Wendover Nevada
Utah History To Go - Wendover Not The First to Desert Deseret
By 1870, Congress had reduced Utah from 220,196 square miles to some 84,899 square miles, a mere shadow of its former self. All this was done largely at the insistence of politicians bitterly opposed to the political power of the LDS Church. Now, it's one of our own politicians who thinks Utah is too big. Most of the 1,500 citizens of Wendover are tired of living behind the Zion Curtain, with both Utah's artificial border and liquor laws separating them from their glitzy but fallen sister, West Wendover. ... [Read More]
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