Catholic Utah (Images of America) Salt Lake County 170-mile stretch of breathtaking wilderness

170-mile stretch of breathtaking wilderness across southern Utah

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Catholic Utah (Images of America) Salt Lake County 170-mile stretch of breathtaking wildernessBy Colleen McDannell In 1776, two Mexican Franciscans trekked into what is now the state of Utah. While they said the rosary and offered litanies to the saints, they did not linger in what was to them unknown territory. It would take almost 100 years for the first parish church of St. Mary Magdalene to be built in 1871 and a Catholic community established. The small number of Catholics maintained and cultivated their religion in a territory dominated