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Show H I S T O R I C A L Q U A R T E R LY April, 1959 ABOUT THE COVER Pony Express Rider. A WILLIAM H. JACKSON PAINTING REPRODUCED COURTESY OF CLARENCE S. JACKSON CONTENTS ThePony Express,Heroic Effort-Tragic End,BY RAYMOND w. SETTLE. . 103 Utah and the Coming of the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad, BY ROBERT G. ATHEARN 129 The Utah Idaho Central Railroad, BY PHILIP E. SORENSEN 145' The Apostasy of Samuel Brannan, BY EUGENE E. CAMPBELL 157 Selections from A Bibliography of Theses and Dissertations Concerning Utah or the Mormons Written outside the State of Utah, BY IDA-MARIE CLARK LOGAN (conclusion) 169 Reviews and Recent Publications ARRINGTON, Great Basin Kingdom. An Economic History of the Latter-day Saints, 1830-1900, BY DALE L. MORGAN 191 HAFEN AND HAFEN, The Utah Expedition, 1857-1858, BY HAMILTON GARDNER 193 LAVENDER, Land of Giants: The Drive to the Pacific Northwest, 1750-1950, BY PHILIP c. STURGES 194 BJORK, West of the Great Divide. Norwegian Migration to the Pacific Coast, 1847-1893, BY WILLIAM MULDER 196 SANDOZ, The Cattlemen from the Rio Grande Across the Far Marias, BY W. TURRENTINE JACKSON 197 Other Publications 199 ILLUSTRATIONS William H. Russell, Alexander Majors, William B. Waddell 102 Pony Express letters '"6 Russell, Majors & Waddell Bible I 15 Pony Express Notice of Rate Reductions 117 Bill of the Kansas Valley Bank; Promissory note issued to W. B. Waddell 122 William Jackson Palmer '" D & RG single track lines in Utah '32 D&RG depot in Salt Lake City; Train crossing the Colorado River 134 David Eccles, M. S. Browning '44 Collinston hill track; Freight train in Logan City 149 153 Birney model street car 156 Samuel Brannan Yerba Buena, 1846-47; Old Custom House 16' Brannan s home in San Francisco 00 WILLIAM H. RUSSELL (1812-1872) Russell, a volatile New Englander, engaged in many successful and unsuccessful business ventures before he joined R.M.&W. Ii was he who insisted upon proving the practicability of the Central Route for the Pony Express, and at one time was hailed in the nation as the "Napoleon of the West." Majors, born in Kentucky, engaged early in the freighting business. As a partner in R.M. & W. firm, he took responsibility for all the business on the road. He believed that orderly, sober, God-fearing men made the most efficient employees and would tolerate no other kind. Waddell, born in Virginia, engaged in farming in his early years, operated a dry goods store in Kentucky, later moved to Lexington, Missouri, operated a store and engaged in other successful businesses before finally joining Russell and Majors. WILLIAM BRADFORD WADDELL (1807-1872) |
