The Peoples of Utah, ed. by Helen Z. Papanikolas, © 1976 “The Oft-Crossed Border: Canadians in Utah,” pp. 279–301 by Maureen Ursenbach and Richard L. Jensen Probably the first significant meeting of two Canadians in what is now Utah took place on the banks of the Weber River, east of present Ogden, on May 23, 1825. There, around mid-morning, Peter Skene …
The Peoples of Utah, Imperial Zion: The British Occupation of Utah
The Peoples of Utah, ed. by Helen Z. Papanikolas, © 1976 “Imperial Zion: The British Occupation of Utah,” pp. 61–113 by Frederick S. Buchanan On board the “International” All joyful and lighthearted. Bound Zionward, four hundred Saints, From Liverpool we started. We’re English, Irish, Scotch, and Welsh Assembled here together; Resolved to do the will of God, Whate’er the wind and …
The Peoples of Utah, Jews in Zion
The Peoples of Utah, ed. by Helen Z. Papanikolas, © 1976 “Jews in Zion,” pp. 187–220 by Jack Goodman Except for the pitifully few American Indians occupying remnant of their once pristine homeland, we are a nation peopled solely by the descendants of immigrants. “Americans all, immigrants all,” Franklin Roosevelt once said. Rather than a melting pot, the United States as …
The Hastings Cutoff
Thomas G. Alexander Utah, The Right Place Anxious to attract Americans to northern California, Lansford W. Hastings published his famous Emigrants Guide to Oregon and California in 1845, which touted the Golden State over the Beaver State. At the same time, it is unclear whether Hastings intended to promote the cutoff from Fort Bridger through Salt Lake Valley and westward …
Ethnic Cultures. Selected Bibliography
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 G. “The Buffalo Soldiers: Guardians of …
Utah Had Hollywood Style Western Gunfights
Becky Bartholomew History Blazer, March 1996 Utah Territory had its share of bona fide, shoot-em-up gunfights. In 1890, for instance, Price was as surprised as lawman Jack Watson when Watson was gunned down in broad daylight on its main street. He had had a colorful career. As a Confederate soldier he sustained a wound to the instep that gave him …
Tabby-To-Kwanah, Man of Peace
Lyndia CarterHistory Blazer, April 1996 In the quiet solemnity of the Heber City cemetery stands a simple sandstone marker bearing the initials T. T. A huge pine tree towers over the grave, shadowing the burial place of Tom Tabby, son of Tabby-To-Kwanah, a chief of the Ute Indians who lived at the reservation in the Uinta Basin in 1867. Chief …