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Now in its eighth printing, Emma Lee is the classic biography of one of John D. Lee's plural wives. Emma experienced the best and worst of polygamy and came as near to the Mountain Meadows Massacre as anyone could without participating firsthand.

Pioneers --- Mormon pioneers --- First settlers --- Settlers, First --- Persons --- Frontier and pioneer life --- Biography. --- Lee, Emma, --- Utah --- Batchelor, Emma, --- French, Emma, --- Latter Day Saint pioneers

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Back in print, this essential reference for readers interested in the Mormon Trail is part history, part resource book, part guide and photographic essay. It includes an historical introduction, a chronology, excerpts from trail diaries, along with maps, over 200 then-and-now photos, and descriptions of major museums and displays along the trail. By the author of previous volumes on the Oregon, California, and Santa Fe trails.

Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail. --- Mormon pioneers -- West (U.S.). --- Mormon pioneers. --- West (U.S.) --History. --- Mormon pioneers --- Regions & Countries - Americas --- History & Archaeology --- United States Local History --- Mormons --- History. --- West (U.S.) --- Mormon Pioneer Trail --- Mormon Trail --- Pioneers --- Latter Day Saint pioneers

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"During the winter of 1846-1847, members of the Donner Party found themselves stuck in the snows of the Sierra Nevada on their journey to California, losing many in their group to severe cold and starvation. Those who survived did so by cannibalizing their dead comrades. Today the Donner Party may be the most famous group of American overland emigrants to struggle through life-threatening conditions, but it is not the only one. Ten years after the Donner Party got itself into trouble, two groups sponsored by the Mormon Church ran into similar difficulties. Unlike the Donner Party, these people were following a well-traveled path, but they were doing it in a novel way, pushing and pulling their goods and children in handcarts some 1,300 miles from Iowa to Utah. In the end, over 200 died along the trail. The plights of these travelers have been addressed by different historians in different ways. This book is the first to examine these tragedies in terms of biology. Grayson shows that who lived and who died within these westward-bound groups can largely be explained by age, sex, and family ties. His investigation reveals what happens when our cultural mechanisms for dealing with famine and extreme cold are reduced to only what our very bodies can provide. These were real people in real danger. Understanding what happened to them helps us get at the core of who and what we all are"--Provided by publisher.

Mormon handcart companies. --- Mormon pioneers --- Disaster victims --- Mortality --- Biometry. --- Donner Party. --- Overland journeys to the Pacific. --- Biological statistics --- Biology --- Biometrics (Biology) --- Biostatistics --- Biomathematics --- Statistics --- Burial statistics --- Death --- Death rate --- Mortuary statistics --- Vital statistics --- Transcontinental journeys (United States) --- Travels --- Frontier and pioneer life --- Voyages and travels --- Overland journeys to the Pacific --- Victims of disasters --- Victims --- Pioneers --- Handcart companies, Mormon --- History --- Statistics. --- Sex differences. --- Statistical methods --- James G. Willie Emigrating Company. --- Edward Martin Emigrating Company. --- Martin Emigrating Company --- Martin Handcart Company --- Martin Company (Mormon pioneers) --- Willie Emigrating Company --- Willie Handcart Company --- Willie Company --- Handcart companies, Latter Day Saint --- Mormon handcart companies --- Latter Day Saint handcart companies. --- Latter Day Saint pioneers

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"The wagon trail between Salt Lake City and Los Angeles is one of the most important and least-known elements of nineteenth-century Western migration. Known as the Southern Route, it included the western half of the Old Spanish Trail and was favored because it could be used for travel and freighting year-round. It was, however, arguably the most difficult route that pioneers traveled with any consistency in the entire history of the country. Following not rivers but leading from one - sometimes dubious - desert watering place to the next and offering few havens for the sick, weary, or unfortunate." "Historian Edward Leo Lyman has provided the first history of the complete Southern Route, and of the people who developed and used it. Based on extensive research in primary sources - including many early travelers accounts - and on Lyman's own investigation of the route and its branches, the book discusses the exploration and development of the Old Spanish Trail. Its horse thieves and traders, including Jedediah Smith and Kit Carson, along with government explorer John C. Fremont. Developing the old pack mule trail as a wagon road between Salt Lake City and Los Angeles, miners heading for the California gold fields first used the route extensively. Mormon missionaries and the colonisers of San Bernardino and other communities also traveled that way, as did a wide array of mail carriers, soldiers, and world travelers. Later, a steady stream of Anglo-American emigrants seeking new homes or fortunes in California shared the road with a surprising number of freight-wagon operators. The trail passed through the territories of numerous Native American peoples, and contacts with them - both friendly and hostile - played a significant role in the experiences of travelers and in the fates of Native American cultures in this region. Lyman's discussions of Mormon-Indian relations and of the infamous Mountain Meadows Massacre offer fresh and important analyses of these vital aspects of the westward movement."--Jacket.

Mormon pioneers --- Pioneers --- Wagon trains --- Frontier and pioneer life --- Trails --- Overland journeys to the Pacific. --- First settlers --- Settlers, First --- Persons --- Caravans of covered wagons --- Caravans of wagons --- Covered wagon caravans --- Emigrant trains --- Trains, Wagon --- Wagon caravans --- Transportation --- Backcountry routes --- Backcountry tracks --- Bridle paths --- Bush tracks --- Bush walks --- Foot paths --- Foot trails --- Footpaths --- General purpose trails --- Hiking routes --- Hiking trails --- Horse trails --- Multi-use trails --- Multiple-use trails --- Paths (Trails) --- Recreation trails --- Recreational trails --- Routes, Backcountry --- Routes, Hiking --- Tracks (Trails) --- Tramping tracks --- Walking tracks --- Walks (Trails) --- Walkways (Trails) --- Hiking --- Mountaineering --- Roads --- Walking --- Transcontinental journeys (United States) --- Travels --- Voyages and travels --- History --- West (U.S.) --- History, Local. --- Description and travel. --- Description and travel --- Latter Day Saint pioneers

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Intercultural communication --- Social conflict --- Group identity --- Southern Paiute Indians --- Miners --- Mormon pioneers --- Frontier and pioneer life --- Collective identity --- Community identity --- Cultural identity --- Social identity --- Identity (Psychology) --- Social psychology --- Collective memory --- Kaibab Paiute Indians --- San Juan Paiute Indians --- Shivwits Paiute Indians --- Uinkarets Paiute Indians --- Indians of North America --- Paiute Indians --- Cross-cultural communication --- Communication --- Culture --- Cross-cultural orientation --- Cultural competence --- Multilingual communication --- Technical assistance --- Class conflict --- Class struggle --- Conflict, Social --- Social tensions --- Interpersonal conflict --- Sociology --- Mineral industries --- Pioneers --- History --- Anthropological aspects --- Employees --- Great Basin --- West (U.S.) --- Basin and Range Province --- Intermontane region --- Intermountain Region (U.S.) --- Intermountain West (U.S.) --- American West --- Trans-Mississippi West (U.S.) --- United States, Western --- Western States (U.S.) --- Western United States --- Social conditions --- Ethnic relations --- Latter Day Saint pioneers