![]() In his Utah History Encyclopedia entry, Kevin Hallaran credits Jedediah Smith as being “the first white man to cross the salt flats.” He did so in 1827 on the way back from an expedition to California. The Salt Flats are primarily made up of leftover minerals from what was once ancient Lake Bonneville. According to the Bureau of Land Management, which oversees it, the area occupies 30,000 acres that is 12 miles long, five miles wide and over 46 square miles in total. ![]() The vast and desolate Bonneville Salt Flats are located on the western edge of Utah’s Great Salt Lake Basin. (Hogue, 32) And a place where highest speeds are most attainable. A place so flat you can see the curvature of the earth with the naked eye. (Hogue, 38) A site with great history, both of peril and excitement. Every late summer, as winter and spring runoff evaporates from the salt beds of the Great Salt Lake Desert, a site is revealed.
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