Tooele County Attractions
Tooele County (pop. 50,000) is the second-largest in area of the 29 counties in Utah. It is part of the Great Salt Lake travel region.
Grantsville, Utah
Grantsville (pop. 6,800) is the second-largest town in Tooele County. Grantsville was founded in 1850 and has been known as Twenty Wells and Willow Creek. It hosts the Tooele County Livestock show in mid-July.
Grantsville - Donner-Reed Pioneer Museum
The disaster that occurred in 1846 when the Donner party went missing in the wilderness is recounted at the Donner-Reed Pioneer Museum in Grantsville. It features artifacts left behind by the party before they tried their disastrous crossing of the mountains.
Ophir, Utah
The historic mining town of Ophir (pop. 22) is located 20mi/32km south of Tooele in northcentral Utah. Many of the buildings date from the town's founding in 1870.
Skull Valley Goshute Indian Reservation
A band of Goshute Indians have their own reservation in Tooele County in western Utah, 45mi/72km southwest of Salt Lake City. The Skull Valley Goshute Indian Reservation encompasses approximately 18,000 acres.
Wendover, Utah
Wendover (pop. 1,500) is the third-largest town in Tooele County. It was founded in 1907 and is located on the western Utah border. It shares a border with West Wendover, Nevada.
Wendover - Bonneville Speedway Museum
The Bonneville Speedway Museum in Wendover has films from the various speed records broken on the 26,000 acres of salt flats called the Bonneville Salt Flats. The museum also has other racing memorabilia.
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