The "Dairy Cats" of Steenblik Park

Named for Joseph F. Steenblick, a prominent native of Salt Lake City. In the early 1900's he ran a dairy which was located nearby. While there are no stories specifically about cats at the dairy, the artist that created the cats imagined that there would be cats there to control mice, etc. and probably begging for a squirt of milk. Thus he cast the cats for the park.

Salt Lake City

October 3rd 2016
Geo: 40.7595, -111.888Up Monday morning, we packed up, loaded the car, and drove on to Salt Lake City following US highway 40 until we hit Interstate 80 at Silver Creek. The weather had been off and on overcast and rainy most of the way from Vernal but no frozen stuff until just after getting on I-80. From Silver Creek, the interstate climbs to a pass in the Wasatch Mountains cal ... read more

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Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more

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