Decker, George W. (George William); Branch Normal School--Cedar City (Utah)--Faculty; Branch Normal School--Cedar City (Utah)--School principals
Photograph of George W. Decker. Inscription on back reads: Taken in Denver in July 1895: had been running the Rockies from east of New Harmony clear around to Leadville, Colorado. June and July swam five horses across Colorado River at Dandy...
plains was so well organized that many of the prior problems had been solved and some diarists described the trip as a rather enjoyable event. Henry Lunt's company reached the Great Salt ~ a k valley on e August 28, 1850." After traveling through a...
CHAPTER XII
FREMONT AND THE WINTER OF 18%
ohn Charles Fremont was a man of multifaceted talent. His
J most monumental success came as an explorer in the West,
although he had been a Califomia Senator, a Civil War general, a presidential aspirant...
maintained the records. He regarded it as routine to take readings on the stars late at night, sometimes standing waist-deep in snow. His maps were used by thousands of immigrants on their travels to Oregon and California. Fremont's report...
atmosphere of fear in which reason was the first casualty. Pratt represented the best of the intellectual tradition of the temtory, and the account of his death was not forgotten in the excitement of the impending federal invasion. He was among the...