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Show H I S T O R I C A L QUARTERLY A. R. Mortensen, Editor U T A H S T A T E H I S T O R I C A L S O C I E TY VOLUME XXIX, NUMBER I January, 1961 Copyright 1961, Utah State Historical Society, 603 East South Temple, Salt Lake City, Utah Entered as second-class matter January 5,1953, at the Post Office at Salt Lake City, Utah, under the Act of August 24,1912. STATEMENT REQUIRED BY THE ACT OF AUGUST 24, 1912, AS AMENDED BY THE ACTS OF MARCH 3, 1933, JULY 2, 1946 AND JUNE 11, 1960 (74 Stat. 208) SHOWING THE OWNERSHIP, MANAGEMENT, AND CIRCULATION OF THE Utah Historical Quarterly published quarterly (January, April, July, October) at Salt Lake City, Utah, by the Utah State Historical Society, A. R. Mortensen, editor, Iris Scott, business manager. The Utah State Historical Society is an agency of government of the State of Utah, located at 603 East South Temple, Salt Lake City, Utah. Signed and sworn statement by A. R. MORTENSEN, editor. CONTENTS Utah and the Depression of the 1890's, BY LEONARD J . ARRINGTON 3 Mormonism's First Foothold in the Pacific Northwest, BY WILLIAM B. SMART 21' The Ghost of Mercur, BY DOUGLAS D. ALDER 33 State Action in Relation to Preservation of Historical Resources in the Expanding West, BY C. J . OLSEN 45 Archives Past and Future, BY EVERETT L. COOLEY 57 Discourse by President Brigham Young Delivered in the Bowery, Great Salt Lake City, August 4,1867, EDITED BY G. HOMER DURHAM 63 Reviews and Recent Publications FURNISS, The Mormon Conflict, 1850-1859, BY JUANITA BROOKS. . . 77 HAFEN AND HAFEN, Fremont's Fourth Expedition, BY ROBERT V. HINE 80 NUNIS, Andrew Sublette, Rocky Mountain Prince, 1808-1853, BY LE ROY R. HAFEN 81 FROST, Notes on General Ashley the Overland Trail and South PaSS, BY DAVID E. MILLER 82 HOMSHER. South Pass, 1858: James Chisholm's journal of the Wyoming Gold Rush, BY T. A. LARSON 83 MAY, fames Strang's Ancient and Modem Michilimackinac, Including an Account of the Controvesry between Mackinac and the Mormons, BY M. WILFORD POULSON 85 Other Publications 86 Historical Notes 91 ILLUSTRATIONS George Q. Cannon, President Wilford Woodruff, Joseph F. Smith 2 Tithing Scrip 8 Saltair Pavilion 13 Pioneer Electric Power Plant; Cottonwood Canyon Power Plant; Lehi Sugar Factory 15 Portland, Oregon, Front Street, in 1852 20 Early Day Mormon Missionaries 24 Mercur Business District 32 Methodist Church Choir of Mercur; Mercur Volunteer Fire Department 38 C. f. Olsen 44 Camp Floyd Cemetery 50 Brigham Young Home in St. George; facob Hamblin Home at Santa Clara 53 East South Temple in the 1860's 62 Panorama of Salt Lake City in the 1860's 64, 65 John Kitchen Ranch; Petrified Wood in the Circle Cliffs 90 Chase Home in Centerville 93 |