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SUGAR HOUSE, Utah — The vivid view of the Wasatch Mountain Range is enjoyed every day by visitors to Sugar House Park, but it wasn’t always this way in this area. These mountains were once the backdrop of generations of prisoners.According to the Utah Division of State History, the area for the prison was selected by Brigham Young in October 1853 mainly because of its safe 6-mile distance away from downtown Salt Lake City.
“The morbid side of executions was that it was a community event,” said Wendi Pettett, executive producer, and co-host of the Demolished Salt Lake podcast. “People went to watch like the community went to watch the executions. But as residential development crept closer to the expanding prison, the proximity became a problem. Between 1855 and 1878, over 40 prisoners escaped.
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