Editing Great Salt Lake (section)

===Garfield Beach Resort===
[[File:379 MSS P 24 B3 F4.jpg|thumb|Garfield Beach Resort, 1888]]

The Garfield Beach Resort was established by Captain Thomas Douris in 1881 and was originally called Garfield Landing. The resort was located near Black Rock outside of the town of Corinne, and patrons traveled to it via the steamboat ''General Garfield''.<ref name="deseret news">{{cite news |title = Resorts flourished at Great Salt Lake during the 1800s |url = http://www.deseretnews.com/article/621143/Resorts-flourished-at-Great-Salt-Lake-during-the-1800s.html |website = Deseret News |language = en |date = March 29, 1998 |access-date = June 9, 2017 |archive-date = August 14, 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170814222107/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/621143/Resorts-flourished-at-Great-Salt-Lake-during-the-1800s.html |url-status = dead }}</ref> After the expansion of the resort, the ''General Garfield'' was replaced by two steamers, the ''Susie Riter'' and the ''Whirlwind''. The iconic ''General Garfield'' was moored to the dock as a landmark.<ref name="the great salt lake"/> The main attraction of the resort was a massive pavilion 400 feet from shore. It covered {{convert|165|by|400|ft|m}} and included {{convert|300|ft|m}} of covered deck.<ref name="the great salt lake">{{cite book|last1 = Morgan|first1 = Dale |title = The Great Salt Lake |date = 1995 |publisher = University of Utah Press |location = Salt Lake City}}</ref> The success of Garfield Beach eventually overtook the neighboring Black Rock resort.<ref name="the great salt lake"/> In 1887, the resort was purchased by the Utah and Nevada railroad. They improved the site by adding an array of bathhouses, a restaurant, and other amenities, including a bowling alley.<ref name="deseret news" /> The resort was the Salt Lake's first to have an electric generator, which powered its many concerts, and parties held atop the pavilion tower.<ref name="the great salt lake"/> Garfield Beach was the most popular Salt Lake resort until Saltair was built in 1893.<ref>{{cite web | publisher = Tooele County Guide to Historical Attractions |title = Great Salt Lake Beaches |url = http://www.co.tooele.ut.us/historicalguide/ht02_gslbeaches.html |access-date = June 9, 2017 |archive-date = September 21, 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170921144341/http://www.co.tooele.ut.us/historicalguide/ht02_gslbeaches.html |url-status = live }}</ref> The resort was put out of service by a fire in 1904.<ref name="deseret news" /><ref>{{cite web |last1 = Ison |first1 = Yvette |title = The Steamboat Era Was Glamorous But Very Brief in Utah |url = http://historytogo.utah.gov/utah_chapters/pioneers_and_cowboys/thesteamboaterawasglamorousbutbriefinutah.html |website = historytogo.utah.gov |access-date = June 9, 2017 |archive-date = July 21, 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170721093952/http://historytogo.utah.gov/utah_chapters/pioneers_and_cowboys/thesteamboaterawasglamorousbutbriefinutah.html |url-status = live }}</ref>