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In another time : sketches of Utah history / Harold Schindler

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Schindler, Harold, 1929-1998
Published
Logan, Utah : Utah State University Press, 1998.
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1 online resource (xii, 199 pages) : illustrations, maps
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Contents
The first Utahns, 11,000 B.P. to A.D. 1776 -- Mountain men: opening the gate to Western expansion, 1803-1840 -- The ways west: California-Oregon dream lures scores to Utah and beyond, 1841-1846 -- Ho! for the Great Salt Lake: Mormons give up livelihoods in a rush for the Promised Land, 1846-1847 -- Great Salt Lake Valley, "the place": first few years in "Deseret" test pioneers' mettle, 1847-1850 -- Fort for Davy Crockett -- Frémont and Carson leave a mark on a Great Salt Lake island -- Gone fishin' -- What's in a name? Samuel Hensley not Hansel discovers a cutoff -- A war of extermination -- Spanish doubloons and Mormon gold -- Utah strikes it rich in 1849 -- Supply and demand in the Old West -- Have you seen the elephant? -- Firearms: a dangerous necessity in the old west -- A handbook for America's pioneers -- Pulling toward Zion: Young calls flock to travel to mountain home by handcart, 1850 1856 -- The Utah War: the hold Mormons had on Utah is broken, 1857 1858 -- Territory in transition: Army arrives to stay; governors and Pony Express come and go, 1858 1869 -- Browsing through early newspapers -- Frontier medicine -- Timely gull on the Great Salt Lake -- The great camel experiment. and The first Utahns, 11,000 B.P. to A.D. 1776 -- Mountain men: opening the gate to Western expansion, 1803-1840 -- The ways west: California-Oregon dream lures scores to Utah and beyond, 1841-1846 -- Ho! for the Great Salt Lake: Mormons give up livelihoods in a rush for the Promised Land, 1846-1847 -- Great Salt Lake Valley, "the place": first few years in "Deseret" test pioneers' mettle, 1847-1850 -- Fort for Davy Crockett -- Fre⁺ѓmont and Carson leave a mark on a Great Salt Lake island -- Gone fishin' -- What's in a nameSamuel Hensley not Hansel discovers a cutoff -- A war of extermination -- Spanish doubloons and Mormon gold -- Utah strikes it rich in 1849 -- Supply and demand in the Old West -- Have you seen the elephant-- Firearms: a dangerous necessity in the old west -- A handbook for America's pioneers -- Pulling toward Zion: Young calls flock to travel to mountain home by handcart, 1850 1856 -- The Utah War: the hold Mormons had on Utah is broken, 1857 1858 -- Territory in transition: Army arrives to stay; governors and Pony Express come and go, 1858 1869 -- Browsing through early newspapers -- Frontier medicine -- Timely gull on the Great Salt Lake -- The great camel experiment.
Summary
An illustrated collection of historical articles originally published in the Salt Lake Tribune from 1993 to 1996, InAnother Time provides both an entertaining introduction to Utah and a distinguished and popular historian's summary views of the state's peculiar history. Another Time will entertain and inform newcomers seeking an introductory understanding of what has made Utah different, old hands wanting to know more about the rich complexity of the state's past, and anyone who enjoys well-told historical tales.
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9780874213669 (electronic bk.)
0874213665 (electronic bk.)
0874212472
9780874212471
0874212421
9780874212426
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Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (page 191) and index.
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