2025 Salt Lake City Spring Symposium
Schedule
Tue, 15 Apr, 2025 at 08:00 am to Fri, 18 Apr, 2025 at 04:00 pm
UTC-06:00Location
Salt Lake Plaza Hotel 122 West South Temple St, Salt Lake City, UT 84101 | Salt Lake City, UT
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Registration materials are now available for the April 15-18 Registration now available for the Oregon-California Trails Association's Spring Symposium in Salt Lake City, April 15-18 2025. This is one you won't want to miss! Highlighted Speakers include: Dr. Greg Jackson from Utah Valley University and 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."
Dr. Jay Buckley from Brigham Young University 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."
The symposium speaker topics range from: women on the trail, medicine on the trail, the trail through the Wasatch, Shoshone history and culture, the Salt Flats, Chinese railroad workers, and Mormon "out and back" companies.
Guided bus and walking tour 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.
Optional events include: tours of This Is the Place Heritage Park, a free evening of watching the rehearsal of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, and a Broadway performance of the hit musical "Wicked."
We look forward to seeing you in Salt Lake City!
Registration and details at https://octa-trails.org/.../2025-octa-salt-lake-symposium/
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Where is it happening?
Salt Lake Plaza Hotel 122 West South Temple St, Salt Lake City, UT 84101, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
