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Utah Centennial County History Series history of Utah County, Utah. Contents: General Introduction; Introduction: Waves of Migration - Utah County History in Perspective; The Natural Setting and the Place Names of Utah County; The Early Peoples of the Land; Settlements in Utah County, 1849-1890; County Government During the Territorial Period, 1850-1896; Federal Confrontation and Reconciliation, 1850-1890; Statehood and Nationalization, 1890-1901;...
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"This completely updated and revised, full-color edition of Rockhounding Utah reveals the grandeur of the state's exposed formations, its canyon walls etched with fossils, and the spires and arches of the Needles District in Canyonlands National Park. Each description of the 86 state's sites includes concise information on the material to be found there, the tools to bring, the best season to visit, the vehicle to drive, or when a remote find suggests...
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Utah Centennial County History Series history of Wasatch County, Utah. Contents: General Introduction; Introduction; The Land Before Mormon Settlement; Mormon Settlement of Wasatch County, 1859-1888; Community Growth, 1889-1917; War and the Roaring Twenties, 1917-1929; Depression, 1930-1941; World War II; Returning to Normalcy and Depression, 1946-1975; Years of decision and growth, 1975-1995; Conclusion. Includes bibliographical references and index....
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Utah Centennial County History Series history of Daggett County, Utah. Contents: General Introduction; Natural History and Early Inhabitants; The Fur Trade Era; Mormons, Mountaineers, and Utah's Forgotten County; Into the Far West; Ranching Communities; Violence and Values; Building New Towns'; The Creation and Early Development of Daggett County; Flaming Gorge Dam and Reservoir; Keith Smith and Daggett County Transportation; A Recreational Economy;...
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Only the brave volume 1
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The story of the Mormon pioneers who settled in the San Juan Region in Utah.
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Utah Centennial County History Series history of Garfield County, Utah. Contents: General Introduction; Introduction: A bit like heaven; Shaping the land; The ancient ones: Prehistoric and historic Native Americans; Early trade and exploration; A precarious beginning: Settling Panguitch; Garfield County and exploration of the Colorado River; Settlements on the Upper Sevier River; Colonizing along the Escalante and Paria Rivers; Establishing Garfield...
8) Fort Douglas
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On October 26, 1862, Col. Edward P. Connor and the 3rd California Volunteers set up Camp Douglas for the purpose of protecting the overland mail and telegraph routes between Nevada and Wyoming. This began a long history of a U.S. military presence in the Salt Lake Valley Mormon community. Although the camp closed on October 26, 1991, the U.S. military still has a presence today on the east bench of Salt Lake City known as Fort Douglas. The base as...
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Utah is a magnificent landscape of startling diversity and beauty, manifested for climbers in more cliff miles of exposed rock than any other state. Fragile sandstone towers pierce the sky amid endless miles of vertical cliffs sometimes more than a half mile high; wondrous canyon walls of cobblestone and limestone overhang at dizzying angles; and granite domes and slabs recline on sunny mountain slopes.
Rock Climbing Utah is the...
Rock Climbing Utah is the...
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Utah Centennial County History Series history of Weber County, Utah. Contents: General Introduction; Weber County to 1847; The Settlement of Weber County, 1847-1869; Railroads and Growth, 1869-1889; Nineteenth Century Social and Cultural History; Riding the Rails into the Twentieth Century, 1889-1920; Boom, Bust, and War, 1920-1955; A Time of Change and Diversity, 1955-1996; The Social and Cultural History of Weber County in the Twentieth Century;...
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With only two semesters left before graduation, Rhys Solario, a non-Mormon attending Brigham Young University, just wants to keep flying under the radar. Then he meets Emmy in a Book of Mormon class, and for the first time, the idea of keeping to himself doesn't sound so appealing. Emmy Jennings only feels confident when she's dancing ballet, so when she fails to earn a coveted solo, her faith in herself disintegrates. When the two are assigned to...
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Only the brave volume 2
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In southeastern Utah, Mitch Westland and Edie Zimmer are among the Mormon settlers determined to make their homes amid the harshest of circumstances. Threatened by Indians, competing ranchers, and cattle rustlers, the young couple must prevail against man and nature to fulfill their dream of establishing a ranch--and a family--of their own.
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The journey was impossible.
But they had no other choice.
At the call of their prophet, they left well-established farms and businesses to strike out yet again into the untamed wilderness. A small band of men, women, and children formed the 1879 pioneer company.
Their mission: stand as a buffer between lawlessness and civilization.
Their road: only what they created themselves, blasting out a perilous trail over slick rock and through desolate
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This memoir of life in the American desert by the author of The Monkey Wrench Gang is a nature writing classic on par with Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring.
In Desert Solitaire, Edward Abbey recounts his many escapades, adventures, and epiphanies as an Arches National Park ranger outside Moab, Utah. Brimming with arresting insights, impassioned arguments for wilderness conservation, and a raconteur’s...
In Desert Solitaire, Edward Abbey recounts his many escapades, adventures, and epiphanies as an Arches National Park ranger outside Moab, Utah. Brimming with arresting insights, impassioned arguments for wilderness conservation, and a raconteur’s...
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Book of Mormon adventure volume 1
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Orphans Kerra and Brock McConnell go to live with their Mormon aunt and uncle who live near a wondrous place in the woods where an ancient people called the Nephites cross paths with the residents of a small Utah town.
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"Nine Mile Canyon's role in the Old West--a story of fur trappers and miners, ranchers and homesteaders, cattle barons and barkeeps, outlaws and bounty hunters Nine Mile Canyon is famous the world over for its prehistoric art images and remnants of ancient Fremont farmers. But it also teems with Old West history that is salted with iconic figures of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Last Chance Byway lays out this newly told story of human...
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Utah's Mormon Pioneer National Heritage Area offers breathtaking natural resources, powerful historical drama and intriguing cultural traditions. This rich legacy is built on old-world values of cooperation, industry, ingenuity and true grit—as well as a miracle or two. From frontier justice and lost treasure to the lasting contributions of a Presbyterian minister and a Jewish settlement, talented regional historians, educators and storytellers...
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"Published by Oxford University Press in 2008, Massacre at Mountain Meadows relied on new and exhaustive research to tell the story of one of the grimmest episodes in Latter-day Saint history. On September 11, 1857, southern Utah settlers slaughtered more than 100 emigrants of a California-bound wagon train. In this much-anticipated sequel, Richard E. Turley Jr. and Barbara Jones Brown follow up that volume with an examination of the aftermath of...
20) The empty land
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For thousands of years the lonely canyon knew only wind and rain, wild animals, and an occasional native hunter. Then a trapper found a chunk of gold, and everything changed overnight.
In six days a town called Confusion appeared . . . and on the seventh it could disappear, consumed by the flames of lawlessness and violence. On one side are those who understand only brute force. On the other are men who want law and order but are ready to use...
In six days a town called Confusion appeared . . . and on the seventh it could disappear, consumed by the flames of lawlessness and violence. On one side are those who understand only brute force. On the other are men who want law and order but are ready to use...
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