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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817694603321

Autore

Smart William B (William Buckwalter), <1922-2018.>

Titolo

Over the rim [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Logan, : Utah State University Press, 2000

ISBN

0-87421-354-1

0-585-16433-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (281 p.)

Disciplina

979.2/01

979.201

Soggetti

Mormons - Utah - History - 19th century

Mormons -- Utah -- History -- 19th century

Pratt, Parley P

Pratt, Parley P. (Parley Parker), 1807-1857

Utah - Discovery and exploration

Utah -- Discovery and exploration

Latter Day Saints - Utah - History - 19th century

United States Local History

Regions & Countries - Americas

History & Archaeology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Introduction; The Journals; The Official Report; Epilogue; Appendices; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Over the Rim is the first book about an important but little-known expedition sent by Brigham Young to explore southern Utah. Led by Mormon apostle Parley P. Pratt, the party traveled from Salt Lake City south across the rim of the Great Basin to the Virgin River near future St. George. They brought back to Mormon leaders their first detailed portrait of the country to the south that the church planned to settle.By 1849, the new Mormon settlement at Great Salt Lake City was taking on an air of permanence as companies of Latter-day Saints continued to arrive. Brigham Young and other leaders nee