New Canaan New Canaan was a Mormon town built in the ruins of in northern Utah . Background . The town of New Canaan was founded in a ruined section of Ogden , Utah , by the Prophet Judah Black in 2235 . The settlers of the town came from the ruins of New Jerusalem in , the ruined utopia of pre - War Mormon optimism . Some great catastrophe befell New Jerusalem , possibly due to the insistence of its citizens on not dealing with the outside world . Out of the shattered glass and broken steel of New Jerusalem , Judah led the survivors north . The town they established was far from ideal . They suffered greatly in their efforts to rebuild . The original population of the community was roughly one hundred . In 2253 , only a few more than fifty citizens actually live in New Canaan . Judah Black died in 2245 . Two years later , Jeremiah Rigdon claimed to have visions from God . While most of the Canaanites believed in Jeremiah , some disputed his revelations , and left . By 2253 , dozens of war refugees , fleeing the NCR - Brotherhood War , had wandered into New Canaan . Not wanting to repeat the mistakes of New Jerusalem , Jeremiah Rigdon allowed them to enter , but had difficulty keeping the peace . By 2281 , New Canaan was a prosperous town and a powerful trading influence in the southwest , dominating the trade routes north of New Vegas , imposing heavy taxes on exterior caravan companies wishing to trade , such as the Crimson Caravan , making NCR expansion in the area difficult . Three months after the First Battle of Hoover Dam , the New Canaanites welcomed the fallen Joshua Graham back into their flock , angering Caesar , who wished to erase Graham from history . To that end , Caesar had the White Legs , a tribe petitioning to be absorbed into the Legion , attack New Canaan with the objective of wiping out the New Canaanites . The town was destroyed , and their leader , Salt - Upon - Wounds had the earth salted so that nothing could grow there . Roughly thirty survived the sacking , including Graham and Daniel . The survivors regrouped along the Colorado River , with the attitude that towns are just stone and mortar , and that a town ' s heart is its people , suggesting that the Mormons will attempt to rebuild elsewhere . Layout . The outskirts border on the Great Salt Lake , Utah , and consist primarily of ruined buildings occupied by squatters and drifters , ( like the west end of Klamath in " Fallout 2 " ) . The main problem in this area is the presence of NCR refugees . Some of them are bad seeds , and dislike the strict rules and regulations of the town . A few of them even stay outside of the crude town walls themselves , having been exiled from the community for immoral behavior . This is actually very troublesome , as Jeremiah Maxwell only distributes free water to people living inside the town itself . The primary features of this map are : the eastern wall and gate , the squatter houses , the guard house , the general store , and the slaughterhouse . Every day , Jeremiah and several brave Mormons journey out to have supper with the refugees on the exterior . Once a person has been expelled , the only way they are allowed back into Canaan is by submitting to the Mormon baptismal rite . The town borders on the Great Salt Lake . It is surrounded by concrete and makeshift walls . The Canaanites keep most of their houses and businesses here . The town section is cleaner than the outskirts section , and relatively intact , considering an atomic firestorm once swept through the area . In addition to the modest homes and farms of the Canaanites , the main features of the town are the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter - Day Saints , the New Canaan sheriff ' s office / jail , and the pump house . Jeremiah Rigdon and two priests are generally found at the church , though all three have homes of their own . One of the most important aspects of the New Canaan community is its racial tolerance . Four ghoul s ( one glowing ) and one super mutant mark the extremes of a very mixed community . Ogden ' s Union Station sits unused . If the player gets the trains up and working , he or she can take the train here . A few people live near the train tracks , including most of the super mutant and ghoul members of the Mormon faith . It ' s a little messier than the town itself , but not as bad as the outskirts . Appearances . New Canaan does not appear in any of the published games , but was to appear in the canceled " Fallout 3 " project by Black Isle codenamed " Van Buren " , and was designed mostly by J . E . Sawyer . In later drafts of design documents , it says that New Canaan was destroyed in riots and Jericho is all that remained of it , but as New Canaan is mentioned occasionally and appears in graffiti in " " , this is non - canon . Some of this graffiti may be found in abandoned places that are not marked locations such as old garages or road signs . New Canaan is also mentioned frequently in the " Fallout : New Vegas " " Honest Hearts " and appears to have been destroyed by the White Legs .