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Salt Lake Daily Herald - January 13, 1880

By the time the total eclipse of January 11, 1880, entered the U.S. and traveled through California, Nevada, Utah Territory, and Wyoming Territory, its duration of totality had been reduced to no more than about 30 seconds and its path through the Wild West was only about 20 miles wide. Salt Lake City was the only major town along the path of totality but it seems the eclipse wasn't met with much enthusiasm. Many residents might have doubted their chances of witnessing anything spectacular due to the fact that the eclipse would occur right before sundown and would possibly be hidden behind nearby mountain peaks. It seems the Salt Lake Daily Herald didn't even assign anyone to cover the event, but it did publish a letter from a W.R. Frink who successfully viewed totality from an elevated vantage point.

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Salt Lake Daily Herald - January 13, 1880

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