Mormon Country Turquoise

Mormon Country TurquoiseWhere others saw only sage, a salt lake, and a great desert, the Mormons saw their lovely Deseret, a land of lilacs, honeycombs, poplars, and fruit trees. Unwelcome in Ohio, Missouri, and Illinois, they migrated to the dry lands between the Rockies and the Sierra Nevada to establish Mormon country, a wasteland made green. Like the land the Mormons settled, their habits stood in stark contrast to the frenzied recklessness of the American West. Opposed

shown with mileage markers and labeled according to designated use

With sculpted sand dunes

and shimmering desert salt flats

from winding canyons carved by ancient waterways to expansive mesas offering panoramic vistas

A Tapestry of Time and Terrain

roads were constructed

it provides a practical visualization of elevation changes

Situated in landscapes as diverse as the minerals themselves

Through the eyes of Dick Fluehe

Rebecca Molinari

Oquirrh Formation strata are exposed in the West Hills and Junction Hills

Not only have Young’s biographers ignored or minimized this tragic and preventable event