History of Utah, 1540-1886 - Brigham Young University

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Hallelujah!—Entry into the Valley of the Great Salt Lake—Ploughing
and Planting—Praying and Praising—Site for a City Chosen
Temple Block Selected—Return of Companies to Winter Quarters
Their Meeting with the Westward-bound—General Epistle of the
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CHAPTER XI.
IN THE VALLEY OF THE GREAT SALT LAKE.
1848.
Food and Raiment—Houses—Home Manufactures—The Fort—Wild
Beasts—Cannon from Sutter's Fort—Indian Children for Sale
Measles—Population—Mills and Farming Machinery—The Plague
of Crickets—Tbey are Destroyed by Gulls—Scarcity of Provisions
The Harvest Feast—Immigration—Five Thousand Saints Gathered
in the Valley—Fencing and Farming —Distribution of Lots—Organ-
ization of County Government—Association for the Extermination
of Wild Beasts , 275
CHAPTER XII.
IN THE VALLEY OF THE GREAT SALT LAKE.
1849.
Food Supply and Shelter— Building Lots—Currency Issue—Bank Notes
and Coinage—Private and Public Buildings—Wide Area of the City
— Second Anniversary of the Pioneers—Festivals and Amusements
—Labor a Duty among the Saints—Effect of the California Gold Discovery—Immigration—Carrying
Company—California-bound Emi-
grants—Their Traffic with the Mormons—Products and Prices
Gold-hunting Frowned upon by the Church 288
CHAPTER XIII.
SETTLEMENT AND OCCUPATION OF THE COUNTRY.
1847-1852.
Founding of Ceutreville—Bountiful—Ogden—Lynne—Easton—Marriotsville—San
Pete—Provo—Indian War—Walled Cities—Evansville
Lehi—Battle Creek—Pleasant Grove—American Fork—Payson
Nephi—Manti—Chief Walker—Fillmore—Site Chosen for the Capital—Tooele—Grantsville—Kaysville—Little
Salt Lake—Parowan
Cedar City—Paragoonah—Forts Walker and Harmony—Box Elder
Creek—Brigham City—Willard City—San Bernardino in California. 305
CHAPTER XIV.
EDUCATION, MANUFACTURES, COMMERCE, AGRICULTURE, SOCIETY.
1850-1852.
Boundaries and Extent of Utah—Configuration and Physical Features of
the Country—Its Lands and Waters—Flora and Fauna—State Uni-
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