Andrew Christiansen
University of Utah student
A senior at the University of Utah, Andrew Christiansen wrote this story as part of a College of Humanities journalism course in partnership with the Great Salt Lake Collaborative.
Tooele County resident Chris Eddington, whose backyard borders the recently approved Tooele Valley inland port project, pets his pony on February 27, 2024. (Photo credit: Xiangyao “Axe” Tang)
Tooele County resident Chris Eddington, whose backyard borders the recently approved Tooele Valley inland port project, pets his pony on February 27, 2024. (Photo credit: Xiangyao “Axe” Tang)
Chris Eddington lives in a peaceful, modest bungalow at the end of a small dirt road in Tooele County. Three horses roam his half-acre property less than a mile from Great Salt Lake. Wearing a pair of...
Brad Parry, vice chairman of the Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation, in front of the Utah Capitol building on June 6, 2023. (Photo credit: Shara Hiller)
Brad Parry, vice chairman of the Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation, in front of the Utah Capitol building on June 6, 2023. (Photo credit: Shara Hiller)
This story was updated 6/10/24 to reflect the correct year the Bear River Massacre occurred. During the Bear River Massacre in 1863, around 200 U.S. Army soldiers killed at least 350 Shoshone men, wom...