An LDS church will be torn down for the Bangerter Highway project. Before that happens, members dug up a piece of its past.
The waterlogged box, crusted with decades of rust and grime, preserved pieces of the church’s past from the year it was dedicated.
(Samantha Moilanen | The Salt Lake Tribune) Jordan North 6th Ward Bishop Brent Newton, left, and Jordan North 5th Ward Bishop Steve Jester pull church documents from 1980 out of a time capsule at a Latter-day Saint meetinghouse in West Valley City on Saturday, Sept. 26, 2026.