@smalllakepod: Sugar House Park used to be a PRISON. And somehow that’s only the beginning of the story. Prison escapes, Mormon leaders behind bars, Joe Hill’s execution, dynamite, and eventually… one of Salt Lake’s most popular parks. I’m starting to make more long-form YouTube videos about the weird history and stories around Salt Lake and Utah that most people don’t know. If you want more of these, show this one some love and I’ll keep making them. #SaltLakeCity #Utah #UtahHistory #SugarHouse #SLC

user5624057192783 :

Of all the

Lila 💖 :

Oooh now i’m interested to know if there are any spooky/haunted stories from Highland High

Twi_nightshifter :

as a highland high school alumni there are rumors about there still being prison cells hidden in the basement along with a bomb shelter under the stage. also we had teacher/staff that went to highland as a student and then he became a teacher and continued to work there after retiring thought he has passed away a couple years ago

🧹🐦‍⬛🍄The Morrigan🍄🐦‍⬛🧹 :

that's awesome! thanks for sharing

Comrade Stewie :

This is why Highland’s school colors are black and white.

lisa.amott :

I grew up in Sugar House in the late 60s, 70s & 80s. It was such a great place. My dad worked for a while at Sterling Furniture. At Christmas, Santa sat in a little building in the middle of the 2100 South. Shopping, movies, the ice rink, the popcorn store. Now it looks completely different & has so much traffic.

Michael Beard :

Great history and great job

Riley 😝 :

The sugar house park prison was torn down in 1951 and HHS was built in 1956. So weird how close the construction was. Please do one on high schools in slc! West high, before it was west was built in 1890 and east high in 1914 and then highland

xxbenaxx :

I beg ur pardon?? A prison 😭

Emily Randle :

I loved telling people that my high school colors were black and white because the school was built on a prison 🤣

urbannomad19 :

My Mom told me this in the 80’s she also told me her and her sister would dance for the inmates when they had shows there. 😳 - thanks

Sugarbear Martinez :

this is so awesome I was born and raised here in Utah very close to sugar house park

Ty Hurley :

This is wild! I literally have no idea, but I do love Sugar House Park. What a crazy history!

Citizen Vigilante 🇺🇸 :

I remember seeing the prison.

TheManTheMythThatOneGuy :

From what I’ve seen in photos the actual prison sat on the far north side, near 2100 s. The stone wall did not go around the entire property but a fairly small section around the buildings at house the cells.

The Gimp :

And life moves on. We have good days and we have bad days. But life moves on.

AMox’s 100k Debt Payoff Era 🎯 :

Love this info

Morgon :

loveeee history

Diogenese :

You should do a deep dive on the black slaves that Mormons brought like green flake.

dev.s93 :

This is so awesome! Thank you for the info!

Steven Geisler :

Very interesting thank you

TwinsDaddyBatmanInferno8011 :

Did you know there was a jail where the downtown library is now

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Jeanette Padilla Vega :

Wow, had no idea!

Margie :

The brick yard. Surger house