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A route for the overland stage : James H. Simpson's 1859 trail across the Great Basin
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ISBN: 1282445820 9786612445828 0874217121 0874217113 9780874217124 9780874217117 9780874217117 087421694X 0874216931 9780874216943 9780874216936 1646421582 Year: 2008 Publisher: Logan : Utah State University Press,

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The 1859 exploration of the Great Basin by army topographical engineer James Simpson opened up one of the West's most important transportation and communication corridors, a vital link between the Pacific Coast and the rest of the nation. It became the route of the Pony Express and the Overland Mail and Stage, the line of the Pacific telegraph, a major wagon road for freighters and emigrants, and, later, the first transcontinental auto road, the Lincoln Highway, now Highway 50.No one has accurately tracked or mapped Simpson's original route, until now. Jesse Petersen shows in wo


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An 1860 English-Hopi vocabulary written in the Deseret Alphabet
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ISBN: 1607813548 9781607813545 9781607813538 160781353X Year: 2015 Publisher: Salt Lake City, Utah : The University of Utah Press,

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Reproduces the dictionary compiled by two Mormon missionaries to the Hopi and written in a non-Roman phonemic alphabet that Brigham Young was promoting. Also includes a discussion of the provenance and background of the book, the Hopi language, and the Mormon mission; identifies Hopi words in modern dictionaries; and transcribes words from the Deseret Alphabet into the International Phonetic Alphabet.

Risk assessment and management at Deseret Chemical Depot and the Tooele Chemical Agent Disposal Facility
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ISBN: 0309058414 0309370442 0585168318 9780585168319 9780309058414 Year: 1997 Publisher: Washington, District of Columbia : National Academy Press,


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Utah Politics and Government : American Democracy among a Unique Electorate
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ISBN: 1496207858 9781496207852 9781496201805 1496201809 9781496207838 9781496207845 1496207831 Year: 2018 Publisher: Lincoln : Baltimore, Md. : University of Nebraska Press, Project MUSE,

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"Utah Politics and Government covers Utah's religious heritage and territorial history, its central political institutions, and its political culture, while situating Utah within the broader American political setting"-- "As unique as is Utah's formative history of civil and religious conflict, its political institutions today broadly resemble those found in other American states. While its majority Mormon population translates into an enormous Republican advantage in local and national elections, Utahns have taken a more centrist stance on some issues such as immigration, while Utah itself has become the third-fastest-growing state in the country since 2000.The mostly geographically rural state is demographically urban, and Salt Lake County is now a swing county in some elections. Utah Politics and Government offers an accessible analysis of Utah's political cultures, starting with the state's unique pioneer heritage, its development into a secular American state, and its explosive modern growth. The book covers the state constitution and its place in the federal system, ongoing public lands disputes, and major political institutions. Several original datasets covering the last thirty years in Utah politics provide contemporary context and analysis. The final chapter offers practical advice to citizens wishing to engage with their elected officials. Adam R. Brown has written a book that is beneficial not only for educational purposes but also for the average citizen who wishes to understand how Utah's government operates, get involved in state politics, and make informed choices."--


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The selected letters of Juanita Brooks
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ISBN: 1607816482 1607816474 9781607816485 9781607816478 Year: 2018 Publisher: Salt Lake City

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"The 220 letters selected for this book offer a fresh and intimate encounter with Juanita Brooks, one of the most influential historians of Utah and the Mormons. Born and raised in the small and remote agricultural village of Bunkerville, Nevada, Brooks lived most most of her life in St. George, Utah and rose to prominence following the 1950 publication of her landmark book The Mountain Meadows Massacre. Her unwavering commitment to honest scholarship continues to inspire younger generations laboring to produce excellent objective history"--Provided by publisher.


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Saints under siege
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ISBN: 0814795307 9780814795286 0814795285 9780814795293 0814795293 9780814795309 Year: 2011 Publisher: New York, N.Y. New York University Press

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In April 2008, state police and child protection authorities raided Yearning for Zion Ranch near Eldorado, Texas, a community of 800 members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ Latter Day Saints (FLDS), a polygamist branch of the Mormons. State officials claimed that the raid, which was triggered by anonymous phone calls from an underage girl to a domestic violence hotline, was based on evidence of widespread child sexual abuse. In a high-risk paramilitary operation, 439 children were removed from the custody of their parents and held until the Third Court of Appeals found that the state had overreached. Not only did the state fail to corroborate the authenticity of the hoax calls, but evidence reveals that Texas officials had targeted the FLDS from the outset, planning and preparing for a confrontation. Saints under Siege provides a thorough, theoretically grounded critical examination of the Texas state raid on the FLDS while situating this event in a broader sociological context. The volume considers the raid as an exemplar case of a larger pattern of state actions against minority religions, offering comparative analyses to other government raids both historically and across cultures. In its look beyond the Texas raid, it provides compelling evidence of social intolerance and state repression of unpopular minority faiths in general, and the FLDS in particular.

Folklore in Utah : A History and Guide to Resources
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ISBN: 0874215889 9786613267221 1283267225 0874215072 9780874215076 9780874215175 087421517X 9781283267229 9780874215885 Year: 2004 Publisher: Utah State University, University Libraries

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Over thirty scholars examine the development of folklore studies through the lens of over one hundred years of significant activity in a state that has provided grist for the mills of many prominent folklorists. In the past the Folklore Society of Utah has examined the work of such scholars in biographical and other essays published in its newsletters. This book incorporates those essays and goes well beyond them to include many other topices, offering a thorough history of folklore studies and a guide to resources for those pursuing research in Utah now and in the future. The essays survey the development and contributions of folklore studies in Utah from 1892 to 2004 but also represent developments in both academic and public-sector folklore throughout the United States. Following a thorough historical introduction, part I profiles the first folklorists working in the state, including Hector Lee, Thomas Cheney, Austin and Alta Fife, Wayland Hand, and Lester Hubbard. Part II looks at the careers of prominent Utah folklorists Jan Harold Brunvand, Barre Toelken, and William B. Wilson, as well as the works of the next, current generation of folklorists. Part III covers studies in major folklore genres, with essays on the study of material culture, vernacular architecture, and Mormon, ethnic, Native American, and Latino folklore. Part IV examines public folklore programs including organizations, conferences, and tourism. Back matter describes academic programs at Utah institutions of higher education, summarizes the holdings of the various folklore archives in the state, and provides a complete cross-indexed bibliography of articles, books, and recordings of Utah folklore.

In Another Time
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ISBN: 1283077957 9786613077950 0874213665 0874212421 9780874213669 0874212472 9780874212471 9780874212426 Year: 1998 Publisher: Logan, Utah : Utah State University Press,

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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.

Women In Utah History : Paradigm Or Paradox?
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ISBN: 1457180839 1283283417 9786613283412 0874215161 0874216257 9780874215168 9781457180859 1457180855 9781457180835 9780874216257 0874216249 9780874216240 9781283283410 Year: 2005 Publisher: Logan, Utah : Utah State University Press,

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A project of the Utah Women's History Association and cosponsored by the Utah State Historical Society, Paradigm or Paradox provides the first thorough survey of the complicated history of all Utah women. Some of the finest historians studying Utah examine the spectrum of significant social and cultural topics in the state's history that particularly have involved or affected women.

Building The Goodly Fellowship Of Faith : A History of the Episcopal Church in Utah, 1867-1996
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ISBN: 1283267217 9786613267214 0874215064 0874215935 9780874215069 9781283267212 9780874215939 Year: 2004 Publisher: Logan, Utah : Utah State University Press,

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As this critical, independent history, which ends with the ordination of one of the first women bishops in the nation, shows, Utah Episcopalians have had, despite small numbers, a remarkably eventful and significant history, which included complex relations with Mormons and Native Americans, early experience of women and homosexuals in the ministry, and a fascinating set of bishops. Among the latter were Daniel Tuttle, a leading figure in Episcopal history; Christian socialist and Social Gospel proponent Frank Spencer Spalding; and Paul Jones, forced to resign because of his pacifism duri

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