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Monday, October 19, 2026
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Striped fairways, bunkers and ponds at Soldier Hollow Golf Course above Heber Valley
Soldier Hollow Golf Course, Midway, Utah; file photo, September 30, 2023. Full frame resized and converted to WebP; display cropped. Photo: Ken Lund · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Flickr

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The Heritage Museum of Layton, a museum of local history in Layton
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Alta ski area, Little Cottonwood Canyon; file photo, display cropped. Photo: Baileypalblue · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

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This date in Utah history

Today, October 19

2018 Utah arts agency celebrates its Glendinning Home headquarters

The Utah Division of Arts & Museums held an anniversary celebration at Salt Lake City’s Glendinning Home, with an open house, arts activities and a tree dedication honoring former director Ruth Draper. The agency’s account credits Draper’s efforts with helping save the historic home from demolition. This date marks the celebration, not the building’s construction or the agency’s move-in.

October 19, 2018 · Source: Utah Division of Arts & Museums

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