The area of Deseret started huge, got smaller as it became Utah

This is an interesting article providing a glimpse of how 'things used to be' to those of us new to the state. Thanks!

I'm not sure that the nation would have worked with rhode islands and new hampshires and then 'deseret'. What is a deseret, anyway? Is it like a 'ranchette', an acreage with cowboy pretense? Should have just called it 'desert'. It's really big, arid, More..

Another reference to Deseret: the Salt Lake Bees.