Editing Soldier Hollow (section)

===Pre-Olympics===
Soldier Hollow is located in the southeasternmost part of Wasatch Mountain State Park, a {{convert|21592|acre}} nature preserve created in 1961, which became a [[Utah State Parks|state park]] in 1968.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stateparks.utah.gov/parks/wasatch/about|title=Wasatch Mountain State Park  |website=utah.gov|author=Division of Utah State Parks and Recreation|access-date=27 Dec 2010 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110316152936/http://www.stateparks.utah.gov/parks/wasatch/about|archive-date=16 March 2011|via=[[Wayback Machine]]}}</ref> <mapframe latitude="40.479167" longitude="-111.497222" zoom="5" width="400" height="300" align="right" /> The venue received its name from the [[Valley#Hollows|hollow]] at the mouth of which it is located.<ref name="gnis" />{{refn|group="Note"|Some sources have asserted that the [[Soldier Hollow (Utah)|Soldier Hollow]]<ref name="gnis"/> area was not identified as such until it was so named by the 2002 Olympic organizers. Furthermore, such sources claim, the name was chosen because of its proximity to Soldier Springs, a summer campsite used by [[Ute people|Ute Indians]], [[United States Army|U.S. Army]] surveyors of the 1850s, and others.<ref>{{cite news|title=Olympic Boosters Gave Right `Ring' To Soldier Hollow|last=Cates|first=Karl|newspaper=[[The Salt Lake Tribune]]|location=Salt Lake City|date=19 Aug 1999}}</ref> However, while site was used by [[Native Americans in the United States|Native Americans]] and Army surveyors, the Solder Springs<ref>{{gnis|1445772|Soldier Springs}}</ref> referred to are located in [[Wasatch County, Utah|Wasatch County]], [[Utah]], they are situated on south-central Wasatch County on the northeastern edge of the [[Strawberry Valley (Wasatch County, Utah)|Strawberry Valley]], about {{convert|32|mi|km}} southwest of Soldier Hollow. In addition, the [[United States Geological Survey]] (USGS) indicates that the hollow was named as such at least decades before, with the name appearing on USGS maps at least as early as 1948.<ref>{{cite map|url=https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/ht-bin/tv_browse.pl?id=1653ed2ca77819a09cd48c2e4fb8aa50|title=Aspen Grove Quadrangle|publisher=[[United States Geographical Survey]]|series=7.5 minute|scale=1:24,000|format=[[JPEG]]|year=1948|accessdate=23 Apr 2019}}</ref>}} Prior to becoming a state park certain locations within the park were used for farming and grazing activities, while much of the remainder was used recreationally by locals. In the last quarter of the 20th century the state park service had been approached by private developers hoping to build luxury hotels, [[golf course]]s, and other attractions within the park, but none of these plans (except the golf course) ever came to fruition.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.deseretnews.com/article/553976/The-world-is-welcome-at-Soldier-Hollow.html|title=The world is welcome at Soldier Hollow|last=Cates|first=Karl|newspaper=[[Deseret News]]|publisher=[[Deseret Digital Media]]|location=Salt Lake City|date=9 Apr 1997|accessdate=23 Apr 2019}}</ref> The 36&ndash;hole Soldier Hollow Golf Course, built just north of the sports venue (on the north side of West Soldier Hollow Lane), was completed in July 2004 and supplemented the exiting 36&ndash;hole Wasatch Mountain Golf Course (located farther north in the state park).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.soldierhollowgolf.com/about_us/|title=Soldier Hollow Golf Course: About Us|website=soldierhollowgolf.com|accessdate=23 Apr 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wasatchgolfcourse.com/index.htm|title=Wasatch Golf|website=wasatchgolfcourse.com|accessdate=23 Apr 2019}}</ref>