Dust Devils and Water Wars: Mayor Morris’s Unlikely Victory

In the sweltering summer of 1905, the good people of Great Salt Lake City were at their wit’s end. The relentless dust storms that swept through the streets, reducing visibility to near zero, had become a way of life. But Mayor Morris was not one to give up easily. He had a plan to tame the dust devils and bring relief to the parched city. The solution was a simple yet ingenious one: lining the city’s water canal and using it to irrigate the streets.