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Nearly 140 years later, Liberty Park remains a favorite spot for many residents in Salt Lake City with its diverse uses and natural space tranquility.If you’re coming from Las Vegas, Arizona, or southern Utah and you’re on a West Coast trip to Yellowstone Park, before heading into Wyoming, you’ll most likely make a stop in Salt Lake City, the capital of Utah, which is also home to one of the most popular airports chosen by those visiting national parks. Liberty Park even has the largest and oldest of two free-standing aviaries in the United States, the Tracy Aviary. Shade trees, flowers, lakes, playgrounds, tennis courts, and even a zoo were present (though the zoo would move to Emigration Canyon in 1931). The park, and many of its features, was well established by the early 1920s. Two decades later, the Salt Lake City Corporation purchased the land for recreation and relaxation for its community. He left the land in his will to be sold to the City at the lowest cost so that it could be enjoyed publicly. During the famine of 1857, the Chase Mill and Farm gained notoriety for the free grist they provided pioneers during hard times.īrigham Young later acquired the 110-acre farm in 1860, planting various trees- mulberry, cottonwoods, and others. The Isaac Chase Mill (located in the northeast corner of Tracy Aviary) is the oldest commercial building still standing in Utah. Originally, Liberty Park was a grist mill and farm. Liberty Park is Salt Lake City’s oldest and second-largest city park. Liberty Park Seven Canyons Art Piece Rehabilitation Project History of Liberty Park