A New Beginning in 1902: Meet the Commercial Club
Fifty-five men milled about the Knutsford Hotel dining room. Utah Governor Heber M. Wells had called the meeting. Days earlier the top 100 business leaders in Salt Lake City—dubbed by the 43-year-old governor as the “Committee of 100”—had been summoned. It was November 11, 1901. Gas lights could be seen flickering through the windows of [...]