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SUMMARY:secrets below alta: wild west archaeology in a mining boom town
DESCRIPTION:secrets below alta: wild west archaeology in a mining boom town Thursday\, October 22nd | Our Lady of the Snows | 6PM | Free | Sign-up Required If you love Old West ghost-town history\, you won't want to miss this! For the first time ever\, the mining boomtown of Alta has been partially excavated and what emerged from the ground is incredible. Thousands of artifacts were uncovered\, including a fully intact bottle of 150-year-old alcohol\, a leather hat\, bullets\, melted shot glasses\, animal bones and so much more. Discover what these objects reveal about the rowdy and genteel past of Little Cottonwood Canyon. Christopher Merritt received his Ph.D. from the University of Montana in Anthropology in 2010\, focusing on archaeological and historical investigations of the Overseas Chinese. Before that
LOCATION:Our Lady of the Snows Center\, Alta\, UT
URL:https://altacommunity.org/events/2026/10/22/secrets-below-alta-wild-west-archaeology-in-a-mining-boom-town
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