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Show FALL 2013 pp 386-404_UHQ BReviews/pp.271-296 9/16/13 1:22 PM Page 396 UTAH HISTORICAL QUARTERLY the trail, stage companies, “Indians!”, the beginnings of the transcontinental railroad project, building the railroad, and travel by train. The book discusses two Utah towns, Corinne and Promontory, including information on laying track through Echo and Weber canyons and the completion ceremony on May 10, 1869. The Avenues of Salt Lake City, second edition. By Cevan J. LeSieur. (Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press and Utah State Historical Society, 2012. xii + 378 pp. Paper, $29.95.) Originally published by the Utah State Historical Society in 1980, this expanded edition includes new color photos, more buildings, and updated chapters. The book contains information on the history of the Avenues, patterns of ownership and development, institutional buildings, preservation efforts, and architectural styles and types. The “Significant Sites” section is organized street by street so that readers can use it as a guidebook; it also has an index to addresses and an index to names. The Baron in the Grand Canyon. By Steven Rowan. (Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 2012. viii + 204 pp. Cloth, $45.00.) Cartographer, artist, explorer, and inventor Baron Friedrich Wilhelm von Egloffstein joined John C. Frémont on his 1853–54 expedition. After the near-disaster in the mountains above Parowan, he left the Fremont expedition and traveled to Salt Lake City, where he joined the survivors of the Gunnison expedition. He later joined the Ives expedition up the Colorado River. This book tells of his life and journeys and reprints many of the drawings and engravings he created while in the West. 396 |
