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Article: Utah Lake's past recalled at public forum
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- Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
- Article date:
- October 5, 2006
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PROVO -- There was a time when Utah Lake was lined with resorts
and known as one of the state's hot spots. There was a showboat that
took people out onto the lake, where they would dine and dance.
That was about 80 years ago, said Utah County public works
director Clyde Naylor, and most of those resorts didn't last very
long. Still, a few survived into the 1950s, including the Saratoga
Resort, where in 1955 Naylor and his classmates celebrated their
"senior day."
"It was a wonderful resort," he said. "There was swimming and all
kinds of activities."
Utah Lake still features a handful of recreational outposts -- the
Provo, American Fork and Lindon boat harbors among them -- but its
reputation ...