In the mid-nineteenth century, eight centuries after Leif Eriksson discovered America, sixteen pioneers established the first permanent Icelandic settlement on the continent in Spanish Fork. This monument on old Route 6 celebrates that settlement. Each first Saturday in August the Iceland Association of Utah celebrates Iceland Days in Spanish Fork. (May 2000 photo)

Utah County, Utah
	Elberta (1998 photo)
In the mid-nineteenth century, eight centuries after Leif Eriksson discovered America, sixteen pioneers established the first permanent Icelandic settlement on the continent in Spanish Fork. This monument on old Route 6 celebrates that settlement. Each first Saturday in August the Iceland Association of Utah celebrates Iceland Days in Spanish Fork. (May 2000 photo)	>
	A landslide destroyed the town of Thistle in April 1983. This event was precipitated by record rainfall in the previous fall. (May 2000 photo)