History of Utah, 1540-1886 - Brigham Young University

CONTENTS OF THIS VOLUME.
CHAPTER I.
DISCOVERIES OF THE SPANIARDS.
1540-1777.
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Francisco Vazquez de Coronado at Cibola—Expedition of Pedro de Tobar
and Father Juan de Padilla—They Hear of a Large River—Garcia
Lopez de Cardenas Sent in Search of It—The First Europeans to
Approach Utah—Route of Cardenas—Mythical Maps—Part of the
Northern Mystery—Journey of Dominguez and Escalante—The
Course They Followed—The Rivers They Crossed—The Comanches
—Region of the Great Lakes—Rivers Timpanogos, San Buenaventura,
and Others—The Country of the Yutas—Route from Santa F6
to Monterey—The Friars Talk of the Lake Country—Return of the
Spaniards to Zuhi and March to Santa F6 1
CHAPTER II.
ADVENT OF TRAPPERS AND TRAVELLERS.
1778-1846.
Invasion by Fur-hunters—Baron la Hontan and his Fables—The Popular
Geographic Idea—Discovery of the Great Salt Lake—James
Bridger Deciding a Bet—He Determines the Course of Bear River,
and Comes upon the Great Lake—Henry, Ashley, Green, and Beckwourth
on the Ground—Fort Built at Utah Lake—Peter Skeen Ogden—Journey
of Jedediah S. Smith—A Strange Country—Pegleg
Smith—Wolfskill, Yount, and Burton Traverse the Country-
Walker's Visit to California—Some Old Maps—The Bartleson Company—Statements
of Bklwell and Belden Compared—Whitman
and Lovejoy—Fremont—Pacific Coast Immigrations of 1845 and
1846—Origin of the Name Utah 18
CHAPTER III.
THE STORY OF MORMONISM.
1820-1830.
A Glance Eastward—The Middle States Sixty Years Ago—Birth and
Parentage of Joseph Smith—Spiritual Manifestations—Joseph Tells
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