It Happened in Utah, 2nd
by Gayen and Tom WhartonEdition: 2nd
Format: Trade Paper
Pub. Date: 2007-03-01
Publisher(s): TwoDot
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Summary
From the building of the Slickrock Bike Trail in Moab to the Mountain Meadow Massacre, It Happened in Utah reveals twenty-six fascinating stories from Utah's colourful past. Written in an easy-to read style, It Happened in Utah is entertaining as well as informative.
Author Biography
Gayen and Tom Wharton, both graduates of the University of Utah, have written four books together. They live in Salt Lake City.
Table of Contents
| Acknowledgments | p. vii |
| Map | p. viii |
| Preface | p. ix |
| A Fur Traders' Fight, Ogden-1825 | p. 1 |
| Mountain Man Jedediah Smith Meets His Match-Great Basin, 1827 | p. 5 |
| Mormon Pioneers Reach Zion-Salt Lake City, 1847 | p. 9 |
| Mountain Meadow Massacre-Dixie National Forest, 1857 | p. 15 |
| Johnston Marches against the Mormons-Fairfield, 1858 | p. 21 |
| Howard Egan's Ride for the Pony Express-Rush Valley, 1860 | p. 29 |
| Jean Baptiste Robs Salt Lake's Graves-Salt Lake City, 1862 | p. 35 |
| Driving the Golden Spike-Promontory Summit, 1869 | p. 41 |
| Long Johns Save John Wesley Powell-Desolation Canyon, 1869 | p. 45 |
| Arsenal Hill Explodes-Salt Lake City, 1876 | p. 49 |
| Descent through the Hole-in-the-Rock-Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, 1880 | p. 53 |
| A Polynesian Pioneer Day in Iosepa-Skull Valley, 1892 | p. 59 |
| Martha Hughes Cannon Wins the Race-Salt Lake City, 1896 | p. 65 |
| Jesse Knight Dreams Up the Humbug Mine-Godiva Mountain, 1896 | p. 71 |
| Butch Cassidy and the Castle Gate Robbery-Robber's Roost, 1897 | p. 75 |
| Scofield's Mine Disaster-Scofield, 1900 | p. 79 |
| Women of Kanab Make History-Kanab, 1912 | p. 85 |
| The Trial of Joe Hill-Salt Lake City, 1915 | p. 89 |
| Utah Gets a Bad Case of the Flu-Statewide, 1918 | p. 95 |
| Charlie Glass and the Sheep and Cattle War-Moab, 1921 | p. 99 |
| Chief Posey and the Last Indian War-Blanding, 1923 | p. 105 |
| The Killing of Utah's Last Grizzly Bear-Blacksmith Fork Canyon, 1923 | p. 111 |
| Ab Jenkins Is Fast on the Salt Flats-Bonneville Speedway, 1932 | p. 117 |
| Japanese Held at Topaz Internment Camp-Topaz, 1942 | p. 121 |
| Paraskiers Train for War at Alta-Alta, 1942 | p. 125 |
| Dick Wilson Builds the Slickrock Bike Trail-Moab, 1969 | p. 129 |
| The 2002 Winter Olympics-Salt Lake City, 2002 | p. 135 |
| Utah Facts & Trivia | p. 139 |
| Suggested Further Reading | p. 145 |
| Index | p. 149 |
| About the Authors | p. 157 |
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