A Look Back: Presidential visits to Utah from the 1860s to now

President Theodore Roosevelt in Salt Lake City, circa 1905. Courtesy Utah State Historical Society

Tribune file photo

John F. Kennedy speaks at the Tabernacle at Temple Square in 1960.

White House photo by Eric Draper

President George W. Bush greets Thomas S. Monson, President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the church's headquarters Thursday, May 29, 2008, in Salt Lake City.

Tribune file photo

President George W. Bush addresses a crowd of people after arriving at the Utah Air National Guard at the Salt Lake International Airport Aug. 30, 2006.

Tribune file photo

President George Bush and Laura Bush meet with LDS Church President Gordon B. Hinckley in Salt Lake City just before the Olympics in 2002.

Dwight Eisenhower (right) with Ezra Taft Benson and Senator Watkins while visiting Utah in 1953. Courtesy Utah State Historical Society

President Harry S. Truman's motorcade drives down Main Street in Salt Lake during a visit in 1950. Courtesy Utah State Historical Society

President Harry S. Truman waves from the door of his plane while visiting Utah in 1945. Courtesy Utah State Historical Society

Utah's first governor Heber M. Wells (right) and U.S. president Theodore Roosevelt in Salt Lake City around 1902. Courtesy Utah State Historical Society

John F. Kennedy is greeted by a crowd in Salt Lake during his visit in September 1963. Courtesy Utah State Historical Society

President Benjamin Harrison rides through Salt Lake during his visit to Utah around 1890. Courtesy Utah State Historical Society

President William Taft at the Alta Club in Salt Lake while visiting Utah in 1911. Courtesy Utah State Historical Society

President William Taft at the State Fair in Salt Lake while visiting Utah in 1911. Courtesy Utah State Historical Society

President Woodrow Wilson (in top hat) at Fort Douglas while visiting Salt Lake in 1915. Courtesy Utah State Historical Society

Richard Nixon shakes hands with supporters while visiting Utah in 1958. Courtesy Utah State Historical Society

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President Theodore Roosevelt in Salt Lake City, circa 1905. Courtesy Utah State Historical Society Tribune file photo John F. Kennedy speaks at the Tabernacle at Temple Square in 1960. White House photo by Eric Draper President George W. Bush greets Thomas S. Monson, President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the church's headquarters Thursday, May 29, 2008, in Salt Lake City. Tribune file photo President George W. Bush addresses a crowd of people after arriving at the Utah Air National Guard at the Salt Lake International Airport Aug. 30, 2006. Tribune file photo President George Bush and Laura Bush meet with LDS Church President Gordon B. Hinckley in Salt Lake City just before the Olympics in 2002. Dwight Eisenhower (right) with Ezra Taft Benson and Senator Watkins while visiting Utah in 1953. Courtesy Utah State Historical Society President Harry S. Truman's motorcade drives down Main Street in Salt Lake during a visit in 1950. Courtesy Utah State Historical Society President Harry S. Truman waves from the door of his plane while visiting Utah in 1945. Courtesy Utah State Historical Society Utah's first governor Heber M. Wells (right) and U.S. president Theodore Roosevelt in Salt Lake City around 1902. Courtesy Utah State Historical Society John F. Kennedy is greeted by a crowd in Salt Lake during his visit in September 1963. Courtesy Utah State Historical Society President Benjamin Harrison rides through Salt Lake during his visit to Utah around 1890. Courtesy Utah State Historical Society President William Taft at the Alta Club in Salt Lake while visiting Utah in 1911. Courtesy Utah State Historical Society President William Taft at the State Fair in Salt Lake while visiting Utah in 1911. Courtesy Utah State Historical Society President Woodrow Wilson (in top hat) at Fort Douglas while visiting Salt Lake in 1915. Courtesy Utah State Historical Society Richard Nixon shakes hands with supporters while visiting Utah in 1958. Courtesy Utah State Historical Society

The Salt Lake Tribune

· November 5, 2012 9:25 am

This is an archived article that was published on sltrib.com in 2012, and information in the article may be outdated. It is provided only for personal research purposes and may not be reprinted.

The Salt Lake Tribune occasionally presents images from its archives or from the Utah State Historical Society in a special series called A Look Back. Today's installment is a collection of images of United States Presidents visiting Utah, from 1860 to now.

Every gallery of the series is available at http://www.sltrib.com/topics/lookback. Here are some of the previous installments:

Hunting and fishing in the early 1900s

BYU, Utah football programs

Saloons, brewing companies in Utah around 1900

The centennial Days of '47 parade in downtown Salt Lake City from July 1947

Women's fashion from 1949-50

Construction of the Salt Lake Temple and SLC in the 1800s

Utah college life from the 1930s to 1960s

Old newspaper advertisements

People and events in Salt Lake City from the 1930s, '40s and '50s

Historical images of Sugar House

Aerial images of Salt Lake City in the 1960s

Historic photos of Temple Square

Historic scenes from Salt Lake City

The Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks

Salt Lake City in the 1900s

Key moments in Utah Jazz history

Salt Lake City's Liberty Park from 1935 to 1951

Kennecott Utah Copper Mine in the 1930s and 1940s

Salt Lake City and other Utah cities in the 1800s

Historical buildings in Salt Lake City