Item Detail
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30658
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Book Chapter
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English
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Andersen, Rebecca
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"For the Strength of the Hills": Casting a Concrete Zion
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The Earth Will Appear as the Garden of Eden: Essays on Mormon Environmental History
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Salt Lake City, UT
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University of Utah Press
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2019
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237-252
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This essay is about the dichotomy of Mormon veneration for nature and the mountains of Utah, and Mormon extraction of natural resources like granite, sand, and gravel, from these same mountains. Much of the extraction that has taken place since Mormon settlement of Utah has been minimal, but with the introduction of Portland cement to Utah, mining efforts to extract sand and gravel increased so as to make concrete. The essay also addresses successful concrete and extraction businesses throughout the twentieth century, as well as the influence of the railroad on this production.
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