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Kidnapped From That Land: The Government Raids on the Short Creek PolygamistsVendor: Chicago DistributionBy: Martha Sonntag Bradley The story of the government raids on the Short Creek polygamists. Other Information: Published: 1996 Pages: 206
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Barbed Wire: The Fence That Changed the WestVendor: Mountain PressBy: Joanne S. Liu How could an ordinary fence shape a nation's history? Before the 1870s, much of the American West was an uninterrupted expanse of plains, where native tribes followed buffalo herds for hundreds of miles and cowboys ran cattle wherever water and...
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A Hole in the Ground with a Liar at the Top: Fraud and Deceit in the Golden Age of American MiningVendor: Chicago DistributionBy: Dan Plazak Coal, silver, gold...there is something about the allure of finding hidden treasure that puts a glint in people's eyes - a glint that is sometimes blinding. An American saying, often attributed to Mark Twain, defines a mine as a hole in...
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The Intersection of Framework Geology and Mineral Potential Assessment in the Gold Hill Mining District (SS-175)Vendor: Utah Geological SurveyBy: Stephanie E. Mills The Gold Hill Mining District, located in western Tooele County, is one of Utah’s oldest and most diverse mining districts. It is the largest past-producer of tungsten and arsenic in Utah, and a notable past-producer of lead, copper, gold, silver,...
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St. George (Images of America)Vendor: Arcadia PublishingBy Kathleen Broeder and Dianne Aldrich St. George was founded in 1861 when over 300 Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints pioneer families were called on a mission to settle in a barren desert hundreds of miles from the nearest city. Pioneers grew...
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Ogden (Images of America)Vendor: Arcadia PublishingBy John Sillito and Sarah Langsdon In 1845, Miles Goodyear founded a settlement at Fort Buenaventura, located near the confluence of the Weber and Ogden Rivers. The area was renamed Ogden in 1851 by Mormon Church president Brigham Young after Peter Skene Ogden, a...
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Geology and Ore Deposits of the Cottonwood-American Fork Area, Utah: Professional Paper 201U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 201, "Geology and Ore Deposits of the Cottonwood-American Fork Area, Utah," by F.C. Calkins, B.S. Butler, and V.C. Heikes, provides an in-depth geological analysis of the region encompassing the historically significant Cottonwood and American Fork mining districts. This comprehensive...
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Zion National Park (Images of America)Vendor: Arcadia PublishingBy Tiffan Taylor On July 31, 1909, Pres. William Howard Taft authorized the creation of Mukuntuweap National Monument in southern Utah. Encompassing miles of rugged mountain peaks towering above the Virgin River, the national monument was renamed Zion and designated as a national park...
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Bingham Canyon (Images of America)Vendor: Arcadia PublishingBy Mr. Tim Dumas The history of Bingham Canyon begins in 1848. Lead Mine served as a precipitation plant where steel was turned into copper. Dry Fork Canyon branched off Bingham Canyon, known for placer gold mining, the Copperton test mill, and the train shop....
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Bonneville's Women of Land Speed Racing (Images of Modern America)Vendor: Arcadia PublishingBy “LandSpeed” Louise Ann Noeth At Bonneville, record holders must first earn the right to present themselves on the starting line. This requires passing rigorous safety and technical checks for driver, rider, and speed machine. Gender is inconsequential. Through the years, more than 200...
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Bingham Canyon Railroads (Images of America)Vendor: Arcadia PublishingBy Don Strack Railroads and mining in Bingham Canyon have gone hand in hand since the first railroad was constructed in the canyon in late 1873. Bingham Canyon in the early years was a gold and silver mining camp, and the railroads were small...
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Chasing Geronimo: The Journal of Leonard Wood, May-September 1886Vendor: Treasure Chest BooksThis diary of Leonard Wood, a medical officer, tells the dramatic story of the last campaign against the Apache chief Geronimo. It is the only journal kept by anyone on that expedition. Under the command of Capt. Henry Lawton, Wood’s first field duty was to...
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Bloody Bozeman: The Perilous Trail to Montana's GoldVendor: Mountain PressThe Bozeman Trail led to the goldfields of Montana for six years in the 1860s before the army abandoned its three forts along the way, yielding to Red Cloud and his warriors. Hailed by A. B. Guthrie Jr. as "among the very best in...
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A History of the Southwest: The Land and Its PeopleVendor: Treasure Chest BooksEthnologist and historian Thomas Sheridan covers all the major topics of Southwest history: cultures, ethnicity, racism, war, water, mining, ranching, and conservation.
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Paddling the John Wesley Powell Route: Exploring the Green and Colorado RiversVendor: National BookOn May 24, 1869, John Wesley Powell and nine crewmen in four wooden rowboats set off down the Green River to map the final blank spot on the American map. Three months later, six ragged men in only two boats emerged from the Grand...
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Unfortunate Emigrant: Narratives of the Donner PartyVendor: Chicago DistributionBy: Kristin Johnson A selection of rare and hard-to-find early accounts of the 1846 emigrant party that was trapped in the winter snows of the Sierra Nevada, recounting their strenuous and conflict-ridden trail west; their experiences of starvation, death, and cannibalism; and the herculean...
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Roadside History of New MexicoVendor: Mountain PressBy: Francis L. and Roberta B. Fugate Within New Mexico we have experienced a variety of unspoiled beauty and natural wonders equaled in few other areas of similar size. But we cannot tell you about them; they have to be seen. Along the highways...
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Roadside History of ArizonaVendor: Mountain PressBy: Marshall Trimble Join Marshal Trimble, state historian, storyteller, and native son, on the highways and back roads of Arizona, where a Grand Canyon's worth of facts and stories add up to a portrait of a state. Along the way meet Fathers Eusebio Kino...
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Lee's Ferry: From Mormon Crossing to National ParkVendor: Chicago DistributionBy: P.T. Reilly One of the few places where wheeled vehicles could approach the Colorado River in its long miles through deep canyons and, thus, a critical transportation and communication link, north and south and up and down the river, Lee's Ferry became a...
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Hearts West: True Stories of Mail-Order Brides on the FrontierVendor: Treasure Chest BooksBy: Chris Enss Desperate to strike it rich during the Gold Rush, thousands of men traveled West to the emerging frontier, where they outnumbered women twelve to one. Only after they arrived did some of them realize how much they missed female companionship. Hearts...
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