Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 2,035

Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 2,035

This is the grave of Culbert Olson. Born in 1876 in Fillmore, Utah, Olson grew up in the Mormon elite. His parents were active Mormons. But that does not inherently mean some right wing figure and never really did until the 1980s or so. His mother was a major suffragist and the first woman to hold public office in Utah. Meanwhile, at the age of 10 or 11, Olson convinced himself that the entire idea of God was completely ridiculous and he never m…