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...
In this biography of one of Utah's early pioneers, Henry Lunt, you will read about the almost unsurmountable difficulties experienced by some of the people who settled the Utah Territory. The hardships were numerous. The dangerous wagon trails...
The rra in which Lchi JVillard Jones lived was one of the most intcrI i u ~~ U I I I I S U ~periods in ihc history of the west. T h e unique enI d ~ vi~o~~n~cnti~l irtnlosphrre o l the iltnh 'l'erriiory was cha1lrn::ini: and .. C ~ I I I Ii I ~...
had to be cleared of sagebl-ush and greasewood. Heavy d r a p were made of tree trunks and poles, and the t~rushwas hurned. T h e plows were made of mountain mahogany and the shares of iron. Often, the land was hard and dry, and water for the...
Was very sony to hear you had been sick. Hope you will be quite weli before this arrives. Will enclose skein marking cotton, could not get any finer. Accept everlasting love from Father and Auntie. E. W. Lunt Henry and Ellen returned early in 1887...
three-quarters of a mile of road from the plateau west of the Colorado down to the river through the Hole-in-the-Rock, and because of the difficulties experienced at that point the whole trek is called "The Hole-inthe-Rock Expedition." The story of...
fit for habitation." The desert he traversed was named after him, Escalante." Another wise man said, "The old desert takes its toll of everything you get out of it." But another man, whose life was more closely linked with the desert, said, "I...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Seely, Montell; Swasey Family; Sid's Leap
Montell Seely and his daughter Fawn are examining Sid's Leap.The San Rafael Swell is filled with legends of the Swasey Brothers, Charley, Sid, Rod and Joe, who were early ranchers on the Swell. Royal Swasey, son of Joe, tells the story, "One day...