{"id":97,"featured":0,"modified":"2024-02-25 16:46:18","latitude":40.42373,"longitude":-112.38183,"title":"UPTLA #97","address":"","thumbnail":"https:\/\/uptla.tylerthorsted.com\/files\/square_thumbnails\/1b27010567ccc2b2e0b82c49deb88df6.jpg","creator":["Utah Pioneer Trails and Landmarks Association,\r\nC. C. C. Camp G154, CO 2517, U. S. Grazing Service Dept. of the Interior\r\nUnion Pacific Railroad Company"],"description":"<div style=\"text-align: center;\">Godbe's Chicago Smelter<br \/>(At Spring 700 feet S.W.)<\/div>\r\nA detachment of the U.S. Army, the first to enter the Rocky Mountain region, consisting of two companies of artillery, 85 dragoons, 130 teamsters, herders and hostlers from Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, under the command of Col. E.J. Steptoe, reach this point September 2, 1854. They erected quarters, stables and corrals, cut 200 cords of wood and stored 200 tons of hay for their 450 mules and 300 horses. The camp was located on the East shore of Lake Shambip (Rush Lake). The detachment left for Benicia, California, in early April, 1855. <br \/>An overland Stage Station was located here from 1868 to the early 1870's. W.M. S. Godbe's Chicago ore smelter was erected here in 1871 and operated until about 1880. <br \/>The place was known as Slagtown. The present line of the Union Pacific Railroad reached here in 1902.","sponsor":"","subtitle":"Steptoe's Military Camp","accessinfo":"","lede":"","website":"","related_resources":["<a class=\"Hyperlink SCXO264522557 BCX0\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hmdb.org\/m.asp?m=149985\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\" class=\"TextRun SCXO264522557 BCX0\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" lang=\"EN-US\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXO264522557 BCX0\">http:\/\/www.hmdb.org\/m.asp?m=149985<\/span><\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\" class=\"TextRun EmptyTextRun SCXO264522557 BCX0\"><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXO264522557 BCX0\">\u00a0<\/span>","<a class=\"Hyperlink SCXO183557414 BCX0\" href=\"https:\/\/newspapers.lib.utah.edu\/ark:\/87278\/s65156g2\/16936059\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\" class=\"TextRun SCXO183557414 BCX0\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" lang=\"EN-US\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXO183557414 BCX0\">https:\/\/newspapers.lib.utah.edu\/ark:\/87278\/s65156g2\/16936059<\/span><\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\" class=\"TextRun EmptyTextRun SCXO183557414 BCX0\"><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXO183557414 BCX0\">\u00a0<\/span>","<a class=\"Hyperlink SCXO135025054 BCX0\" href=\"https:\/\/newspapers.lib.utah.edu\/ark:\/87278\/s68s5z5n\/16935746\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\" class=\"TextRun SCXO135025054 BCX0\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" lang=\"EN-US\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXO135025054 BCX0\">https:\/\/newspapers.lib.utah.edu\/ark:\/87278\/s68s5z5n\/16935746<\/span><\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\" class=\"TextRun EmptyTextRun SCXO135025054 BCX0\"><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXO135025054 BCX0\">\u00a0<\/span>","<a class=\"Hyperlink SCXO198525270 BCX0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/article\/the-transcript-bulletin-steptoe-memorial\/141136164\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/article\/the-transcript-bulletin-steptoe-memorial\/141136164\/<\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\" class=\"TextRun EmptyTextRun SCXO198525270 BCX0\"><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXO198525270 BCX0\">\u00a0<\/span>","<a class=\"Hyperlink SCXO255695245 BCX0\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/improvementera4410unse\/page\/n29\/mode\/2up\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\" class=\"TextRun SCXO255695245 BCX0\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" lang=\"EN-US\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXO255695245 BCX0\">https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/improvementera4410unse\/page\/n29\/mode\/2up<\/span><\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\" class=\"TextRun EmptyTextRun SCXO255695245 BCX0\"><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXO255695245 BCX0\">\u00a0<\/span>","<a href=\"https:\/\/collections.lib.utah.edu\/ark:\/87278\/s62g1sj1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/collections.lib.utah.edu\/ark:\/87278\/s62g1sj1<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/collections.lib.utah.edu\/ark:\/87278\/s6p88g43\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/collections.lib.utah.edu\/ark:\/87278\/s6p88g43<\/a>"],"files":{"https:\/\/uptla.tylerthorsted.com\/files\/fullsize\/1b27010567ccc2b2e0b82c49deb88df6.jpg":{"id":130,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","title":"Plaque","thumbnail":"https:\/\/uptla.tylerthorsted.com\/files\/square_thumbnails\/1b27010567ccc2b2e0b82c49deb88df6.jpg"},"https:\/\/uptla.tylerthorsted.com\/files\/fullsize\/6e2b7f10aa3135b492ce9a23d18d6760.jpg":{"id":131,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","title":"Marker","thumbnail":"https:\/\/uptla.tylerthorsted.com\/files\/square_thumbnails\/6e2b7f10aa3135b492ce9a23d18d6760.jpg"}}}