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Show H I S T O R I C A L Q U A R T E R LY 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 I 961 Copyright 1961, Utah State Historical Society, 603 East South Temple, Salt Lake City, Utah CONTENTS ARTICLES 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 The Dash to Promontory, BY ROBERT M. UTLEY 99 Polygamy: An Issue in the Election of 1860? BY VERN L. BULLOUGH. . 119 Edwin Bryant's Trail Through Western Utah, BY HENRY J . WEBB . . . 129 Naming of the Green, Sevier, and Virgin Rivers, BY RUFUS WOOD LUIGH 137 fournal of Two Campaigns by the Utah Territorial Militia Against the Navajo Indians, 1869, EDITED BY C. GREGORY CRAMPTON AND DAVID E. MILLER 149 The Face of the Land, BY JUANITA BROOKS 193 The Cotton Mission, BY JUANITA BROOKS 201 Song, "St. George and the Dragon" 222 Color Country, BY JUANITA BROOKS 223 Song, "Pounding Rock ^nt0 the Temple Foundation" 239 Early Buildings, BY JUANITA BROOKS 241 Culture in Dixie, BY LORRAINE T. WASHBURN 255 Pioneer Agriculture, BY A. KARL LARSON 269 Silver Reef, BY JUANITA BROOKS 281 Vignettes, BY JUANITA BROOKS AND DR. JOSEPH WALKER 289 In Appreciation, BY LELAND H. CREER 305 Land Contest in Early Utah, BY GUSTIVE O. LARSON 309 Estill &• Co. Express, BY JAMES W. MILGRAM 327 Two Early Reports Concerning Roman Catholicism in Utah 1876-1881, BY JOHN BERNARD MCGLOIN, S.J 333 Indian Sketches from the Journals of T. D. Brown and Jacob Hamblin, BY JUANITA BROOKS 347 Utah History: Some Dimensions for Further Study, BY G. HOMER DURHAM 363 The President's Report for the Year 1960, BY LELAND H. CREER 373 Reviews and Recent Publications 77, 177, 377 Historical Notes 91, 187, 393 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 G. 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 One Thousand Mile Tree 98 Mormon Surveyors; Chinaman's Arch 103 Devil's Gate Bridge; "Jupiter"; Scene at driving of Golden Spike. . . . 113 Nauvoo, Illinois 118 Map of Donner, Edwin Bryant's Trail 128 Spring in Pass Canyon; Looking Toward Pilot Peak '34 Green River, near Jensen, Utah 136 Virgin River; Sevier River 143 Spanish Trail Marker 146 Map of Campaigns Against the Navajo Indians, 1869 148 Edwin G. Woolley, Adjutant 150 Paria Settlement; Indian Monument on Moccasin Ranch 152 Sentinel Rock 160 Gunsight Butte 161 Site of Lee's Ferry 164 Port at Pipe Spring; Lake in Three Lakes Canyon 175 Members of Board of Trustees, Utah State Historical Society 186 Air View of St. George 192 Desert Joshua 197 Utah's Dixie, Map 198-199 Erastus Snow 200 Jacob Peart Inscription 205 Washington Cotton Factory; Factory and Employees 213 Dugout Home; Adobe Home in Santa Clara 215 Pine Valley Mountain 221 Snow's Canyon 223, 224 Pine Valley Church; St. George Courthouse 225 St. George Temple 226 St. George Tabernacle 227 Arch of Drugstore at Silver Reef 228 Three Patriarchs 229 Looking Down the Valley from the Temple of Sinawava 230-231 Angels Landing 232 Falls of Sinawava 233 Switchbacks 234 Checkerboard Mountain 235 Cedar Breaks 236 Red Canyon 237 Bryce Canyon 238 St. George Temple Under Construction 240 First Social Hall in St. George; Same street 1910 243 Brigham Young Home; Israel Ivins Home; Lorenzo Clark Home. . . 246 Margaret Laub Home; Thomas Cottam Home; William Carter Home 247 George Brooks Home; The "Big House" 250 Modern St. George 252 Social Hall; First Dixie Martial Band 254 Woodward School 257 Dixie College; New Fine Arts Building 258 Charles L. Walker 259 Charles Ellis Johnson, Ellis and Jay; Jay Johnson 262 DIXIE On Vermilion Cliff 267 Melancthon Wheeler Burgess Home 268 Joseph E. Johnson; Thomas Judd 271 Grape Vineyard and Orchard 274 Grapes and Fruit 275 Alfalfa Field in Dixie 278 Ruins of Silver Reef 282 Wells Fargo Building; Western Gold and Uranium Company Operations 284 Residential Street in Silver Reef 285 The Reef 286 Early July 24 Celebration in St. George 288 Post Office in St. George 290, 291 Toroweap 301 A. R. Mortensen 304 Facsimile of covers of Utah Historical Quarterlies 306 Artist's Conception of the Eagle Gate 308 Great Salt Lake Base and Meridian Monument 311 Facsimile of a Land Certificate 312 Facsimile of Stampless Letter, 1860 326 Bishop Lawrence Scanlan 332 Academy of the Sacred Heart; St. Mary's of the Wasatch; Holy Cross Hospital 336 Indians and Wickiups 346 Jacob Hamblin 354 facob Hamblin s Home in Santa Clara, Utah 359 G. Homer Durham 362 General fohn K. Cannon; United States Delegation to the Pan- American Conference at Montevideo; George Romney 366 Westminster College Campus, 1910; First Passengers, Western Air Lines, 1926 368 Utah State Public Records; F. T. fohnson, Records Manager 372 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 4 October, 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. CONTENTS In Appreciation 305 Land Contest in Early Utah, BY GUSTIVE o. LARSON 303 Estill &• Co. Express, BY JAMES W. MILGRAM 327 Two Early Reports Concerning Roman Catholicism in Utah 1876-1881, BY JOHN BERNARD MCGLOIN, S. J 333 Indian Sketches from the Journals of T. D. Brown and Jacob Hamblin, BY JUANITA BROOKS 347 Utah History: Some Dimensions for Further Study, BY G. HOMER DURHAM 363 The President's Report for the Year 1960, BY LELAND H. CREER 373 Reviews and Recent Publications WALLACE, The Twenty-Seventh Wife, BY STANLEY S. IVINS 377 CONWAY, The Welsh in America: Letters from the Immigrants, BY WENDELL J. ASHTON 379 HAFEN AND HAFEN, Powder River Campaigns and Sawyer's Expedition of 1865: A Documentary Account Comprising Official Reports, Diaries, Contemporary Newspaper Accounts, and Personal Narratives, BY RAY H. MATTISON 381 HUNT, Kirby Benedict, Frontier Federal Judge, BY HOWARD K. LAMAR 382 FLETCHER, Free Grass to Fences. The Montana Cattle Range Story, BY A. K. MORTENSEN 384 The Advancement of Learning: Fifteen Years of Graduate Instruction Research and Service at the University of Utah 1946-1961, BY MARJORIE WALKER 385 Other Publications 386 Historical Notes 393 ILLUSTRATIONS A. R. Mortensen 304 Facsimile of Covers of Utah Historical Quarterlies 306 Artist's Conception of the Eagle Gate 308 Great Salt Lake Base and Meridian Monument 311 Facsimile of u Land Certificate 312 Facsimile of Stampless Letter, 1860 326 Bishop Lawrence Scanlan 332 Academy of the Sacred Heart, Ogden, Utah; St. Mary's of the Wasatch, Salt Lake City, Utah; Holy Cross Hospital, Salt Lake City, Utah 336 Indians and Wickiups 346 Jacob Hamblin 354 Jacob Hamblin's Home in Santa Clara, Utah 359 G. Homer Durham 362 General John K. Cannon; United States Delegation to the Pan-American Conference at Montevideo; George Romney 366 Westminster College Campus, 1910; First Passengers, Western Air Lines, 1926. . . . 368 Utah State Public Records; F. T. Johnson, Records Manager 372 |