Brief Life History of Harold B.
When Harold B. Sproat was born on 19 January 1890, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, his father, Christopher Wilson Sproat, was 29 and his mother, Alverette Brown, was 29. He lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States for about 19 years and Oakland, Alameda, California, United States in 1930. He registered for military service in 1918. He died on 3 November 1968, in Anderson, Shasta, California, United States, at the age of 78.
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- Harold Spraat, "United States 1950 Census"
- Sprout, "Utah, Salt Lake County Birth Records, 1890-1915"
- Herald Sproat, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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1891 · Angel Island Serves as Quarantine Station
Angel Island served as a quarantine station for those diagnosed with bubonic plague beginning in 1891. A quarantine station was built on the island which was funded by the federal government at the cost of $98,000. The disease spread to port cities around the world, including the San Francisco Bay Area, during the third bubonic plague pandemic, which lasted through 1909.
1896 · Utah becomes a state
After three prior attempts to become a state, the United States Congress accepted Utah into the Union on one condition, that all forms of polygamy were to be banned. The territory agreed, and Utah became a state on January 4, 1896.
1911 · The Salt Lake Airport
The site for the Salt Lake International Airport started as a desolate area of the Valley that was originally used to herd sheep. A cinder-covered landing strip was subsequently created for the Great International Aviation Carnival that was held later in that same year. It brought many pioneers of the aviation industry. Aviator Glenn H. Curtiss brought his newly invented Seaplane to the carnival and demonstrated it to the public by taking off from the Great Salt Lake. It slowly grew until Charles Lindbergh visited that area. After his visit, the airfield changed into a Municipal Airport and started being a hub for most flights from New York to California. After World War II, the airport turned into an international hub for most flights in the Mountain West. In recent history, it sees around 30 million travelers each year and continues to grow in popularity by travelers to and from Utah. It became a hub for Delta Air Lines after its merger with Western Airlines.
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English: variant of Sprott .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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