Did you know that.....the reason Thiokol (which later became Morton Thiokol) ended up in Utah was because the unpopulated deserts of this US state were perfect for rocket testing?

One fine day in the mid-1950s, representatives for the company arrived in the state to explore its possibilities. The young farmer’s son Ken Holmgren knew that there was only one tavern on the road between Promontory and Brigham City where the travelers could be expected to stop. He went there to meet them, and the rest is history.

Thiokol set up in the area and Holmgren eventually became President of the company and then CEO for Morton Thiokol when the two companies merged.

Image: Promontory area in the US. Picture taken between 1990 and 1994. Photographer unknown.