Utah Myths

The Grates In Presidents Circle

admin — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 17:01:06 +0000

Ok - Most of you hav seen the large grates in the park in the middle of Presidents circle. They are in the center of the park, approximately a hundred yards from the entrance of the administration building. What you don’t know is the history of the tunnel system underneath these grates. This elaborate system was first conceived by Brigham Young in early February, 1850… just weeks before the school first opened. It was meant as an underground shelter for students in case of a catastrophe. The tunnel system still exists today, in part. It was expanded to the Marriott library when it was first built - but recent construction has cut off that access. The only remaining section of the tunnel that is still usable goes up to the Union building. But - the other end is underneath those grates…. so there really isn’t much point in using it. Still an interesting piece of history though.

Utah Adopts French For All Schools

admin — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 20:45:35 +0000

As what may come as a shock for pretty much all of Utah, our wonderful state legislature felt the need to adopt a law that would require all Utah students to learn French. When asked, one legislator said, “I believe that our youth in Utah are losing class, and the only way to restore this class is to force them to learn one of the most eloquent and beautiful languages ever created.” Need I remind him that he is a idiot? No, it wasn’t Chris Buttars. But yes, he is an idiot too.

Oil Rig On the Great Salt Lake?

admin — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 20:41:51 +0000

I know it may seem hard to believe, but I saw it with my own eyes. An oil rig just a few miles off the coast of Tooele. I know that Utah is rich in Oil Shale, but I had no idea that we actually sat on top of one of the worlds largest oil pools! Bye Bye Texas - looks like we will now be the richest state in the nation!

LDS (Mormon) Church Office Building Height

admin — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 23:21:03 +0000

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.

Did Mormons Descend From Masons?

admin — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 20:52:17 +0000

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.

Gravity Hill - Salt Lake City

admin — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 21:30:00 +0000

Behind the state capitol there is a street that is said to have super natural attributes. This hot spot for the weird and obscure is frequented by the eclectic more than any other spot in Utah. It is said, that by placing your car in neutral at this location - that it will roll uphill. Skeptics have ruled this off as illusion. What we have recently uncovered however, is that beneath this street is a grave. Our records indicated that this grave was the equivalent of the Salem Which Trials. There was a band of odd people that came west with the Mormons - to flee persecution. This group try to re-establish themselves in Salt Lake. However - the settlers would not stand for this heresy, and committed each of them into a mass grave. The established a road over this grave, as if, to metaphorically (or literally) show other heretics that they were figuratively and litterly beneath the settlers. Coincidence that this street has abnormal powers? I think not.

The Heber Valley Railroad (Heber-Creeper)

admin — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 15:16:54 +0000

Each year, thousands of people travel to Utah’s pride and joy - the Heber Valley Historic Railroad. It has added vintage trains to its line-up over the years, but this particular story is about it’s original engine - 618. It is an interesting tale of how this engine got to Utah and how it ended up in Heber. This train started it’s life in Texas - where it ran the “Port Houston to Oklahoma-Tulsa” route. This route is interesting because, while the trains are highly guarded when carrying a load - they are ran unprotected when returning empty. It was during one of these return runs that it was hi-jacked and taken west to Utah. It was abandoned here and sat for years. The land owner where the train resided was struck with the idea that he should bury the engine, as was common practice in that era. He did. Years later, during an excavation for a Utah County office building, it was discovered and was transported to Heber, where it lives today as a great tourist attraction.

Utah’s Top Secret Nuclear Base

admin — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 16:16:26 +0000

15 minutes south of the Salt Lake Airport lies another airport, cleverly named Airport #2. This airport was actually started by the military in the early 50’s. What you will find interesting about this now public airport, is the large land mass to the north of the runways, and the unique procedures for pilots at this airport. At this airport, pilots are absolutely required to not fly over this field, even though, this requires a sharp turn at an extremely low altitude. Additionally, the last person that walked into this field is now in jail for trespassing - for a really long time. Seem odd? Well, this is because, in fact, there are still active nuclear missiles under this field. Similar the NIKE base in the hills of North Orange County - Utah has it’s own dirty little secret, complete with it’s own special underground entrance 5 miles away.

The Utah Bear Lake Monster

admin — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 19:50:29 +0000

Ok, even I find this one tough to swallow. But I have heard from three (3) credible sources that there is infact and unidentified species living in the Bear Lake that borders on Utah and Idaho. At first I shrugged this one off, but then thinking that most of Utah was covered by water, and our high population of dinosaur remnants, the truth started to take hold.

According to the many who have spied the serpent, it has a thin head, a large mouth, and small legs that it utilizes to move swiftly through the water. The slithering snake like-creature has also been described as spouting water upwards from its mouth and moving so fast through the lake, that it leaves a wake behind, much like a boat.

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Utah doesn’t support women’s rights

admin — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 21:28:48 +0000

Although the rest of the country granted women the right to vote with the 19th Amendment to the Constitution in 1919, Utah was the last state in the Union to allow women this privilege, finally ratifying the law in May of 1957. This was largely because the lawmakers feared that if women were given the right to vote earlier, they would have voted to outlaw polygamy, which wasn’t legally abolished until 1970.