Industry Impact - Pioneer Spirit Animates Industrial Development in Tooele County, Utah
The pioneer spirit lives in Tooele County, Utah. You can see for yourself if you take just a moment to view a collection of remarkable online displays. These displays, at www.tooeleeconomicdevelopment.com , are interactive tours. One shows a compact industrial settlement, the historic Benson Grist Mill, which dates back to 1854. Another virtual tour gives a sweeping view of Tooele County as it is today, a group of communities spreading across a broad valley. Each of these tours presents a rotating 360-degree panorama. In the case of the Grist Mill, the tour highlights the building blocks of an emerging frontier settlement. These include the blacksmith’s forge, a tannery, a general store, and (of course) the mill.The Tooele County tour, however, widens our perspective. From frontier settlement, we shift our view to modern economic development. Here the building blocks include municipalities, transportation links, recreation centers, and large properties zoned for industrial development. Other... more....