A History of Utah’s American Indians, © 2000 “The Northern Utes of Utah,” pp.167–224 Clifford Duncan Creation and Migration Stories of the Utes The story of Sinauf, the god who was half man, half wolf, and his brothers Coyote and Wolf has been told many times in tipis and wickiups. According to Ute legend, these powerful animal-people kept the world …
A History of Utah’s American Indians, Chapter 1
A History of Utah’s American Indians, © 2000 “Setting the Stage: Native America Revisited,” pp. 3–24 Robert S. McPherson The writing of Native American history can be said to have started when Christopher Columbus first waded ashore on San Salvador Island in the Caribbean. It has continued ever since. What preceded his arrival–the prehistoric phase of Native Americans–has generally been …
The Peoples of Utah, After Escalante: The Spanish Speaking People of Utah
The Peoples of Utah, ed. by Helen Z. Papanikolas, © 1976 “After Escalante: The Spanish Speaking People of Utah,” pp. 437–68 by Vicente V. Mayer Poor Mexico! So far from God and so near to the United States. ..Attributed to Porfirio Diaz To the Spanish is owed the distinction of being the first Europeans to explore, map, and describe the area …
The Peoples of Utah, The Utes, Southern Paiutes, and Gosiutes
The Peoples of Utah, ed. by Helen Z. Papanikolas, © 1976 “The Utes, Southern Paiutes, and Goshiutes,” pp. 27–59″ by Floyd A. O’Neil “….. teach ’em to speak Ute. And don’t let them ever forget how we’re supposed to live, who we are, where we came from.”…Connor Chapoose Confined on reservations, no longer free to range over the mountains and deserts …
This Is the Place
The Mormon Trail: A Photographic Exhibit Stan Layton After leaving Nauvoo, Illinois, in 1846, the Mormons headed west. They spent the winter of 1846–47 in Winter Quarters near Omaha and at various places in Iowa, resuming their journey in the spring. First to leave Winter Quarters that spring was the advance party under the personal direction of church president Brigham …
Michael Okerland Leavitt
Jay M. Haymond Utah History Encyclopedia, 1994 Michael O. Leavitt is Utah’s fourteenth governor since statehood was achieved. He was born 11 February 1951 in Cedar City, Iron County. He is the oldest child of Anne and Dixie Leavitt, who are the parents of five other sons. He gained much of his early training on the Leavitt ranch in Loa, …
Chapter Ten Bibliography
New People, New Work, New Ideas (1885-1920) Economy and Engineering Arrington, Leonard J., and Thomas G. Alexander. A Dependent Commonwealth: Utah’s Economy from Statehood to the Great Depression. Provo: Brigham Young University Press, 1974. Bailey, Lynn R. Old Reliable: A History of Bingham Canyon, Utah. Tucson: Westernlore Press, 1988. Barker, Inez, comp. John Weinel, Miller: Early Pioneer Builder and Operator …
Chapter Seven Bibliography
Life in Utah (1847-1890) Community and Culture Allen, James, B., and Glen M. Leonard. The Story of the Latter-day Saints. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1976. Alexander, Thomas G. Mormonism in Transition: A History of the Latter-day Saints, 1890-1930. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1986. Alexander, Thomas G. Utah: The Right Place. Salt Lake City: Gibbs Smith, 1995. Anderson, Paul. …
The Peoples of Utah, Selected Bibliography
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY compiled by Phil Notorianni African American Bringhurst, Newell G. “An Ambiguous Decision: The Implementation of Mormon Priesthood Denial for the Black Man — A Reexamination,” UHQ 46 (1975): 45-64. Clark, Michael J. U.S. Army Pioneers: Black Soldiers in Nineteenth-Century Utah. Salt Lake City, 1981. ________. “Improbable Ambassadors: Black Soldiers at Fort Douglas, 1869-99,” UHQ (1978): 282-301. Coleman, Ronald …
The Peoples of Utah, Scandinavian Saga
The Peoples of Utah, ed. by Helen Z. Papanikolas, © 1976 “Scandinavian Saga,” pp. 151–85″ by William Mulder I In the telephone directories, Utah looks decidedly Anglo-Scandinavian. History and the statistics confirm the impression. Utah’s Scandinavians and their descendants, as with most of the state’s other immigrants from northern Europe, are largely the fruit of over a century of Mormon proselyting …