In another time sketches of Utah history - Schindler, Harold, 1929-; ebrary, Inc. (Logan, Utah : Utah State University Press, 1998)
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.
"First published in The Salt Lake tribune."
Includes bibliographical references (p. 191) and index.
Electronic reproduction.
Keywords: Mormon pioneers -- Anecdotes; Utah -- History -- Anecdotes; Electronic books