| Utah (Tooele County), Grantsville — Iosepa Historical Memorial |
| | This hallowed place was dedicated on August 28, 1890 by President Wilford Woodruff for all the nations in the isles of the seas, the Polynesian pioneers, their descendants and the faithful Church leaders who left their home in the mid 1800’s and migrated to this gathering place in Zion to be married in the holy Temple for time and eternity.
For 28 years (1889–1917) Iosepa was their home. In spite of the climate, isolation, loneliness, sickness, hardship and death, their faith and . . . — Map (db m1259) |
| Utah (Tooele County), Grantsville — Iosepa Settlement Cemetery |
| | Mormon Church converts from Polynesia settled in Skull Valley in 1889–1917, working for the Church-owned Iosepa Agriculture and Stock Company.
Their settlement located ½ mile to the southwest, and named Iosepa (Joseph) after Joseph F. Smith then president of the Church, flourished until 1917 when a Hawaiian temple was constructed. Most of the islanders returned to their homeland.
Many who succumbed to the hardships of the land are buried in this cemetery. — Map (db m1374) |
| Utah (Tooele County), Grantsville — This Lonely Fire Hydrant |
| | This lonely fire hydrant serves as a land marker for the town site of Iosepa, Utah, located on the desert floor between Cedar Mountain and the Stansbury Range in Skull Valley. Iosepa was named after Joseph F. Smith, 6th president of the L.D.S. Church. About 50 Hawaiians left Salt Lake City via Garfield by train, then by 20 wagons to Grantsville, spent the night arriving in Iosepa August 28, 1889.
The public square consisted of 169 acres, with four center streets 132 ft. wide. On four . . . — Map (db m1276) |
| Utah (Tooele County), Wendover — Airmen’s Dining Hall and Barracks |
| | The airmen’s dining hall (building #2515), remains as one of the most complete buildings on their air base. Squadron insignias currently plainted on the walls, are from the military groups using the base after WW II. Military meals were always an interesting event, and with military precision, meals were available on schedule and served with discipline.
Airmen's dormitories (#2401 and #2514) are the largest set of remaining enlisted men’s quarters. Each building housed 24 men, built to . . . — Map (db m1346) |
| Utah (Tooele County), Wendover — Atomic Mission Hangar 1831 |
| | This hangar is the only steel vaulted-roof hangar at the base. Built specifically to house the new B-29 aircraft, it is 200 feet by 228 feet. With offices in the side wooden ‘lean–to’ buildings, there are 53,400 square feet total in the hangar. The small rectangular door above the height of the B-29’s vertical tail.
Often referred to as the “Enola Gay” hangar, the 393rd Bombardment Squadron of the 509th Composite Group utilized this hangar for their operations and maintenance. — Map (db m1354) |
| Utah (Tooele County), Wendover — Base Chapel |
| | A community, such as the one created by the military in Wendover, wouldnot have been complete without a base chapel for the spiritual guidance of men and women assigned to the base.
Chaplains were needed to assist in the mental and moral struggles of those on the base, many were away from their families for the first time and the base was extremely remote from any oter community where other spiritual services could be found. — Map (db m1460) |
| Utah (Tooele County), Wendover — Bomb Squadron Hangar |
| | You are looking at building #800, a squadron hangar, built of wood from standard plans for an OBH-2. Four of these hangars were built in 1942 and 1943. Each one faces the airport anchorage apron and has ten rolling doors that opened up to accommodate a B-24 or B-17.
The heavy demands on aircraft with continual training, likely required long hours by the air support and maintenance crews.
Built at an original cost of $1750,000 are about 122 feet wide by 88 feet deep and have a one . . . — Map (db m1331) |
| Utah (Tooele County), Wendover — Control Tower |
| | Standing watch for years, this original tower is a historic landmark for the airport, Working with only radio and runway lighting, air controllers directed the heavy air traffic of the airfield. This tower did not have radar installed during the war.
The structure is approximately 24 feet square at the base and nearly 60 feet tall. Large glass panels on all four sides of the control room provided full visibility of all airport and airfield operations. A steel roof and access stair top the . . . — Map (db m1353) |
| Utah (Tooele County), Wendover — Operations Building |
| | Welcome to Wendover Airport, the historic airfield where the most heavy bomber crews were trained, including the crews of the Enola Gay and Bock’s Car B-29 bombers that flew the atomic missions over Japan.
Twenty-one heavy bomber squadrons and a P-47 fighter squadron trained here. Tens of thousands of airmen and support staff passed through the airfield during WWII on their way to destinations around the world.
The OPS building was the control center for all flight training . . . — Map (db m1330) |
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