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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 6 0 Browse Search
Philip Henry Sheridan, Personal Memoirs of P. H. Sheridan, General, United States Army . 3 1 Browse Search
Colonel William Preston Johnston, The Life of General Albert Sidney Johnston : His Service in the Armies of the United States, the Republic of Texas, and the Confederate States. 2 0 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Utah, (search)
bounded on the north by Idaho and Wyoming, east by Wyoming and Colorado, south by Arizona, and west by Nevada. Area, 84,970 square miles, lying between long. 109° and 114° W., and north of lat. 37° N. Population, 1890, 207,905; 1900, 276,749. Capital, Salt Lake City. Franciscan friars Silvestre Velez de Escalante and Francisco Atanasio Dominguez, looking for a route from Santa Fe to Monterey, Cal., reach Utah and Sevier lakes......September, 1776 Great Salt Lake discovered by James Bridger......1825 One hundred and twenty men, under William H. Ashley, come to Utah Lake from St. Louis through South Pass, and build Fort Ashley......1825 Jedediah S. Smith and fifteen trappers march from Great Salt Lake to Utah Lake, and thence to San Gabriel Mission, Cal., 1826; return to Utah......1827 J. Bartleson and twenty-seven emigrants for California proceed from Soda Springs to Corrine and thence into Nevada......August, 1841 Marcus Whitman and A. L. Lovejoy, on their way
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Wyoming, (search)
lliam Sublette and Robert Campbell erect a fort on Laramie Fork, which they name Fort William, since Fort Laramie.......1834 First emigrant train for Oregon and California crosses Wyoming......1841 Fort Bridger erected on Green River by James Bridger, a famous trapper......1842 Col. J. C. Fremont, with a government exploring expedition, ascends and names Fremont's Peak......1842 Mormon pioneers, led by Brigham Young, pass Fort Laramie on their way to Great Salt Lake through South Paon emigrant. The Indians refusing to give up the culprit, Grattan fires, and the whole party are killed......summer of 1854 Sir George Gore, of Sligo, Ireland, with his private hunting expedition, winters at Fort Laramie, 1854, and with James Bridger as guide travels north to Powder River......1855 Oil is collected from a spring near Poison Spider Creek, and sold along the Mormon trail for axle-grease......1863 Bill introduced in Congress by James M. Ashley, of Ohio, to provide a te