Utah Historical Quarterly Volume XXVI

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H I S T O R I C A L Q U A R T E R LY January, 1958 , '¥' \ kv« im. l(M 7j0&it 1 *l &** • f» - i t w . > & * • , . „ ABOUT THE COVER Denver & Rio Grande stock train on Marshall Pass (alt. 10,856 ft.) on the original narrow-gauge line. In 1955 this historic seg­ment of the line was abandoned. 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 XXVI, NUMBER I January, 1958 Copyright 1958, Utah State Historical Society, 603 East South Temple, Salt La\e City, Utah CONTENTS The Independence of the Denver and Rio Grande, BY ROBERT G. ATHEARN 3 The Evolution of Government in Early Utah, BY LELAND H. CREER 23 The Mormon Reformation, BY GUSTIVE O. LARSON 45 Stansbury's Survey of the Inland Sea, BY BERNICE GIBBS ANDERSON 65 Reviews and Recent Publications ABERLE AND STEWART, Navaho and Ute Peyotism: A Chronological and Distributional Study, BY ELMER R. SMITH 83 MULDER, Homeward to Zion, BY GUSTIVE O. LARSON 84 86 HEAP, Central Route to the Pacific, HAFEN AND HAFEN, EDS., BY PHILIP C. STURGES POMEROY, In Search of the Golden West, the Tourist in Western America, BY EDWIN H. CARPENTER, JR 87 THORP, Spirit Gun of the West, The Story of Doc W. F. Carver, BY STANLEY R. DAVISON FAULKNER, ED., Roundup: A Nebraska Reader, BY W. D. AESCHBACHER 88 89 Other Publications 91 Historical Notes 101 ILLUSTRATIONS Rio Grande Freight Train in Middle Par\, Colorado 2 A Monument to an Idea 10 Atomic Research by D & RG Technicians 17 The State of Deseret 22 Fort Bridger 28 Fort San Bernardino 2 9 Council House 32 Jedediah M. Grant 44 The Great Salt La\e 64 Great Salt Lake City 68 Albert Carrington s Home 10 Deed of Consecration Inside back cover Bwjg