Rumors abound that territorial governor and Mormon prophet Brigham Young ordered Mormon gold to be cached in a number of remote places, although, like so many urban myths and frontier legends, there is little evidence to support the claim. After all, Mormon settlers didn’t have many worldly possessions, let alone reserves of gold, so where would such treasure have come … [Read more...]
Hidden Utah: Dugway Revisted
For probably the first issue ever, we don't begin our series of stories in Utah but in Nevada, in an electronics store parking lot in Las Vegas. I'm returning a piece of equipment I bought to charge my camera battery. I've finally found the charger I need and I'm on my way. But what I'm about to witness can't be caught on my Nikon 3300. Out of nowhere, a spinning, invisible … [Read more...]