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Murray
By Steve Gehrke
The Salt Lake Tribune
Article Last Updated: 01/23/2008 04:58:20 AM MST
MURRAY - During a rolling showcase of his city's brightest
attractions Tuesday, Mayor Dan Snarr touted everything from a
towering new Intermountain Medical Center to a transit-oriented
redevelopment area and the state's only Cheesecake Factory
restaurant.
Clinging to a pole and suited up, Murray's
handlebar-mustachioed mayor presented his State of the City
address to a bus load of officials, pointing out that Murray is
increasingly living up to its its slogan - ''There's more to Murray.''
Snarr said those words manifest themselves in the $540 million
medical center that has dramatically altered the mid-Salt Lake
Valley city's skyline once punctuated by a now-gone pair of
smelter smokestacks.
The medical center opened in September and employs nearly
5,000 health professionals.
It marked the closing and demolishing of Cottonwood Hospital,
farther east in Murray, and is expected to reduce the work of
LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City.
As an effort to beautify the gateway to both the medical center
campus and the city as a whole, Murray will pour $100,000 - the
Utah Department of Transportation will kick in another $400,000
- into a landscaping project at 5300 South near Interstate 15.
That's set to begin in the spring.
The city's next big business face-lift will come in the form of a
Fashion Place mall expansion. Two anchor shops, Nordstrom
and Dillard's, will be rebuilt and enlarged.
The mall's changing look includes The Cheesecake Factory,
which opened its doors in the mall's south parking lot in
November.
That's all just a part of a growing business sector in a city that
processed 564 new business licenses in 2007, bringing the total
number of businesses to 3,733.
Much of the city's focus includes the 97-acre Fireclay
transit-oriented development project centered at approximately
4300 South and Main Street where Hamlet Homes has begun
mixed-use development.
"I believe 2008 will be another year with amazing possibilities,"
Snarr said as the tour bus returned to City Hall.
The Salt Lake Tribune
Article Last Updated: 01/23/2008 04:58:20 AM MST
MURRAY - During a rolling showcase of his city's brightest
attractions Tuesday, Mayor Dan Snarr touted everything from a
towering new Intermountain Medical Center to a transit-oriented
redevelopment area and the state's only Cheesecake Factory
restaurant.
Clinging to a pole and suited up, Murray's
handlebar-mustachioed mayor presented his State of the City
address to a bus load of officials, pointing out that Murray is
increasingly living up to its its slogan - ''There's more to Murray.''
Snarr said those words manifest themselves in the $540 million
medical center that has dramatically altered the mid-Salt Lake
Valley city's skyline once punctuated by a now-gone pair of
smelter smokestacks.
The medical center opened in September and employs nearly
5,000 health professionals.
It marked the closing and demolishing of Cottonwood Hospital,
farther east in Murray, and is expected to reduce the work of
LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City.
As an effort to beautify the gateway to both the medical center
campus and the city as a whole, Murray will pour $100,000 - the
Utah Department of Transportation will kick in another $400,000
- into a landscaping project at 5300 South near Interstate 15.
That's set to begin in the spring.
The city's next big business face-lift will come in the form of a
Fashion Place mall expansion. Two anchor shops, Nordstrom
and Dillard's, will be rebuilt and enlarged.
The mall's changing look includes The Cheesecake Factory,
which opened its doors in the mall's south parking lot in
November.
That's all just a part of a growing business sector in a city that
processed 564 new business licenses in 2007, bringing the total
number of businesses to 3,733.
Much of the city's focus includes the 97-acre Fireclay
transit-oriented development project centered at approximately
4300 South and Main Street where Hamlet Homes has begun
mixed-use development.
"I believe 2008 will be another year with amazing possibilities,"
Snarr said as the tour bus returned to City Hall.
| Murray City |
This information comes from the excellent
Murray City Web site. It's one of the best
city sites I've seen:
"The Mormon pioneers came to the Salt Lake
Valley in 1847. A pioner group called the
Mississippi Saints arrived one year later and
began to develop a scattered settlement in
the south end of the valley in the fall of 1848.
The area was distinguished by various
names such as the Mississippi Ward,
Cottonwood, Big Cottonwood, and South
Cottonwood. Written history states that at
least 20 families were living in the South
Cottonwood area in the 1860's. The area
remained agricultural until 1869 when a body
of ore was found in Park City and additional
ore was found in Little Cottonwood Canyon.
Because of its central location and access to
the railroad, the first smelter was built in
Murray in 1870 and Murray became the
home of some of the largest smelters in the
region over the next 30 years.
The first official post office was established in
1870 as the South Cottonwood Post Office.
The area changed over time as the railroad
came in, smelting expanded, the territorial
road (later known as State Street) was
established, and trolley transportation was
developed. A business district also began to
develop along the transportation corridor.
The City received its present name from the
post office, which officially changed its name
from South Cottonwood Post Office to Murray
Post Office in 1883 after the territorial
governor and civil war general, Eli Murray.
After a riot and fire started by a rowdy group
of smelter workers in a local saloon, the fight
for incorporation was begun by the local
newspaper editor. The final incorporation
committee drafted a petition in 1901 and
created an intense campaign on both sides
of the incorporation battle. The election took
place on November 18, 1902. Those in favor
won and C.L. Miller was elected as Mayor by
three votes. Salt Lake County recognized
the election results as official on November
25, 1902, and the City was officially
recognized as a Third Class City by the State
of Utah on January 3, 1903.
The early Mormon settlers were largely from
Western European and Scandinavian
countries. When the smelter operations
began in 1870, the ethnic makeup of Murray
dramatically changed with large numbers of
workers coming from Eastern European and
Asian countries. Over half of the smelter
workers came from Greece. Many came from
Armenia, Yugoslavia, Italy, and Japan.
These groups brought new religious customs
to Murray as well. Methodist, Baptist,
Lutheran, and Catholic church congregations
developed. The ethnic diversity of early
Murray is very visible in the Murray City
Cemetary.
As of 2005, Murray is comprised of a
population of 46,300. Murray's boundaries
have expanded a number of times over the
past 100 years. It provides for most of its
own services including police, fire, power,
water and sewer, library, senior center, and
parks and recreation.
Murray City Web site. It's one of the best
city sites I've seen:
"The Mormon pioneers came to the Salt Lake
Valley in 1847. A pioner group called the
Mississippi Saints arrived one year later and
began to develop a scattered settlement in
the south end of the valley in the fall of 1848.
The area was distinguished by various
names such as the Mississippi Ward,
Cottonwood, Big Cottonwood, and South
Cottonwood. Written history states that at
least 20 families were living in the South
Cottonwood area in the 1860's. The area
remained agricultural until 1869 when a body
of ore was found in Park City and additional
ore was found in Little Cottonwood Canyon.
Because of its central location and access to
the railroad, the first smelter was built in
Murray in 1870 and Murray became the
home of some of the largest smelters in the
region over the next 30 years.
The first official post office was established in
1870 as the South Cottonwood Post Office.
The area changed over time as the railroad
came in, smelting expanded, the territorial
road (later known as State Street) was
established, and trolley transportation was
developed. A business district also began to
develop along the transportation corridor.
The City received its present name from the
post office, which officially changed its name
from South Cottonwood Post Office to Murray
Post Office in 1883 after the territorial
governor and civil war general, Eli Murray.
After a riot and fire started by a rowdy group
of smelter workers in a local saloon, the fight
for incorporation was begun by the local
newspaper editor. The final incorporation
committee drafted a petition in 1901 and
created an intense campaign on both sides
of the incorporation battle. The election took
place on November 18, 1902. Those in favor
won and C.L. Miller was elected as Mayor by
three votes. Salt Lake County recognized
the election results as official on November
25, 1902, and the City was officially
recognized as a Third Class City by the State
of Utah on January 3, 1903.
The early Mormon settlers were largely from
Western European and Scandinavian
countries. When the smelter operations
began in 1870, the ethnic makeup of Murray
dramatically changed with large numbers of
workers coming from Eastern European and
Asian countries. Over half of the smelter
workers came from Greece. Many came from
Armenia, Yugoslavia, Italy, and Japan.
These groups brought new religious customs
to Murray as well. Methodist, Baptist,
Lutheran, and Catholic church congregations
developed. The ethnic diversity of early
Murray is very visible in the Murray City
Cemetary.
As of 2005, Murray is comprised of a
population of 46,300. Murray's boundaries
have expanded a number of times over the
past 100 years. It provides for most of its
own services including police, fire, power,
water and sewer, library, senior center, and
parks and recreation.
| Grant Elementary Horizon Elementary Liberty Elementary Longview Elementary McMillan Elementary Parkside Elementary Viewmont Elementary Hillcrest Jr. High Riverview Jr. High Murray High |
From the Murray City Web site:
"Murray City annexed land in 1905
in order to have a population of at
least 5000. This population
number qualified Murray to become
a "city of the second class" which
allowed the City to establish its own
school district. Having achieved its
reclassification as a Second Class
City, Murray was divided into five
municipal wards or districts for the
purpose of electing a board of
education for the newly
consolidated city school district.
On December 6, 1905, the election
for a permanent board of
education was held and one
member was chosen from each of
the City's five municipal wards.
The school district was officially
organized in January of 1906.
Because of recent legislative
changes and annexation to
Murray's boundaries, several
schools within the City's
boundaries are part of Granite
School District including
Cottonwood High, Twin Peaks and
Woodstock Elementary."
"Murray City annexed land in 1905
in order to have a population of at
least 5000. This population
number qualified Murray to become
a "city of the second class" which
allowed the City to establish its own
school district. Having achieved its
reclassification as a Second Class
City, Murray was divided into five
municipal wards or districts for the
purpose of electing a board of
education for the newly
consolidated city school district.
On December 6, 1905, the election
for a permanent board of
education was held and one
member was chosen from each of
the City's five municipal wards.
The school district was officially
organized in January of 1906.
Because of recent legislative
changes and annexation to
Murray's boundaries, several
schools within the City's
boundaries are part of Granite
School District including
Cottonwood High, Twin Peaks and
Woodstock Elementary."
| Murray City Schools |
Bus tour shows Murray's marvels
| Fashion Place Mall 6191 S State Street Murray, Utah 84107 (801) 262-9447 Mall Hours: Monday-Thursday: 10:00am-9:00pm Friday-Saturday: 10:00am-10:00pm Sunday: 12:00pm-6:00pm |
This 3,500-sq-ft two-story in Murray
sold for $433,000 in summer 2007.
sold for $433,000 in summer 2007.
| Murray History |
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Murray is a city of about 46,000 people in the north-central part
of the Salt Lake Valley. It has its own school district and power
company, both of which are a big attraction for businesses and
residents. It is a proud little city with much to be proud of. The
average Murray home sold for $238,950 in 2007.
of the Salt Lake Valley. It has its own school district and power
company, both of which are a big attraction for businesses and
residents. It is a proud little city with much to be proud of. The
average Murray home sold for $238,950 in 2007.
