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FLASHBACK 1996: Louis Coray's quest for Utah's original legal document.
It's an account that's rarely come to surface, even in this, Utah's centennial year. Nor was it shouted from newspaper headlines in Coray's day until his death in 1949. In fact, even those most schooled in state and Western American history run a blank to the fact that Utah's Constitution was ever lost.
Louis LaVille Coray, photograph circa 1895: A man with a good sense of humor, but not for jokes. In commemoration of City Weekly's 40th anniversary, we are digging into our archives to celebrate. Each week, we FLASHBACK to a story or column from our past in honor of four decades of local alt-journalism.
Whether the names and issues are familiar or new, we are grateful to have this unique newspaper to contain them all. Title: The Case of the Missing Constitution Author: Ben Fulton Date: Jan. 11, 1996 He was a farmer from Mona, a small town in Utah's Juab County.
Although largely self-educated,…
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