History to Go Bibliography

Some of the best historical information has been published by the Utah State Historical Society.

Alexander, Thomas G. Utah, the Right Place. Layton, Utah: Gibbs Smith, Publishers, 1995.

Cuch, Forrest S. ed. A History of Utah’s American Indians. Salt Lake City: Division of Indian Affairs/Utah Division of State History, 2000.

Papanikolas, Helen Z., ed. The Peoples of Utah. Salt Lake City: Utah State Historical Society, 1976.

Powell, Allan Kent, ed. Utah History Encyclopedia. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 1994.

Chapters Home Page

Chapter One: The Place

Chapter Two: First Peoples

Chapter Three: Edge of Empires (1500 - 1846)

Chapter Four: Building the Kingdom (1830 - 1857)

Chapter Five: Contesting the Kingdom (1850 - 1857)

Chapter Six: This is Our Place (1847 - 1920)

Chapter Seven: Life in Utah (1847-1890)

Chapter Eight: Dismantling the Kingdom (1877 - 1896)

Chapter Nine: Americanization (1896 - 1920)

Chapter Ten: New People, New Work, New Ideas (1885 - 1920)

Chapter Eleven: Hard Times (1920 - 1941)

Chapter Twelve: WWII (1941 - 1945)

Chapter Thirteen: Cold War Utah (1945 - 1980s)

Chapter Fourteen: Selling and Saving Utah (1946 - )

Chapter Fifteen: Redefining Utah (1950 - 2010)

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