Utah Myths

One of the tallest buildings in Salt Lake City is the LDS (Mormon) office tower, measuring in at roughly 22 stories tall. What isn’t known, is why it was built this tall. In the early 1930’s a pact was made between then governor George Henry Dern and the LDS Prophet and church president Heber J. Grant. This pact outlined that there would always be direct line-of-sight communication in case of a catastrophe. Thus the plans were put into motion for the office building. This communication form has evolved over the years. Once a system of flags and lights, it is now comprised of mini-microwave receivers powered by advanced batteries and a hand-crank generator as an additional backup.

Leaving the religious coincidences aside, there is still a lot of evidence to backup this myth. For example - at nearly every Mormon establishment in their treks west - the Mormons began quarrying and building stone structures. From their temples - to Cove Fort - the Mormons work with stone. In fact - they are pretty darn good at it too. Take for example the Salt Lake City temple, which two 40 years to build and has been standing strong for over 100 years. It is built almost entirely out of Granite. But does this make them Descendants of Masons? Some of them, maybe.

In the mouth of Little Cottonwood Canyon in the Wasatch Mountain Range in Utah lies a secretive storage facility protected by millions of pounds of Quartz / Granite, commonly known as the Granite Mountain Record Vault. The facility has been in operation since 1938 and has supposedly stored historical records and information on behalf of the LDS (Mormon) church. What isn’t known about this facility however, is its alternate purposes. For example, within this cave of immeasurable depth lies a bunker designed to protect the LDS leadership in case of a Nuclear Attack / Fallout. Additionally, when visiting you will almost always see Army personnel protecting the entrance. What else are they hiding in there?