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On the recordSeptember 17, 1991
History records that when Brigham Young first stood overlooking the Wasatch Front and saw Salt Lake, he uttered the now-famous words, 'This is the place.'
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George H.W. Bush
Republican · Texas

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Remarks at a Republican Party Fundraising Dinner in Salt Lake City, Utah

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