When World War II started, the federal government obtained 25,000 acres in the southwestern part of the Tooele Valley to establish an ordnance depot ("Tooele Ordnance Depot").In the same year, a storage depot for chemical weapons was also begun 20 miles south of Tooele City; the "Deseret Chemical Depot".
When World War II started the federal government obtained 25000 acres in the southwestern part of the Tooele Valley to establish an ordnance depot ("Tooele Ordnance Depot")In the same year a storage depot for chemical weapons was also begun 20 miles south of Tooele City; the "Deseret Chemical Depot"