Homestead ruins tell story of Benmore 'bailout'

Published: Wednesday, June 3, 2009 12:06 a.m. MDT
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Most people have never even heard of Benmore, Utah.

The tiny town only lasted for a decade. Had members of the Benmore LDS Branch not wanted it to succeed, the community of 20 families in the remote, dry, south end of Rush Valley wouldnt even have survived a couple of years.

Now more than eight decades later, an effort is under way to preserve the history of these Mormon homesteads.

Read the full story on MormonTimes.com

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