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3 unusual facts about Spanish Fork


Spanish Fork

Spanish Fork River, a river that flows past the city of Spanish Fork into Utah Lake

Spanish Fork, Utah

In the Utah Valley's historical settlement by immigrants, Scandinavians most notably Icelanders, as well Swiss people, Spanish Americans, Hispanics or Latinos; and Irish Americans and Scottish Americans are prevalent ethnocultural groups in Spanish Fork, nearby towns of Salem and Payson.

Its name derives from a visit to the area by two Franciscan friars from Spain, Silvestre Vélez de Escalante and Francisco Atanasio Domínguez in 1776, who followed the stream down Spanish Fork canyon with the objective of opening a new trail from Santa Fe, New Mexico, to the Spanish missions in California, along a route later followed by fur trappers.



see also

KOSY

KAAZ-FM, a radio station (106.5 FM) licensed to Spanish Fork, Utah, United States, which held the call sign KOSY or KOSY-FM from 1997 to 2013

Spanish Fork River

In 1909, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation completed a tunnel to supplement the Spanish Fork's flow using water from the Strawberry River through the Strawberry Valley Project, part of the Central Utah Project.

Valley exit jet

In the United States, exit jet signatures have been observed at the North Fork Gunnison River at Paonia, Colorado, the exit of South Boulder Creek south of Boulder, Colorado and the mouth of Spanish Fork Canyon, Utah.