Amy Heaton and the 1918 Spanish Influenza epidemic in southern Utah

Amy Heaton at 16

In this post, we're taking a little break from Kaysville history to take a look at another other interesting episode in Utah history.
The Spanish influenza epidemic of 1918-1919 hit Utah hard.
My grandmother, Amy Heaton Esplin Crofts, was 16 years old and attending her first year at Dixie High School in 1919. This is the story of Amy's encounter with the Spanish Flu, the death of Amy's sister Mercy the following year of appendicitis, and the end of formal schooling for Amy and her family members who were attending school in St. George at the time.
Amy grew up in the small town of Moccasin, Arizona on the Arizona Strip--the narrow strip of Arizona north of the Grand Canyon. She went to high school in St. George Utah--two days' journey by wagon or early automobile--when she was 16, in the year 1919.

Amy's story

After completing grammar school at Moccasin, I went to high school in St. George. I was sixteen years old. I weighed 103 pounds. My wardrobe consisted of four dresses. I remember I would gladly have turned back and not left home. I had such an empty feeling in my stomach. I was so homesick.

St George, Utah, in the 1910s (courtesy Utah State Historical Society)

All my life I have had good health and hardly ever a bad cold. While I was in St. George attending school, I had influenza and pneumonia. President Romney would come over to see me often and administered to me. Dr. McGregor didn't think I would pull through. On one especially bad one night, when the doctor checked on me, he thought I wasn't going to pull through. When he came the next morning, he said, "Well Amy, you surely must have a mission on this earth or you wouldn't have been alive when I came this morning." President Romney however, died of influenza before I was ever out of bed.

My half sisters, Elsie and Mercy, and my niece, Jennie, and I would take in washings on Saturdays to help pay for our schooling. Two winters a group of us batched. The last winter we boarded at a Mrs. Smith's. While we were living there, Mercy died of appendicitis. Papa had us all come home. That ended my schooling. I was disappointed that I couldn't finish high school. I cherished each day of school I attended. I also missed the friends I made at Dixie.

Excerpt from  "My Own Story" by Amy Heaton Esplin Crofts, 19 October 1903-17 May 1977.

Lucy Heaton Esplin, sister of Amy Heaton, also wrote her account the influenza epidemic and includes another, earlier incident involving Amy.

Lucy's Story

I, Lucy Heaton Esplin, with my children was staying with my parents Lucy and Jonathan Heaton at Moccasin the winter of 1923*, while me husband, Lawrence, was out at the sheep herd. All of the children got the red measles--Lavar, Carol, Gueneviere and Amy Heaton, Larry, Nan and Amy Esplin. Amy Heaton, my sister, was really sick with the measles and then she got Pneumonia along with them. Mother did all that she could for her but none of it helped and mother began to feel that her youngest child would surely die.

The Big House in Moccasin, where the Heatons lived

One afternoon mother prayed that Heavenly Father would show her what to do for Amy. She was exhausted and lay down for a rest. A voice spoke to her saying, "Vinegar and hops, vinegar and hops and put it on hot."

Mother was so weary she wondered if she had heard rightly. "In a little while" she thought and whispered to herself.

But the voice came again, "Do it now, before too late." Mother got right up and made a poultice of hot vinegar and hops and put it on Amy's back and chest. In a little while the congestion was relieved and her breathing was easier. She improved rapidly and was soon well. Mother always said if she had waited to heed the voice Amy would have died. She thanked her Father in Heaven for showing her what to do. Later while Amy was attending school in St. George she got Pneumonia again and was real bad. The Doctor there thought she would not pull through. She had just passed the crisis when she came down with the flu that was so bad that winter.

Mother was called from Moccasin to Amy's bedside. She cared for her night and day until she got the flu also. One afternoon while she was resting near Amy's bedside a glorious light filled the room. She saw six beautiful white hands hover over her daughter's bed. The hands lowered and lifted Amy from the bed. They just held her for sometime and then placed Amy back on the bed by her mother’s side. The light and the hands left the room. Mother knew that Amy's life had been spared. She again thanked her Father in Heaven for this blessing.

Moccasin AZ and the Big House

Dr. McGregor had left her sick bed the night before thinking that Amy could not possibly live until morning. When he found her improved he exclaimed, "This girl must surely have a mission to perform here on this earth, for as sick as she was, she would never have gotten well without some special help." The family was saddened when Brother Romney, Pres. of Dixie College at that time contracted the Influenza and died before Amy was out of bed. He had administered to her several times while she was so bad.

Lucy Heaton Esplin daughter of
Jonathan and Lucy Heaton

From Esther's Children: Her Story and a Collection of Faith Inspiring Experiences, compiled by Gwen Heaton Sherratt and Hannah Heaton Roundy, 1968, p. 157.

Note that the date 1923 appears to be a mistake and may simply be a typo for 1913.

This final account is by Charles Leonard Heaton, nephew of Amy Heaton. Though Leonard was Amy's nephew, he was two years older than she and both went to Dixie High School in St. George together.

Leonard's story

First year 1919-1920

One day the fore part of September the men folks of Moccasin had collected at Grandma's place, which they did about once a day discuss the affairs fo the day and work. Grandpa was there having come down from Alton the night before. He asked Father if he was going to send Leonard and Jennie to St. George to attend the Dixie High School. Father said Jennie was going and that I was going part of the year at least. This was the first I knew Father and Mother had ever planned on my getting any more education. I had spent parts of three winters in eighth grade and never graduated. 

Father then asked me when I wanted to go, now or later in November. I said, "Well, if I am going to get part of it, I would just as soon take it all." He said, "Get your things ready Harold will be out in a few days with a team to haul your things to St. George."

The Heaton's going to school were my Aunts Amy and Mercy and Uncle Harold from Alton, Jennie, my sister, and I. Harold and I drove a team and wagon loaded with bedding, food and our belongings. The first stop was Short Creek, next Hurricane and the third day we arrived in St. George. We stayed at Grandpa's brother's, Uncle Will Heaton. They had a house with several rooms, and a granary over a cellar for us boys. The girls came down with Grandpa and my Aunt Kezia. After unloading, making beds and eating supper we all decided to take in a show the first night in Dixie.

Upon returning Harold and I turned the lights on to go to bed. Our room was almost black with cockroaches running in every direction. The only way out was the door which we shut. We picked up some small boards and while Harold guarded the door, I proceeded to kill the cockroaches taking apart everything to be sure we got them all. The funny part of it was we never found other cockroach in that room the rest of the school year. They were, however, in the other house quite often.

My Uncles Gilbert and Sterling came down to school in November. Sterling quit at Christmas time and Gilbert in February for different reasons.

We were soon known as the noisy Heaton corner of town, always singing, playing, hollering at one another and having a good time. This attracted quite a few other young people who became close friends.

This year's Freshman class had more in it than all the other three classes in high school. About 120 registered, but several dropped out. As we lived in the East St. George Ward, we attended the church services in the tabernacle. The first Sunday we were about the only young people at Sacrament Meeting. But by our continual attendance and our friendship with others our age, by November the young people were outnumbering the older people.

To help with finances, I worked sweeping out several of the classrooms at fifty cents per hour. I also checked hats and coats at the dances and took tickets at the shows, plays and other functions of the school. In February the flu hit the town and several people died, among them was the college President, Brother Romney a good and friendly man. At the same time all the Heatons were down with it except Mercy who tended the girls and a friend. Grant Snow looked after the boys for about two weeks. My Aunt Amy got pneumonia and instead of coughing which hurt her so, she would sneeze. This lasted about three weeks. We attended all activities, dances and parties in groups. We went together and came home together--just one big happy family. The school was operated under the direction of the church, with a devotional meeting every morning at 10:30 followed by a religion class. We studied from the Book of Mormon, Church History, Bible and other Church works. Each Friday included an hour and a half program of church services. It was most enjoyable.

Heaton family gathering in 1923.  The Heatons were a big, polygamous family; Jonathan Heaton divided his time between the two family homes in Moccasin AZ and Alton UT, about two days' journey north.

There were only three high school basketball teams in Southern Utah; Dixie, Cedar City and Beaver. In February some 15 of us hired Leo Whitehead who had an old sightseeing bus to take us to Cedar City and Beaver when our ball team played these two teams. We lost them both, but had fun.

We went home for Christmas holiday in cars. But as there had been storms and roads were bad, Jessie Palmer, brought us back in a covered wagon drawn by four horses. We were three days coming back to school. We stopped at Colvins in Short Creek and Hurricane. Going home the girls went by car and Harold and I drove the team with our belongings. So ended the first year of high school.

...

Second Year 1920-21

This year began with Aunt Mercy and Amy Heaton, Jennie and I boarding at Brother and Sister Smith's home on the South West corner of St. George. They had a large family of seven children. They also had their other boarders, Arch Climan, his sister, and Rex Neglie from Tocquerville. They only stayed for about six weeks. They couldn't put up with the home life, crowded conditions and food. I again took up janitor work at school and helped with other functions about the school.

Leonard Heaton became caretaker of Pipe Spring National Monument, near Moccasin on the Arizona Strip, in 1926 and continued in that position for 37 years. This photo shows Leonard with the reptile display at Pipe Spring NM in 1933. (Courtesy National Park Service)

Shortly after Thanksgiving Mercy took sick. We wanted to call Dr. McGranger but Brother Smith would not let him in the house because he was a polygamist. Mercy became worse, so we finally got old Doctor Woodbury to come down. After a short examination said she had to go to the hospital. I carried Mercy down a narrow flight of stairs out to a car, then from the car to the hospital. We were told Mercy had appendicitis. Grandpa and Aunt Amy were called to come down. But Mercy died the next day. Just before she passed away she said, "Don't let the kids stay at Smiths any longer." The college held a funeral in the Tabernacle. It was full. Jennie and Amy packed their things and went home and did not come back to school. I stayed at school.


From "What Made the Man" by Charles Leonard Heaton

Time Machine zoom on Kaysville and Kay's Cross

Zoom into Kaysville and Kay's Cross area with this Google Time Machine tour, 1984-2016:

The Kaysville Irrigation Reservoir is the mitt-shaped reservoir in the center of the zoom. The Boynton Road Farm is to the north and east of the reservoir. Kay's Cross is just east-northeast, upstream of the "thumb of the mitt" of the reservoir.

View the zoom animation in larger format on Google's Time Machine website here.

Kaysville area, 2000Location of Boynton Road Farm and Kay's Cross shown

I grew up in the hollow, below the Kaysville Irrigation Reservoir.  As you can see, the size of the reservoir grows and shrinks dramatically over the years, depending on season and rainfall patterns.

We worried quite a bit about what might happen to us if the dam were to fail--even more so after the Teton Dam failure in 1976. Apparently our worries were not in vain--but more on that, and the whole history of the dam and reservoir, later.

Edward Phillips and the founding of Kaysville

The founding myth of Kaysville goes something like this: John Green and Edward Phillips were traveling north to Weber County when they were waylaid by snow, spending the night with Samuel Holmes. Holmes talked the two into settling nearby--and the three became the first Mormon settlers in the Kaysville area.

Edward and Hannah
Simmons Phillips

Here is the story, and a lot more about the early history of Mormon settlers in Kaysville, as told by one of the key participants, Edward Phillips:

In the winter of 1849-50 John H. Green and myself started north to hunt a farm. We traveled to the north extremity of the county (what is now Davis County) to the sandridge until we encountered snow so deep and frozen so hard that we could not travel farther. We concluded to return (rather than perish) to find shelter. We had intended going as far as Ogden finding us a farm, but the snow prevented us from doing so. We went back and stayed over night with S. O. Holmes.

The "sandridge" is the high sandy ridge located just south of the Weber River, approximately where Hill Air Force Base is now located.

We concluded the creek was the best place we had seen and returned in the spring of 1850. On or about April 10, 1850, I started with my family for what is now Kaysville Creek, but which many at present call Kay's Creek, but I arrived one day previous to Bishop Kay.

Fremont's Map of 1849-50 shows the Phillips, Holmes, and Haight farms.The survey has a number of interesting problems and errors, including the location of the main road and the creeks. Creeks are more or less correct as they leave the mountain canyons, and also as they intersect the three farms shown. But the wrong canyon is connected the wrong farm in a fairly comically incorrect way. More on that later.
Click for full sized version. Full, zoomable map online here. Source.

We settled there on Sandy Creek in Frosoloscey's survey which we called Phillips Creek. In a day or two after our arrival on what is now Kay's Creek, we took our plows and started about the same time. We had five bushels of club head wheat each, which we sowed broadcast. I sowed mine on six acres. Brother Kay sowed his on five. We plowed land for farming side by side, being about equal in quality. I raised two hundred fifty bushels from my six. He raised two hundred ten from his five.

I believe that "Frosoloscey's Survey" is a reference to the 1855 survey of Joseph Troskolawski, the first federal land survey of the area. If so, he is simply referring to the survey as a way to identify the area and the creek, not saying that they initially located the area or named the creek based on this survey--which happened some years after Phillips settled in the area:

1855 Survey of the Kaysville-Layton area by Joseph Troskolawski.
This is part of the first federal survey made in Utah. Note early roads and streams, including a road from Phillips farm to the immigrant camp area near the main road, and another from Kay's Fort to the Bluff Road.

Phillips, Holmes, and Haight were all located along the Bluff Road whereas Kay's Fort and the immigrant camp are located on the main road--later Utah Territorial Highway 1 and today Main Street/Hwy 273.

"Kay's Fort" is located near downtown Kaysville today. However, the fort was actually oriented strictly on the points of the compass, not skewed at a 45 degree angle as shown here.

I'll have more to say about this interesting survey and map later. Click for full-sized version

President Young paid us a visit after we had harvested our crop and he wanted to know how much I had raised. I told him two hundred and fifty bushel. I[He?] was asked why his[my?] crop was the best on the creek that season and I said it was due to the prayers I offered at the time of planting. He told of this in a sermon on the stand in the Salt Lake City Tabernacle, to try and show the increase.

This was done without a fence, but we had to stand guard night and day to watch as well as pray; for there were from one to two hundred cattle turned out every night about a mile above us belonging to emigrants who were on their way to the California gold diggings.

The land generally to the north and to the east of the Holmes, Phillips, and Haight farms had been used as open range by Mormon settlers from 1847 onwards, and now, apparently from 1849 onwards by California immigrants who were traveling through the area.


The location "about a mile above us" is almost certainly the point where the main road crossed Kay's Creek. Today this area is near the intersection of Main Street and Gentile in Layton and very near the Layton Frontrunner Station. This was likely an inviting spot to camp, with water and feed for the livestock both available near the road.

Near the location of immigrant camp area, today.Kay's Creek runs through the line of trees at the back of the field.
(Google Streetview)

If this area was used as a camping and grazing area for immigrant wagon trains, it would have been about 1 mile northeast of Phillips farm ("above"--i.e., directly upstream from Phillips) and 1.5 miles west of the Boynton Farm (see locations marked on the 1855 land survey, above). Livestock would easily have strayed 1-2 miles overnight, and so this documents one of the first known uses of the Boynton Farm area in the Mormon settlement era--as open range for livestock.

It also presents one of the first opportunities for the discovery of Kay's Cross by Mormon settlers or by California immigrants. If the Cross existed at this time--and that's a big if--it most certainly would have been discovered by one of the settlers or livestock drovers.

If this had been discovered in a hidden Holmes Creek glen in 1850, would the
discovery had gone un-announced? It seems unlikely . . .

And if it had been discovered, it most certainly would have been widely discussed and written about. A large Christian cross in a secluded hollow, apparently built by native Americans? That would have been a topic of discussion far too juicy to pass by . . .

The country north of us for almost twenty miles was covered with a luxuriant growth of grass. We called it bunch grass. In the fall of the year, it would wave in the breeze like a grain field. It was rich for wintering stock. That is now a dry farming country, raising from 15 to 25 bushels of wheat per acre. . . .

The area north of--and higher than--Kay's Creek had no available water in the early days. It took many decades and development of extensive canals before irrigation water was available in this area. Before irrigation was available, the land was only useful to them as open range for livestock. So dry farming the area was an important innovation by area settlers--and one they took with them to other places, for example, the Mormon settlements in Albert.

In 1850 I carried a chain for Surveyor Lemon form [from] the first creek south to our settlement, the first survey in this ward. After this, Jesse Fox was our surveyor.

I am not certain who "Surveyor Lemon" is, or if that 1850 survey is available.

The summer of 1850, I built a log house being the year the Ward was organized. The following summer, I built another and in 1853, I built the first adobe house in Kaysville Ward, consisting of three rooms. . . .

Edward Phillips home at 358 W. Center, Kaysville.
Figures near the center may be Edward and Hannah. Note stone construction--similar to Kay's Cross, and quite common in construction by Mormon settlers throughout the Kaysville area, after the "log cabin" era.
Utah Historical Society

In 1855, President Young counciled us to build a meeting house about two miles east of where we had settled. We selected a spot at which place there was a military post, the commander being Captain Joseph Taylor. We united with him for protection against Indians and walled in a fort about covering sixty acres. Some of the walls of which are still standing today. In this fort we had the foundation of the meeting house. The dimensions being 90 by 45 feet which is in a good state of preservation today. It was commenced in the winter of 1855 and 1856 and completed in 1862. About this time we were advised by the President of the Church to enlarge our fort sufficiently to make a city of it. After doing this, we built a wall around the whole of it consisting of one hundred twenty acres or a quarter of a section.

Our location was a beautiful one being between the Wasatch Mountains and Great Salt Lake. About six miles of rolling country between and from ten to fifteen miles from North to South. . . .

Location of Phillips Farm, 2016, view to the east
Kay's Creek is in the row of trees to the right; today's Angel Street approximates historic Bluff Road
(Google Streetview)

My farm where I first settled consists of one hundred acres divided into twelve fields with the intention of carrying the sheep industry. I have three artesian well[s]. One averaging three gallons a minute, one seven, and the largest 70-75 gallons per minute. This one supplies a fish pond which is well supplied with carp. I have lived to be nearly eighty years, to see the third generation. I have had eighteen children of whom thirteen lived to marry; ninety-nine grandchildren and some great grandchildren.

Connection to Kay's Cross and the Boynton Farm:  Phillips was one of the first settlers in the Kaysville area. He lived about 3 miles west of the Boynton Farm. He is among the first Mormon settlers to run livestock on the open range in the area, including the Boynton Farm.

He is also one of the first Mormon settlers with the opportunity to discover Kay's Cross--if it existed at that time--or build it, if it did not yet exist. In that regard, it is very interesting that Phillips had worked in the rock quarry for the Nauvoo Temple--and later built the first adobe house in Kays Ward. He may have been among the first in the area with the knowledge and ability to build a somewhat complex stone and mortar monument. He also built the stone house below--very similar to Kay's Cross in materials and construction.

Is the complete lack of discussion and mention of Kay's Cross by early Mormon settlers sufficient proof that Kay's Cross did not exist at that time? Or do we need more definitive proof?

Kaysville-Layton topo maps animated, 1955-2016

Before I start in on solving any kind of a mystery, I like to get an overview of the area--the lay of the land, so to speak.

These topographical maps of the Kaysville-Layton area from 1955 to 2016 area a great way to do it--they give an interesting overview of the recent growth and development in this part of the county.

Topographical maps of Kaysville-Layton area, 1955-2016 (animated gif). Location of Kay's Cross is marked by the red X. Click  for full-sized version
Source: USGS Historical Topographical Map Explorer

The Boynton Road Farm really stands out as one of the last remaining undeveloped pieces of ground in this area.

Each individual map in the animation is below. Click any map for a larger version.

1955

1969--the year my family moved to Holmes Creek Hollow. We lived just west of Boynton Road, and just north of Holmes Creek.

1975. A major development in our part of the world was the construction of Fairfield Road. Construction started soon after we moved in, in 1969. Fairfield Road straightened out Boynton Road going across the hollow, filled it in with a pretty massive fill, and continued Boynton Road's northerly segment onwards to Mutton Hollow, Layton, and HAFB. The remainder of Boynton Road, meandering past the Kaysville Irrigation Reservoir and the Boynton Road Farm, remained a narrow and little-used country lane.

1986

1998

2016

Who owned the Boynton Road Farm, and when?

More than just the Mystery of Kay's Cross, this blog is about the history of the Boynton Road Farm, those who lived and worked there, and their neighbors. And of course, the farm is vital to the mystery of Kay's Cross, because that's where Kay's Cross is!

Who lived on the farm? Who owned the farm?

The Boynton Road Farm today, looking west (Google Streetview)

This is the chronological list of those who owned, controlled, used, or lived on the farm over time. We will continue to refine this list and the information on it, as we research and present evidence for land ownership of the farm over time.

And yes--we're going w-a-y back:

When	Who
Before ~ 1 AD	Pre-Fremont peoples
~1 AD - ~1300 AD	Fremont people
~1300 AD - ~1860s	Modern Native Americans
Early-mid 1800s	European/American Trappers & Mountain Men
1847 - ~1860s	Open range for early Mormon herders and settlers
~1858?-1860s?	Thomas and Mary Ann Huntsman Green?
~1860s? - 1890s?	Elijah Laycock and family
1890s	Christopher Boynton and family
1910s?-1830s?	Nephi Whitaker and family
Late 1830s?	Early 1940s? - Federal Land Bank of Berkley
1940s? - present?	Davis County Co-op (Kingston Clan) or associates?

Boynton Road Farm, 1953. Location of Kay's Cross is marked.
Mutton Hollow Road is near the top (top left corner), a section of Crestwood Road in the bottom right corner. Boynton Road snakes past the reservoir and through the farm.

Neighbors of the farm from the earliest Mormon settlers and late 1800s/early 1900s include:

• Going southwards down the hollow from the Boynton Road Farm:
• Thomas and Mary Ann Huntsman Green and descendants, including Alford (Fred) Green - just to the south of the farm (just north of Fairfield Road today)
• Thomas Bennett and descendants - just south of the  Green property (generally) south of Fairfield Road today)
• Robert Wall
• Rosel Hyde and descendants (south of Bennett's property; nearer today's Main St/Hwy 273)
  
• Other neighbors:
• John Simmons - S & SE of Boynton Farm
• William Court
• Mark Beazer - NW of the Boynton Farm
• Robert Burton & family - N of Boynton Farm
• Frederick Burton  - NE of Boynton Farm
• William Beesley - SE of Boynton Farm

Until we find some way to rule them out, everyone who lived on, controlled, owned, or lived nearby the farm is potentially someone who could have built Kay's Cross.

As we explore each of these owners and neighbors in turn, we will add links to articles and information about them. We're going to meet a really interesting group of people!

If you have any information that could clarify owners, neighbors, dates,  or other incomplete or incorrect information listed here, please leave a comment below or contact me via my profile page

Kay's Cross

Unsolved Mysteries

As we work to solve some of the mysteries of Kay's Cross, the Holmes Creek Hollow, and Kaysville history, we will encounter more mysteries--mysteries we cannot solve yet.

I know that many of  you out there are very interested in local Kaysville history and many of you may know the answers to some or all of these mysteries--or how to find the answers.

If you know the answers to any of these mysteries, or have any clues, please leave a comment. I hope that many of these mysteries will be the subject of future posts.

Outstanding mysteries:

• When did Elijah Laycock acquire or start farming the Boynton Road Farm? Are there any property records or other records from the 1860s or 1870s showing Laycock's ownership or use of the farm?
• Did any Mormon settlers before Laycock live on the Boynton Road Farm, or farm there?
• Who, if anyone, owned the Thomas and Mary Ann Green farm before the Greens moved there in 1863.
• Did the Greens, who lived just south of the Boynton Road Farm, farm or use the Boynton Road Farm, or sell the northern property to Elijah Laycock?  Generally, who was there first--the Greens or the Laycocks?
• Where there any Mexican Land Grants in Davis County? Miles Goodyear owned a large farm in Weber County prior to 1847. We have reports of prior ownership near Riverton in Salt Lake County.  How about Davis County?
• More to come . . . 

Do you have information, evidence--or even just ideas or theories--about any of the unsolved mysteries above? Or a new mystery to add?

Leave a comment below or contact me via my profile page.

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Solving the Kay's Cross Mystery: The Evidence Arrayed

As we work methodically to solve the mysteries of Kay's Cross, I will link to articles detailing the answers to each question--and the evidence behind it--on this page.

For now, we have only the questions--and no evidence! But, we have to start somewhere . . .

• Who definitely did not build Kay's Cross? Who can we cross off the suspects list? Was it built by polygamists? Or satan worshippers? A religious cult? Early pioneers? Native Americans? Early trappers? Or someone else?
• Who remains on the suspects list--who had access, opportunity, and motive at the right time?
• Who did built it and what is the evidence they did so?
• When did they build it?
• Why was it built?
• Why a cross? Mormons don't build crosses--they don't even like them. Fundamentalist Mormon polygamists--if they were involved in building it--shun the cross as a symbol even moreso then mainstream LDS.
• And why a cross with that particular, unusual flared shape--which doesn't seem to occur anywhere else in Utah? (Or does it?)

• Why a "K"? Was Kaysville founder William Kay involved?
• Why the Ts and hollow squares in the ends of the arms?
• Was someone buried nearby? Or inside the cross? 
• Was a murder involved? Or a tragic death?
• Why was the cross abandoned and unused for so many years?
• Why was the cross blown up in 1992, and who did it?