I had only heard about the bank being shipped in, not anything else. If I were to bet it was the total traveling distance was what made it special.

I've lived in Vernal a few times. The original bank was standing until they recently remodeled it. Not sure if it uses the same bricks or not.

Always got a kick out of the story. Never expected to see Vernal on HN

Zions Bank (current owners of the building) recently remodeled it very thoroughly, but took the effort to preserve the original brick facade. I'm a current resident of the area, and do love telling the story to visiting friends and family.