Over the Rim : the Parley P. Pratt exploring expedition to Southern Utah, 1849-50 /

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Imprint:Logan, UT : Utah State University Press, ©1999.
©1999
Description:1 online resource (ix, 270 pages) : illustrations, maps
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11296876
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Other authors / contributors:Smart, William B. (William Buckwalter), 1922-2018.
Smart, Donna Toland, 1923-
ISBN:9780874213546
0874213541
0585164339
9780585164335
0874212820
9780874212822
0874212812
9780874212815
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Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-261) and index.
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Summary:Over the Rim is the first book about an important but little-known expedition sent by Brigham Young to explore southern Utah. Led by Mormon apostle Parley P. Pratt, the party traveled from Salt Lake City south across the rim of the Great Basin to the Virgin River near future St. George. They brought back to Mormon leaders their first detailed portrait of the country to the south that the church planned to settle. By 1849, the new Mormon settlement at Great Salt Lake City was taking on an air of permanence as companies of Latter-day Saints continued to arrive. Brigham Young and other leaders nee.
Other form:Print version: Over the Rim. Logan, UT : Utah State University Press, ©1999 0874212820