Characters ranging from Mormon pioneers to Butch Cassidy all helped give the Beehive State color and tenacity. Uncover the state's hidden gems with stories like the first group of Latter-day Saints who arrived in the Salt Lake Valley days before Brigham Young proclaimed it as "the right place." Meet an ancient prophet believed to have walked the arid landscape, offering his blessing on several sites long before the pioneers arrived. Learn why a former lawyer was buried without a proper headstone. Discover the state's quirky side with the strange goings-on at an obscure ranch and the alleged monsters once believed to haunt some of Utah's lakes. Author Andy Weeks offers this quirky and informative collection of little-known tales about the forty-fifth state.

Andy Weeks is an award-winning journalist who has worked for newspapers and other media outlets in Utah and Idaho. His work, both fiction and nonfiction, has appeared in magazines in both the United States and the UK, and he is the author of several travel-related and history books, including Haunted Utah: Ghosts and Strange Phenomena of the Beehive State and A History of Mormon Landmarks in Utah: Monuments of Faith.