What is Utah Monolith

The monolith was built in 1944 by four men from Monticello, Utah during the uranium boom when prospectors were scouring San Juan County for ore to build atomic bombs in the Manhattan Project

2. It is unknown what they used for tools or how they managed to haul it into place
3. In 1950, when the Bureau of Land Management resurveyed the border on its own initiative, officials put it about two hundred feet north of where it would have been had it remained on the Arizona side
4. The site is still accessible to any adventurous travelers seeking to take an alternate route through northeastern Arizona or western Colorado
5. The monolith stands at a height of 12 feet and has a circumference of 16 feet with a width of 14 feet.
6. An arched doorway about 2 ft high by 3 ft wide is located on the south side.
7. The Utah monolith is now in a state of disrepair due to vandalism and exposure to weather conditions over time
8. There are few other clues to its origin
9. Despite being out of the way, the site is still accessible to any adventurous travelers seeking to take an alternate route through northeastern Arizona or western Colorado.

Utah monolith History

The Utah monolith was built in 1944 by four men from Monticello, Utah during the uranium boom when prospectors were scouring San Juan County for ore to build atomic bombs in the Manhattan Project. The men put the metal in place after their truck became stuck. It is unknown what they used for tools or how they managed to haul it into place.

It was originally located on the Utah-Arizona border, right on the state line. But in 1950, when the Bureau of Land Management resurveyed the border on its own initiative, officials put it about two hundred feet north of where it would have been had it remained on the Arizona side.