Legends of the lake
Lore
Monsters, myths and tall tales from Utah Lake and Vineyard.
1864 to 1880
The Utah Lake Monster
For twenty years, people on the shore swore something enormous lived in the lake.
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Ute tradition
The Water Babies
Long before the monster, the people of the lake had their own warning about the water.
A story told in American Fork
The Fish That Swallowed Four
A fish so big it swallowed four swimmers, who cut their way back out.
1540s to 1776
The Lake of Gold
For two centuries, Spain hunted for a rich kingdom on a great lake to the north. It may have been ours.
1776 to 1844
The River to the Sea
For seventy years, the maps showed a river running from our lake to the Pacific. It was never there.
Told since 1922
The Legend of Timpanogos
The mountain Vineyard looks at every morning has a love story. It is younger than it sounds.
Summer 1983
Footloose at the Mill
The most famous dance in the movie happened inside Geneva Steel.