Utah County, with an area of about 2,140 square miles, is a place of migration. People have crossed, stayed, gave birth, lived, and died there over thousands ofyears. The county is also a land of contrasts—of mountains and canyons, dry and well-watered valleys, lakes and streams. The historic peoples of the land, the Native Americans and the Mormon pioneers, viewed the region as a treasure house of nature's bounty. The surrounding mountain walls did not protect either group from the political, economic, and social forces beyond the boundaries of the county during the nineteenth century, however. Yet, over time, both groups adapted and changed as a new century took the county into the modern age.\nPolitical, economic, and cultural shifts in the small towns and larger cities in the county have reflected much of the national trends and moods at various periods. While still retaining some unique traits, the county today is in many ways integrated into the larger post-modern world, as waves of migration have flooded across the land in the twentieth century. The dramatic growth of the county (the second most populous in the state) in the last decades of the century highlights the tension between preserving the past, living in the present, and preparing for the future.

A History of Utah County

Richard Neitzel Holzapfel

Utah State Historical Society

Weber County was opne of the six original countys established in the territory of Utah in 1850, and for a time it bordered California and the Oregon territory. Weber County's importance was underlined with the arrival of the transcontinental railroad in 1869 and subsequent establishment as Ogden as a rail center. Weber county became a melting pot. This growth demanded increased development of water resources, efforts to plan and stabilize education, and ongoing community efforts to preserve the land and the culture of the past while facing the challenge of the future.

A History of Weber County (Utah Centennial County History Series)

Richard C. Roberts

Richard W. Sadler

A History of Box Elder County [Utah]

Frederick M. Huchel

The settlement of Beaver County began in February 1856 when fifteen families from Parowan moved by wagon thirty miles north to Beaver Valley. The county was created by the Utah legislature on 31 January 1856, a week before the Parowan group set out to make their new home. However, centuries before, prehistoric peoples lived in the area, obtaining obsidian for arrow and pear points from the Mineral Mountains. Later, the area became home to Paiute Indians. Franciscan Friars Dominguez and Escalante passed through the area in October 1776.\nThe Mormon settlement of Beaver developed at the foot of the Tushar Mountains. In 1859 the community of Minersville was established, and residents farmed, raised livestock, and mined the lead deposits there. In the last quarter of the nineteenth century the Mineral Mountains and other locations in the county saw extensive mining development, particularly in the towns of Frisco and Newhouse. Mining activities were given a boost with the completion of the Utah Southern Railroad to Milford in 1880. The birthplace of both famous western outlaw Butch Cassidy and inventor of television Philo T. Farnsworth, Beaver County is rich in history, historic buildings, and mineral treasures.

A history of Beaver County ([Utah Centennial County history series])

Martha Sonntag Bradley

On the ragged edge;: The life and times of Dudley Leavitt

Juanita Brooks

Peoples of Utah

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

The journal of Martha Spence-Heywood 1850-1856. Her account of life in Utah is balanced and perceptive, her self-examination rigorous.

Not by Bread Alone: The Journal of Martha Spence Heywood, 1850-56

HEYWOOD, Martha Spence

Stated second printing bound in tan and red cloth. Contains decorated endpapers and illustrations through-out. Oblong, 11" x 9 1/4" hardcover is in near fine condition in a very good dust jacket. The book's spine is lightly dust soiled. Mild rubs to its corners. The dust jacket has a 2" tear with creasing at the front panel's upper edge. Mild fading to its spine and spine seams.

Brigham Street

Margaret D Lester

Western Americana. Brash, bumptious Corinne, the Burg on the bear, began its colorful, if short-lived, history in March 1869 when eager investors bought lots at auction. A tent and shanty town sprang up, and Corinne became the transfer point for freight and passengers from the new transcontinental railroad north to Idaho and Montana.

Corinne: The gentile capital of Utah

History

Madsen, Brigham D.

Americas

Carbon County, eastern Utah's industrialized island

Notarianni, Philip F.

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