St. George, Utah, is named not for George Washington or LDS President George Albert Smith, but for an earlier George Albert Smith — a colorful apostle who never actually lived in the southern Utah city. The Salt Lake Tribune profiles the 19th-century church leader whose name was given to the settlement.

The article explores Smith's outsized personality and role in early LDS history, noting he remains an enigmatic figure despite the prominent city bearing his name. The piece fills in biographical details of a leader whose legacy is geographic rather than doctrinal.