everything from women on the trail, medicine on the trail, Shoshone history and culture, the Salt Flats, the trail through the Wasatch, Chinese railroad workers, and the Mormon "out and back" companies. Tours will include trips along the Hastings to the east, the Hastings to the west, and the trail around the Great Salt Lake (which will also include a stop at an incredible wagon museum). Those not wanting to go on a tour are invited to spend a day at the FamilySearch Genealogy Library, which is right next door to our host hotel.
There is also an optional tour of This Is the Place Heritage Park, a free evening of watching the rehearsal of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, and even a Broadway performance of the hit musical "Wicked."
This is certainly one symposium you do not want to miss. We look forward to seeing you in Salt Lake City in April!
Registration is at https://octa-trails.org/.../2025-octa-salt-lake-symposium/
Hotel information is at https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bestwestern.com%2Fen_US%2Fbook%2Fhotel-rooms.53045.html%3FgroupId%3DV54DX1J3&h=AT0LRtMqVZsmmvC6LcdYyiOoM5to4c3NQRCTD3TU6OHjSb22PWagEJiaANIVRfzyZ9_qpU2eRq3a0ulhSvXyIA8uLUT4Tpyw9t103Xq_a7Af42AGqEiH3s6XHBFvTwcLmjjwTksqTA&__tn__=-UK-R&c[0]=AT1wRmGCpPaH2VMR2lDuQYMSpBuz6VZRhnUKrPv6Y_3mHfaXzLALy8vSy5jpl1XE3vNKqvrpjc_InA_godmyVw6DIOC8PNMzLVr1QUT7nKVLqpfdQWrSrgIzT9zmh3LgTD3nCVrTiAB6xv3q7DxCrYakUdJrgJmSLf9yZ82PJ_MtCmGJtURHQgISBzSPfmEob7BH0DALz5Xm0H2kGqR3MOqYkL0
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Salt Lake Plaza Hotel 122 West South Temple St, Salt Lake City, UT 84101, United States
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