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No not "a blank", it is called a "reservoir".
No not "a blank", it is called a "reservoir".
The lake was called lake texcoco
Salt Lake City used to be called Great Salt Lake City. The "Great" was taken out because the name is just plain too long.
No not "a blank", it is called a "reservoir".
No, it has a lake, the Great Salt Lake. That's why it's called Salt LAKE City, not Salt SEA City.
The first group of Mormon Pioneers arrived in what is now called Salt Lake City on July 24, 1847.
Salt lake city is called salt lake because it is near the Great Salt Lake filled with tons of salt. I know...I've been in it!
You are probably thinking of Salt Lake City, Utah. They built hundreds of cities in the deserts of the west, but Salt Lake City is the largest and most well known. They also were the first settlers in Las Vegas, but aren't known for building it.
Salt lake city
No, no such city. There is, however, a lake called Leppijärvi.
Because when the Mormon pioneers first arrived and the place was completely desolate, Brigham Young stuck his cane in the ground and said "Here we will build the city of our God". They started building the city on that spot and it grew out from there.