Is Deseret reference to real place?

[John Bailey]

Apparently the Apthorp Building:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Apthorp

On Sun, Oct 6, 2013 at 5:17 PM, Joseph Tracy <brook7 at sover.net> wrote:
> Someone said something along the lines that the Deseret is a stand-in for a real place. ???-
> Pynchon-l / http://www.waste.org/mail/?listpynchon-l
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