Tooele

Tooele Valley lies west of the Great Salt Lake, between the Oquirrh and Stansbury mountains. It formed part of the homeland of the Goshute, a Shoshone-speaking people whose country extended west into the desert and the Deep Creek Mountains. Families gathered seeds and roots, hunted game and travelled to the higher slopes for pine nuts. Springs and streams provided water in the valley, while paths connected its inhabitants to neighbouring communities around the lake.