A History of Utah’s American Indians, Chapter 4

A History of Utah’s American Indians, © 2000 “The Paiute Tribe of Utah,” pp. 123–66 Gary Tom and Ronald Holt Tabuts [elder brother/wolf] carved people out of sticks and was going to scatter them evenly around the earth so that everyone would have a good place to live. But Shinangwav [younger brother/coyote] cut open the sack and people fell out …

A History of Utah’s American Indians, Introduction

  A History of Utah’s American Indians, © 2000 “Introduction,” pp. xi-xx Forrest S. Cuch The day will come, when a white people will set foot on the eastern shores and claim this land as their own. They will build a white house near the shore from where they will govern their people. Upon establishing their government, they will raise …

A History of Utah’s American Indians, Chapter 6

A History of Utah’s American Indians, © 2000 “The White Mesa Utes,” pp. 225–63 Robert S. McPherson and Mary Jane Yazzie Billy Mike, the oldest living resident of the White Mesa Ute community, sat comfortably and slowly ran his fingers through his silver hair. The thick glasses perched upon his nose served more as a token of past vision than …

A History of Utah’s American Indians, Chapter 3

  A History of Utah’s American Indians, © 2000 “The Goshute Indians of Utah,” pp. 73–122 Dennis R. Defa A group of Goshute Indians, date unknown The Goshute Indians live in a little known and sparsely populated portion of the state of Utah. There actually are two Goshute reservations, the largest of which is the Deep Creek Reservation located on …

A History of Utah’s American Indians, Chapter 2

A History of Utah’s American Indians, © 2000 “The Northwestern Shoshone,” pp. 25–72 Mae Parry In early historic times the Shoshone Indians were a large nation of Indians who lived and traveled over an extensive territory that included parts of Idaho, Utah, Nevada, and Wyoming. Usually groups of extended families traveled together in varying numbers according to the season and …

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 …

Growing Up Railroad: Remembering Echo City

Editor’s Note: In an award-winning essay, Robert S. Mikkelsen paints a colorful portrait of life in his hometown, a key refueling railroad stop for locomotives traveling between Ogden, Utah, and Evanston, Wyoming. Born in 1925 and raised as an end-of-the-track townie in Echo, Utah, Mikkelsen highlights the intricate connection that he and his peers felt to the robust engines that …

Barney’s Hunting Prowess Made Porter Rockwell Feel a Bit Insecure

        http://www.sltrib.com Will Bagley, History Matters   Published: 06/30/2002 Edition: Final Section: Utah Page: B2 Brigham Young’s 1847 pioneer company spotted its first buffalo herd on May 1, not far west of today’s Kearney, Neb. This vast assembly of American bison was enough “to astonish a man,” wrote Apostle Wilford Woodruff. “Thousands upon thousands would crowd together. …

Pioneer Map Leads Jefferson Scandal to West

        http://www.sltrib.com  Will Bagley, History Matters   Published: 05/06/2001 Edition: Final Section: Utah Page: B1 At the time, it sounded like a good idea. In 1846, adventurer Lansford W. Hastings wanted to open a wagon road across the Great Basin to straighten out the kink in the California Trail that detoured north to Pocatello to avoid the …