| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 270 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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data file |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-261) and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
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 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
JSTOR Books at JSTOR Open Access |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Pratt, Parley P. (Parley Parker), 1807-1857.
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Pratt, Parley P. (Parley Parker), 1807-1857. |
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Utah -- Discovery and exploration.
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Utah. |
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Discoveries in geography. |
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Latter Day Saints -- Utah -- History -- 19th century.
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Latter Day Saints. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
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1800-1899 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Author |
Smart, William B. (William Buckwalter), 1922-2018.
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Smart, Donna Toland, 1923-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Over the Rim. Logan, UT : Utah State University Press, ©1999 0874212820 (DLC) 99006764 (OCoLC)41892400 |
| ISBN |
9780874213546 (electronic book) |
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0874213541 (electronic book) |
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0585164339 (electronic book) |
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9780585164335 (electronic book) |
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0874212820 |
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9780874212822 |
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0874212812 (paperback) |
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9780874212815 (paperback) |
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