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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZJV_the-donner-reed-party_Wendover-UT.html
passed this way on the 2nd of September 1846, having lost 36 oxen, several wagons, and suffered much.
"Don't look for SHORT-CUTS"
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZJN_bonneville-salt-flats-international-speedway_Wendover-UT.html
The salt flats were formed as ancient Lake Bonneville slowly evaporated and deposited concentrations of salt onto this playa. Shorelines carved into the mountainsides are visible to the north along the Silver Island range and extend to the Salt La…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZJM_hasting-cutoff-barren-mountains_Wendover-UT.html
"The roads were gravelly round the end of some high rocks. Barren mountains (Silver Island)." — Robert Chalmers, July 27, 1850
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CT0_south-base-area_Wendover-UT.html
Looking south, there are several bunkers visible which were used to store the munitions used in training. Buildings to the right of the bunkers were used late in the wartime period for the development of the atomic bombs, Little Boy & Fat Man as w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMA2_base-chapel_Wendover-UT.html
A community, such as the one created by the military in Wendover, wouldnot have been complete without a base chapel for the spiritual guidance of men and women assigned to the base.Chaplains were needed to assist in the mental and moral struggles …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7W_atomic-mission-hangar-1831_Wendover-UT.html
This hangar is the only steel vaulted-roof hangar at the base. Built specifically to house the new B-29 aircraft, it is 200 feet by 228 feet. With offices in the side wooden ?lean-to' buildings, there are 53,400 square feet total in the hangar. Th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7V_control-tower_Wendover-UT.html
Standing watch for years, this original tower is a historic landmark for the airport, Working with only radio and runway lighting, air controllers directed the heavy air traffic of the airfield. This tower did not have radar installed during the w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7T_airmens-dining-hall-and-barracks_Wendover-UT.html
The airmen's dining hall (building #2515), remains as one of the most complete buildings on their air base. Squadron insignias currently plainted on the walls, are from the military groups using the base after WW II. Military meals were always an …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7H_bomb-squadron-hangar_Wendover-UT.html
You are looking at building #800, a squadron hangar, built of wood from standard plans for an OBH-2. Four of these hangars were built in 1942 and 1943. Each one faces the airport anchorage apron and has ten rolling doors that opened up to accommod…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7G_operations-building_Wendover-UT.html
Welcome to Wendover Airport, the historic airfield where the most heavy bomber crews were trained, including the crews of the Enola Gay and Bock's Car B-29 bombers that flew the atomic missions over Japan.
Twenty-one heavy bomber squadrons and …