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Little Cottonwood Canyon was a busy place in the late 1800's and early 1900's, when mining, lumbering, and quarrying drew hundreds and even thousands of people to towns that have since died. Graniteville, Wasatch, Hogum, Tannersville, Central City, Alta, and Emmaville are gone, but stories and evidence of occupation remain. Mormon pioneers used this site to quarry rock for the building of the Salt Lake Temple, and marks of quarrying still remain on the rocks. People have relied on the canyon's resources for hundreds of years and will rely on them for many years to come.
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