Over the Rim : the Parley P. Pratt exploring expedition to Southern Utah, 1849-50 /
William B. Smart and Donna T. Smart, editors.
- Logan, UT : Utah State University Press, �1999.
- 1 online resource (ix, 270 pages) : illustrations, maps
Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-261) and index.
Preface -- Introduction -- The journals -- Great Salt Lake to San Pete -- San Pete to the Little Salt Lake -- Over the rim to Dixie -- Exploration of Little Salt Lake and Cedar Valleys and beyond -- Reunion and celebration -- The long, cold trip home -- The official report -- Epilogue -- Appendices -- Related papers -- Biographies of expedition members -- Robert Campbell's Ute alphabet -- Robert Campbell's emigrant guides -- Bibliography -- Index.
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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.
Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010.
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
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22573/ctt45nvb3 JSTOR
Pratt, Parley P. 1807-1857. Pratt, Parley P. 1807-1857.
1800-1899
Mormons--History--Utah--19th century. HISTORY--State & Local--General. HISTORY--State & Local--West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)--United States Discoveries in geography. Mormons. United States Local History. Regions & Countries - Americas. History & Archaeology.