Catholic Utah (Images of America) Salt Lake County made a startling scientific discovery

made a startling scientific discovery that was to turn the fledgling science of the history of the earth — and a central plank of established Christian religion — on its head

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Catholic Utah (Images of America) Salt Lake County made a startling scientific discoveryBy 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