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Show SELECTED READINGS ON UTAH'S HISTORIC AND SCENIC WONDERS The selected reading list has been compiled to serve the visitor or native who has become intrigued with the beauties and wonders of Utah and its history and desires to acquire more background. Books listed, for the most part, are still in print and should be available for purchase. All or most should be available in libraries. Magazine articles on related subjects were published in the past year or two, and all are in the Utah State Historical Society library. ALTER, J. CECIL. Through the Heart of the Scenic West. Salt Lake City, 1927. BERNHEIMER, CHARLES L. Rainbow Bridge. New York, 1929. BJARNASON, LOFTER. The Geography of Utah. New York, 1932. BOUTWELL, JOHN M. The Salt La\e Region. (A Geological Guide.) Washington, D.C, 1933. BRUHN, ARTHUR F. Your Guide to Southern Utah's Land of Color. Salt Lake City, 1952. CORLE, EDWIN. The Story of the Grand Canyon. New York, 1952. (First published in 1946 under title: Listen Bright Angel.) 300 UTAH HISTORICAL QUARTERLY DELLENBAUGH, FREDERICK S. A Canyon Voyage. (The canyons of the Green and Colorado rivers on the second Powell expedition, 1871- 72.) New York, 1908. . The Romance of the Colorado River. New York, 1904. DUNKLE, DAVID H. The World of the Dinosaurs. Washington, D.C, 1957. HAWKES, H. BOWMAN. Mormon Country. (A Survey of Utah's Geography.) Salt Lake City, 1955. HUNT, CHARLES B. Geology and Geography of the Henry Mountains Region of Utah. Washington, D.C, 1953. INMAN, HENRY, and CODY, WILLIAM F. The Great Salt Lake Trail. New York, 1898. JENKINS, AB, and ASHTON, WENDELL J. The Salt of the Earth. (Automobile racing on Bonneville Salt Flats.) Salt Lake City, 1939. JOHNSON, HUMPHREY C. Scenic Guide to Utah. Susanville, California, 1947. KELLY, CHARLES. Salt Desert Trails. Salt Lake City, 1930. KLINCK, RICHARD E. Land of Room Enough and Time Enough. (Monument Valley.) Albuquerque, 1953. MILLER, JOSEPH. Monument Valley and the Navajo Country. New York, 1951. MORGAN, DALE L. The Great Salt Lake. ("American Lakes Series.") Indianapolis, 1947. . The Humboldt, Highroad of the West. ("Rivers of America Series.") New York, 1943. MURBARGER, NELL. Ghosts of the Glory Trail. [Ghost towns, mining camps, etc.] Palm Desert, California, 1956. PAUL, JOSHUA H. Out of Doors in the West. Salt Lake City, 1911. PEATTIE, RODERICK. The Inverted Mountains: Canyons of the West. New York, 1948. SELECTED READINGS ON UTAH 301 POWELL, JOHN W. Exploration of the Colorado River of the West and its Tributaries, Explored in 1869,1870,1871, and 1872. Washington, 1875. . The Exploration of the Colorado River. Chicago, 1957. ROYLANCE, WARD J. Rainbow Roads Guide to Highways 91, 89, and 191. Salt Lake City, 1953. SIMPSON, JAMES H. Report of Explorations Across the Great Basin of the Territory of Utah ...in 1859. Washington, D.C, 1876. STANSBURY, HOWARD. Exploration and Survey of the Valley of the Great Salt Lake of Utah. Philadelphia, 1852. STEGNER, WALLACE. Mormon Country. ("American Folkways Series.") New York, 1942. . This is Dinosaur. New York, 1955. STEWARD, JULIAN H. Ancient Caves of the Great Salt La\e Region. Washington, D.C, 1937. STORY, ISABELLE. The National Par\ Story in Pictures. Washington, D.C, 1957. TALMAGE, JAMES E. The Great Salt Lake, Past and Present. Salt Lake City, 1900. TILLOTSON, M. R., and TAYLOR, FRANK J. Grand Canyon Country. Stanford, California, 1935. Reprinted 1953. U.S. Department of the Interior. The Colorado River. Washington, 1946. UNTERMANN, G. E., and B. R. Geology of Dinosaur National Monument and Vicinity. Salt Lake City, 1954. Utah Historical Quarterly: Vol. XII, WOODBURY, A. M. A History of Southern Utah and Its Parks. Salt Lake City, 1944. Vol. XV, XVI, and XVII, The Exploration of the Colorado River in 1869,1871-72. Salt Lake City, 1947,1948-49. 302 UTAH HISTORICAL QUARTERLY Vol. XVIII, BOLTON, HERBERT E. Pageant in the Wilderness, The Story of the Escalante Expedition to the Interior Basin, 1776. Salt Lake City, 1950. Vol. XIX, KORNS, J. RODERIC. West From Fort Bridger, The Pioneering of the Immigrant Trails Across Utah 1845-1850, ed. Dale L. Morgan. Salt Lake City, 1951. Utah Publicity and Industrial Development Department. After Victory; Plans for Utah and the Wasatch Front. Salt Lake City, 1943. WATERS, FRANK. The Colorado. ("Rivers of America Series.") New York, 1946. WEST, RAY B. Rocky Mountain Cities. New York, 1949. WHIPPLE, MAURINE. This is the Place; Utah. New York, 1945. WOLLE, MURIEL S. The Bonanza Trail; Ghost Towns and Mining Camps of the West. Bloomington, Indiana, 1953. WOODBURY, JOHN T. Vermilion Cliffs; Reminiscences of Utah's Dixie. St. George, 1933. Writers' Program, Works Progress Administration. Utah, A Guide to the State. New York, 1941. Reprinted 1954. Zion-Bryce Natural History Association. Geologic and Geographic Sketches of Zion and Bryce Canyon National Parks. [1956]. . National Parks and National Monuments of Utah. Zion National Park, 1948. Printed in several editions. ARTICLES DOUGLAS W. SCHWARTZ, "Climate Change and Culture History in the Grand Canyon Region," American Antiquity, April, 1957. Lucius BEEBE, "Pandemonium at Promontory," American Heritage, December, 1957. PHILIP NEWILL, "The Whispering Mountains [Uranium in the land of the Navajos]," Arizona Highways, July, 1956. CHARLES FRANKLIN PARKER and JEANNE S. HUMBURG, "89 the Highway of International Grandeur," ibid., March, 1957. SELECTED READINGS ON UTAH 303 -, "The Trailblazers of Grand Canyon," ibid., May, 1957. CHARLES FRANKLIN PARKER, "The Kaibab and the North Rim," ibid. EDWIN CORLE, "A Canyon is Born," ibid. JOYCE ROCKWOOD MUENCH, "Land of the Sleeping Rainbow [Utah]," ibid., June, 1957. RALPH D. BARNEY and DAN GASHLER, "Hole-in-the-Rock Historic Spot May Become Utah's New Tourist Mecca," Church News [Deseret News], May 11,1957. CLAY P. MALICK, "The Dinosaurs go to Washington," The Colorado Quarterly, Summer, 1956. CARL I. WHEAT, "The 1954 Navajo Canyon Expedition" [excerpts from a preliminary report], Corral Dust (Potomac Corral of the Westerners), June, 1956. RANDALL HENDERSON, "Petrified Forests in Utah's Circle Cliffs," Desert Magazine, June, 1956. , "Boat Trip in the Canyon of Ladore," ibid., July, 1956. , "Just Between You and Me [Reclamation and the Glen Canyon Dam]," ibid. KITRIDGE WING, "Blue Water Voyage in the Little Colorado," ibid., August, 1956. W. G. CARROLL, "Jeep Trail into Utah's Rugged Needles Country," ibid., November, 1956. JOSEF AND JOYCE MUENCH, "The Hole in the Rock," ibid., April, 1957. NELL MURBARGER, "Dam in Glen Canyon," ibid. RANDALL HENDERSON, "We Camped in the Land of the Standing Rocks" [southeastern Utah], ibid., October, 1957. NELL MURBARGER, "Flaming Gorge Dam on the Green River," ibid., January, 1958. 304 UTAH HISTORICAL QUARTERLY ELIZABETH RIGBY, "Primitive Village in Havasupai Canyon," ibid. JOSEF AND JOYCE MUENCH, "Crossing of the Fathers," ibid., March, 1958. CECIL M. OUELLETTE, "Over the Top of Landscape Arch" [Arches National Monument, Utah], ibid. CORNELIUS C. SMITH, JR., "Navajo and Hopi Country," Ford Times, December, 1957. WILLARD LUCE, "Natural Bridges National Monument," ibid., January, 1958. WALLACE STEGNER, "The World's Strangest Sea [Great Salt Lake]," Holiday, May, 1957. "Explorers Dedicate the George Albert Smith Arch," Improvement Era, October, 1957. "Deep in Zion Canyon," Sunset Magazine, April, 1956. "Family Adventure . . . the River Run," ibid. "There's Still Room to Wander in the Capitol Reef Country," ibid., April, 1957. "Ghost Town in Southern Utah [Grafton]," ibid., December, 1957. RUSSELL R. RICH, "Bear Lake Valley Before the Mormons," SUP News, September, 1956. DAVID E. MILLER, "Paria Canyon," ibid., January, 1957. M. CAROL HETZEL, "Navajo Outpost [Monument Valley]," Westways, February, 1957. HARRY C JAMES, "A Dinosaur Track - A Broom - and Poli," ibid., January, 1958. "Winter Comes to Bryce Canyon," ibid. "Petrified Forest of the Circle Cliffs [southern Utah]," ibid., February, 1958. UTAH STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY BOARD OF TRUSTEES (Terms Expiring April 1,1961) JUANITA BROOKS, St. George LELAND H. CREER, Salt Lake City NICHOLAS c. MORGAN, SR., Salt Lake City JOEL E. RICKS, Logan RUSSEL B. SWENSEN, PrOVO (Terms Expiring April 1, 1959) LOUIS BUCHMAN, Salt Lake City GEORGE F. EGAN, Salt Lake City CHARLES R. MABEY, Bountiful WILLIAM F. MC CREA, Ogden LEVI EDGAR YOUNC, Salt Lake City (Ex-Officio Member) LAMONT F. TORONTO, Secretary of State OFFICERS 1957-59 LELAND H. CREER, President NICHOLAS c. MORGAN, SR., Vice-President A. R. MORTENSEN, Director PUBLICATIONS COMMITTEE JUANITA BROOKS, Chairman LEVI EDGAR YOUNG A. K. MORTENSEN MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE JOEL E. RICKS, Chairman A. R. MORTENSEN PUBLIC RELATIONS COMMITTEE GEORCE F. EGAN, Chairman WILLIAM F. MC CREA CHARLES R. MABEY EDITORIAL CONTRIBUTIONS: The Society was organized essentially to collect, disseminate and preserve important material pertaining to the history of the state . To effect this end, contributions of manuscripts are solicited, such as old diaries, journals, letters, and other writings of the pioneers^ also original manuscripts by present-day writers on any phase of early Utah history. Treasured papers or manuscripts may be printed in faithful detail in the Quarterly, without harm to them, and without permanently removing them from their possessors. Contributions for the consideration of the Publications Committee, and correspondence relating thereto, should be addressed to the Editor, Utah State Historical Society, 603 East South Temple, Salt Lake City 2, Utah. The Utah State Historical Society assumes no responsibility for statements made by contributors to this publication. MEMBERSHIP: Membership in the Society is $3.00 per year. The Utah Historical Quarterly is sent free to all members. Non-members and institutions may receive the Quarterly at $3.00 a year or $1.00 for current numbers. Life membership, $50.00. Checks should be made payable to the Utah State Historical Society and mailed to the Editor, 603 East South Temple, Salt Lake City 2, 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. $oltttcal €00ap ON THE KINGDOM OF NEW SPAIN. CONTAINING Researches relative to the Geography of Mexico, the Extent of its Surface and its political Division into Lntendancies,the physical Aspect of the Country, the Population, the State of Agriculture and Manufacturing and Commercial industry, the Canals projected between the South Sea and Atlantic Ocean, the Crown Revenues, the Quantity of the precious Metals which have flowed from Mexico into Europe and Asia, since the Discovery of the New Continent, and the Military Defence of New Spain. BY ALEXANDER DE HUMBOLDT. WITH PHYSICAL SECTIONS AND MAPS, FOUNDED ON ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATIONS, AND TRIGONOMETRICAL AND BAROMETRICAL MEASUREMENTS. TRANSLATED FROM THE ORIGINAL FRENCH BY JOHN BLACK. VOL. II. LONDON: PRINTED roR LONGMAN, HURST, REES, ORHE, AID BROWN; AND H. COLBURN: AND W. BLACKWOOD, AND BROWN AND CROMBIE, EDINBURGH. 1811. Title page of the first English edition (four volumes) of Humboldt's book which was published in several languages. The ESSAY contains some of the first descriptions of the Utah region based upon exploration, for Humboldt was the first to publicize the discoveries of the Dominguez-Escalante expedition. |
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