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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 28. Chapters: Kearns, Utah, Millcreek, Utah, Woodland, Utah, Erda, Utah, Summit Park, Utah, White Mesa, Utah, Mexican Hat, Utah, Spring Lake, Utah, South Willard, Utah, Avon, Utah, Halchita, Utah, Magna, Utah, Granite, Utah, Maeser, Utah, Benson, Utah, Fort Duchesne, Utah, Spanish Valley, Utah, La Sal, Utah, North Snyderville Basin, Utah, Riverside, Utah, Navajo Mountain, Utah, Cache Junction, Utah, Stansbury Park, Utah, Samak, Utah, White City, Utah, Dugway, Utah, Petersboro, Utah, West Mountain, Utah, Neola, Utah, Whiterocks, Utah, Bluff, Utah, Montezuma Creek, Utah, Aneth, Utah, Benjamin, Utah, Cove, Utah, Randlett, Utah, Lake Shore, Utah, South Snyderville Basin, Utah, Timber Lakes, Utah, Tselakai Dezza, Utah, Garden, Utah, Elberta, Utah, Palmyra, Utah, Halls Crossing, Utah, Mountain Green, Utah, Oljato-Monument Valley, Utah, Bluebell, Utah, Fremont, Utah, Emigration Canyon, Utah, Copperton, Utah. Excerpt: Magna is a census-designated place (CDP) and township in Salt Lake County, Utah, United States. The population was 26,505 at the 2010 census, a moderate increase over the 2000 figure of 22,770. Magna is home to the Kennecott Smokestack, the tallest free-standing structure in the United States west of the Mississippi River according to the Kennecott website. Settlement of the area began in 1851 shortly after the Mormon pioneers reached the Salt Lake Valley. Early farmers settled in 1868 at the base of the northern Oquirrh Mountains and called their community Pleasant Green. By 1900, there were about 20 families in the area. One of the first Pleasant Green pioneers was Abraham Coon, who established a livestock ranch and settlement called "Coonville" in a canyon mouth at about 5400 South. The canyon is now known as Coon Canyon, and Coon Creek flowing out of it, is one of the major Oquirrh Mountain drainages. Coon Creek flows n...
