Mormon Country Turquoise Oquirrh Formation strata are exposed

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

Rebecca Molinari

Situated in landscapes as diverse as the minerals themselves

With sculpted sand dunes

Mormon Country Turquoise Oquirrh Formation strata are exposedWhere 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