Desert between the mountains : Mormons, miners, padres, mountain men, and the opening of the Great Basin, 1772-1869
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F789 .D87 1997
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F789 .D87 1997
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Frontier and pioneer life -- Great Basin
Frontier and pioneer life -- Great Basin.
Frontier and pioneer life -- Nevada.
Frontier and pioneer life -- Utah.
Frontier.
Grand Bassin -- Histoire.
Great Basin (U.S.)
Great Basin -- History
Mormon pioneers -- Great Basin -- History
Mormonen.
Mormons.
Pioneers -- Great Basin -- History
Pioneers -- Nevada.
Pioneers -- Utah.
Pionniers -- Grand Bassin -- Histoire.
Pionniers saints des derniers jours -- Grand Bassin -- Histoire.
United States, Nevada -- History.
United States, Utah -- History.
United States, West -- History.
Frontier and pioneer life -- Great Basin.
Frontier and pioneer life -- Nevada.
Frontier and pioneer life -- Utah.
Frontier.
Grand Bassin -- Histoire.
Great Basin (U.S.)
Great Basin -- History
Mormon pioneers -- Great Basin -- History
Mormonen.
Mormons.
Pioneers -- Great Basin -- History
Pioneers -- Nevada.
Pioneers -- Utah.
Pionniers -- Grand Bassin -- Histoire.
Pionniers saints des derniers jours -- Grand Bassin -- Histoire.
United States, Nevada -- History.
United States, Utah -- History.
United States, West -- History.
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xiv, 336 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Language
English
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-324) and index.
Description
On July 24, 1847, a band of Mormon pioneers descended into the Salt Lake Valley. Having crossed the Great Plains and hauled their wagons over the Rocky Mountains, they believed that their long search for a permanent home had finally come to an end. The valley was an arid and inhospitable place, but to them it was Zion.
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Within ten years of their arrival, the Mormons had established nineteen communities, extending all the way to San Diego, California - a remarkable feat of colonization and one of the great successes of the westward movement. Desert Between the Mountains is by no means, however, a story of splendid and stoic isolation. Beginning with an explanation of the Great Basin's unique and enigmatic topography, Michael S. Durham delineates the region as a crucible for a complex and exciting narrative history. Tales of nomadic Indian tribes, Spanish ecclesiastics, intrepid fur-trappers, and adventurous early explorers are thoroughly chronicled.
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Moreover, Durham depicts the Mormon way of life under a constant strain from its interaction with miners, soldiers, mountain men, the Pony Express, railroad builders, federal officials, and an assortment of other so-called Gentiles. Desert Between the Mountains concludes with the joining of the transcontinental railroad at Promontory, Utah, in 1869, an event that marked the end of the pioneer era. This is a dramatic, multifaceted, and definitive study of the Great Basin, demonstrating, for the first time, that it is a region unified in its history as well as its geography - that today includes all of Nevada, most of Utah, and parts of five other surrounding states.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Durham, M. S. 1. (1997). Desert between the mountains: Mormons, miners, padres, mountain men, and the opening of the Great Basin, 1772-1869 . Henry Holt.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Durham, Michael S. 1935-. 1997. Desert between the Mountains: Mormons, Miners, Padres, Mountain Men, and the Opening of the Great Basin, 1772-1869. New York: Henry Holt.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Durham, Michael S. 1935-. Desert between the Mountains: Mormons, Miners, Padres, Mountain Men, and the Opening of the Great Basin, 1772-1869 New York: Henry Holt, 1997.
Harvard Citation (style guide)Durham, M. S. 1. (1997). Desert between the mountains: mormons, miners, padres, mountain men, and the opening of the great basin, 1772-1869. New York: Henry Holt.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Durham, Michael S. 1935-. Desert between the Mountains: Mormons, Miners, Padres, Mountain Men, and the Opening of the Great Basin, 1772-1869 Henry Holt, 1997.
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