Eli McCann: Why the Mormon legend (or myth) of the ‘Lone Cedar Tree’ matters

At its roots, it’s a story about the value of preserving history.

(The Salt Lake Tribune) A child plays at the stump of the Lone Cedar Tree in Salt Lake City in 1943.

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