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Show REVIEWS AHD RECENT PUBLICATIONS John Doyle Lee, Zealot - Pioneer Builder - Scapegoat. By JUANITA BROOKS. (Glendale: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1961. 404 pp. 19.50) One cannot read the life of John Doyle Lee by Juanita Brooks without feeling deeply indebted to such objective and painstaking research as made this definitive work possible. One's appreciation also grows for those early builders of "the Kingdom" who identified themselves so intimately with it through keeping of personal diaries. Among these diarists, John D. Lee stands pre-eminent. When supplemented by many other personal records and letters such as appear in the Lee biography, the Mormon story takes on a fresh personal quality which reminds the reader how God works through human beings. The Lee biography lifts this much maligned character out of the fog of prejudice into the light of understanding. Instead of a base plotter of a wholesale massacre, he emerges as a victim of circumstances, and, indeed, a power of strength in the sacrifice of personal interest to the cause of the Kingdom. The Mountain Meadows massacre can only be understood in the perspective of mass hysteria resulting from a combination of bitter past experience, present threat, and religious fanaticism. Lee was drawn into an organized community defense which erupted into savage vengeance, and in the subsequent search for responsibility in the deed, expediency made him the scapegoat. But in the words of the 176 UTAH HISTORICAL QUARTERLY author, "Each man knew that he himself shared a responsibility in the massacre, but each knew also that no man alone was wholly responsible for it." As the background of this frontier tragedy develops in the westward progress of the church, the Lee story presents some important facets of Mormon history in clearer perspective. Nowhere is the institution of polygamy better presented in all its phases; the "adoption" practice with its virtues and weaknesses is portrayed together with the causes of its final breakup; the significance of the Council of Fifty appears through Lee's varied assignments; the rather lengthy review of the Mormon Reformation is justified because of its direct contribution to the spirit of the time; the Godbeites emerge as a pressure group to force the hand of Brigham Young in his relation to Mountain Meadows suspects; and finally nowhere in Mormon history appears a more stirring exhibition of female courage and loyalty than exhibited by some of John D. Lee's wives. Trifling as they may appear in such a meritorious work as the biography of John D. Lee, a few items come into question by the historian. Referring to the enlistment of the Mormon Battalion, it is reported on page ninety that "practically all of the first payment of forty-two dollars each was sent back." The "Brigham Young Manuscript History" records Young's disappointment that only $5,860 out of $21,000 was sent back to the enlisted men's families to which Lee added another $4,000 by his trip to Santa Fe. Mormon readers will be quick to note the slip on page 358 where Laban of the Book of Mormon is made a king and also a confusion of date on pages 173 and 175. The map entitled "The Utah of John D. Lee" presented on a twentieth century county-line background is disturbing until one discovers in small print "present day place names shown in brackets." However, a bracket should not enclose Fort Louisa which was the original name for Parowan. Peteet-neet is erroneously located at Springville instead of Payson, and Sevier Lake is misplaced. The book is a welcome addition to scholarly western Americana. Mrs. Brooks through Mountain Meadows Massacre, the two volume A Mormon Chronicle: the Diaries of John D. Lee, 1848-1876, which she co-edited, and the present John Doyle Lee has brought clarity to a much clouded phase of western American history, and opened up new vistas of historical development. Several well-selected illustrations add to the value of the book as do a chart and description of Lee's numerous families. Also a bibliographical note helps one appreciate the voluminous REVIEWS AND RECENT PUBLICATIONS 177 literary production of the frontier diarist and the difficult task of locating the scattered diaries for present use. Finally, the reader notes with satisfaction, the report of recent "reinstatement to membership (in the church), and former blessings to John D. Lee." GUSTIVE O. LARSON Brigham Young University The Cattle Kings. By LEWIS ATHERTON. (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1961. xii + 303 pp. $6.95) In this publication Professor Atherton essays to analyze and define the role of the cattle king in the development of the western frontier. In this project he succeeds admirably and has made, consequently, a notable contribution to the history of the cattle kingdom. It is Atherton's thesis that much of the writing concerning the cattle industry has been devoted to the ephemeral and episodic aspects concerned with the exploits of the cowboys rather than the more substantial contributions of the owners and managers. This thesis he supports by considering carefully the various practices, ideals, and philosophies of the cattle kings. In a relatively short treatment abetted by careful documentation, the author depicts the motivations, methods, and achievements of many of the great figures in the livestock industry. Men such as Charles Goodnight, J. W. Iliff, John Clay, Alexander Swan, John B. Kendrick, and Richard King were, according to Atherton, the real leaders of the stockgrowers, and it is their lives and times to which he apppropriately devotes his attention. Professor Atherton has presented his material in a manner which poses a number of interesting concepts concerning the cattle kings. He pictures them as emerging from many geographical areas and fields of interest. They were men attracted to the West primarily by the lure of economic gain rather than by their desire for adventure. The cattle kings were in most cases men of deeds, not of words. They were businessmen and entrepreneurs, and their moral, political, and religious ideologies were similar to those of their contemporaries in other economic fields. Conservative in their ideas concerning the relationships of government and business, they were, nevertheless, progressive in their business methods. In certain areas Atherton has furnished information often slighted in other treatments of the subject. Several of these aspects are worthy 178 UTAH HISTORICAL QUARTERLY of mention. Chapter five entitled "The Moderating Hand of Woman," contains an excellent survey of the role of women in the cattle kingdom. Since ranching was often a family venture, it is not surprising that women lent stability to the social structure. Nor does Professor Atherton neglect those problems that many women faced in helping to master an environment often lacking in gentility or refinement. Whether the woman was the Indian wife of Granville Stuart or the Scottish wife of Murdo Mackenzie, she was a homemaker and a mother, and most of all, a partner and helpmate to her husband. Chapter nine considers the cattleman as a manager and co-ordinator of the other factors of production: land, labor, and capital. The author discusses the matter of land ownership and utilization from the era of the open range to the acquisition of private holdings as a struggle of the cattleman to obtain adequate pasturage and water. The cattleman was an employer of labor that was often unpredictable and undependable. Wages, working conditions, and employer-employee relationships are handled by giving actual examples of specific ranches and managers. Finally, the means of capital formation and incorporation and capitalization processes are illustrated by reference to actual business organizations. In his attempt to dispel some of the myths concerning the cowboy and cattleman as depicted in the western novel, television programs, or motion pictures, Atherton decries the fact that the cowboy has usually been the hero and the cattle king the villain. The author explains this partly by the fact that the cowboy has usually been a composite character whereas the "cattle barons" have been types. Professor Atherton's work has opened many new fields for further investigation. His thesis is well-supported and challenging. The dispelling of myths, legends, and stereotypes concerning the so-called "cattle barons" and the analysis of the personalities, philosophies, practices, and problems of the cattle kings constitute a substantial contribution to the history of the West. The book contains an excellent map on the inside covers, and the illustrations are well-chosen and presented. One might wish that bibliographical notes had been included in the text as footnotes rather than grouped into chapter references at the end of the book, and that there were a separate bibliography, but these are minor defects. GEORGE W. ROLLINS Eastern Montana College of Education REVIEWS AND RECENT PUBLICATIONS 179 A Majority of Scoundrels: An Informal History of the Rocky Mountain Fur Company. By DON BERRY. (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1961. xiv + 432 pp. $8.95) A Majority of Scoundrels should be interesting and enjoyable reading to anyone caring to peruse it. It will be of special interest to the person concerned with Western Americana and more particularly the student of the American fur trade. The book is primarily concerned with the fur trade in the Rocky Mountain region during the period from 1822 to 1834, the era when the mountain rendezvous, not the fixed trading post, was the institution which served the needs of trader, trapper, and Indian. Though the Rocky Mountain Fur Company is the central theme of the book, it introduces some information on the activities of the Hudson's Bay Fur Company and the American Fur Company. Much of the material in Mr. Berry's volume can be found in other books, but there is some new documentary material which serves to enrich the volume. There are also some new and different interpretations which are put forth. Of special mention in this respect is the role cast for Milton Sublette by Mr. Berry. Though one may not agree with Mr. Berry on all his conclusions and interpretations, it is fair to say that new insights are given as well as considerable evidence of work with original sources. Especially helpful to the reader of the volume are the two folding maps which accompany it. The section of selected illustrations also serves as a source of added enjoyment. Appendix D could, in my judgment, have been incorporated in the Table of Contents, and accomplished the purposes which the author had in mind. The other elements following the body of the text, I found interesting and worthwhile. Some professional historians, however, may justifiably criticize the informal bibliography found in Appendix C. Mr. Berry does an excellent job of bringing to life the colorful personalities found among the mountain men, but I cannot agree with the implication of the main title of the book. Nevertheless, though A Majority of Scoundrels may not be truthfully descriptive, it may encourage the sale of copies. Even though somewhat deceived by the title, the reader will not be sorry he read this interesting and informative volume. DELLO G. DAYTON Weber College 180 UTAH HISTORICAL QUARTERLY The Natural History of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Edited, with introduction, by RAYMOND DARWIN BURROUGHS. (East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, 1961. xii + 340 pp. $7.50) Nearly 160 years ago the Lewis and Clark Expedition traveled through a wilderness unknown to the statesmen and biologists of that time. One purpose of this expedition was to discover and thoroughly describe species new to natural science. So well-described were certain birds, mammals, and fishes that zoologists, without seeing the creatures, gave them scientific names. Prominently among those reported by Captain Lewis were mule deer, prong-horned antelope, bighorn sheep, badger, prairie dog, sharptailed grouse, sage grouse, magpie, steller's joy, steelhead salmon, and prairie rattler. In addition numerous forms not described so minutely are assigned to the party's discovery on a probable basis. The rigors of travel were such that few skins and skeletons were preserved. The bulk of material in each chapter, excepting the first and last, deals with appropriate excerpts from the daily log of the journals of Captain Lewis and Captain Clark. The latter, not being trained in natural science as was Captain Lewis, is much more general in his descriptions, usually dealing with first impressions upon sighting a new form. The meticulous detail of Captain Clark is shown in a few quotations. Those acquainted with the badger will mark this description as that of a skilled observer: The head on which the hair is short, is variagated with black and white. A narrow strip of white commences on top of the nose about Y2 inch from its extremity and extends back along the center of the forehead and neck nearly to the shoulders. Two stripes of black succeed the white on either side im-bracing the nose, the eyes, and extends back as far as the ears. . . . A bit on animal communities is given in this observation for April 26,1805, near the mouth of the Yellowstone River. The open bottoms border on the hills, and are covered in many parts by the wild hyssop, which rises to a height of two feet. I observed that the antelope, buffaloe, elk and deer feed on this herb; the willow of the sandbars also furnish a favorite food of these animals as well as the growse, the porcupine, hare, and rabbit. These excerpts from the journals are introduced in each chapter by a short comment of the editor. In these introductions Mr. Burroughs gives the historical background to the class of mammals, birds, or fishes being described. For example the chapter on Gallinaceous game is or- REVIEWS AND RECENT PUBLICATIONS 181 ganized in this sequence - Prairie Chicken, Plains Sharptailed Grouse, Columbian Sharptailed Grouse, Sage Grouse, Dusky Grouse, Sooty Grouse, Franklin's Grouse, Oregon Ruffed Grouse, Mountain Quail, and Eastern Wild Turkey. The book is divided into twenty chapters, the first one, "Introduction," describes the geography of the explorers' route and hazards to life and limb encountered at various times from the Indians, the adverse terrain, or the climate. Succeeding chapters are titled and arranged to give the discussion a popular interest. A few distractions appear. One fault is the use of small-size type; another is that no indication of the name of a creature, appearing at the head of the section of a chapter, tells the reader whether it was actually discovered by the explorers, or probably discovered by them. Likewise the search for notes in the appendix becomes very confusing. On the positive side the average reader will find the book well-organized as to topics, little duplication of comments, and appropriate background dealing with each creature concisely stated. Moreover, the reader will be amazed that the leaders of the expedition could see so much detail and painstakingly write down the multitudinous observations with sustained care while undergoing the rigors of exploration. This book is recommended for acquisition by public libraries and the personal libraries of biologists and historians. This reviewer has found it extremely interesting. Certainly the editor is to be commended for a painstaking and diligent search through thousands of pages of material for all relevant data. And the timing of the publication of the book coincides with the awakening of public interest in establishing more wilderness areas where animal communities may again be created similar to those observed by Captains Lewis and Clark in 1804-06 while traversing 5,000 miles of new lands in Northwestern United States. GEORGE H. KELKER Utah State University The Patriot Chiefs: A Chronicle of American Indian Leadership. By ALVIN M. JOSEPHY, JR. (New York: The Viking Press, 1961. xiv+ 364 pp. $6.00) Tecumseh faced General William Henry Harrison and said: The only way . . . is for all the red men to unite in claiming a common and equal right in the land . . . for . . . it belongs to all. No tribe has a right to sell, 182 UTAH HISTORICAL QUARTERLY even to each other, much less to strangers. . . . Sell a country! Why not sell the air, the clouds and the great sea, as well as the earth? Did not the Great Spirit make them all for the use of his children? And thus did the great Shawnee chieftain pinpoint the all-important reason for his resistance to white encroachment and for the opposition by many other Indian patriot leaders. As white settlements spread across America "like stains of raccoon grease on a new blanket," Indian resentment boiled up into warfare which brought "American troops whose punitive expeditions inevitably became armies of conquest that forced the beaten natives to withdraw from the lands they had been contesting." This, in brief, is the story of Indian America, and Mr. Josephy has done a remarkable job of highlighting this narrative by examining the lives of nine of the greatest Indian leaders. Beginning with the legendary Hiawatha, the author strips away some of the myth attached to this remarkable Indian and relates his attempts to unite the Iroquois just before the French and English made their settlements. He next examines the war between King Philip and the New England settlers; the expulsion of the Spaniards from New Mexico by the Pueblo revolt under Pope; and the dream of Indian empire by Tecumseh. Continuing into the nineteenth century, the Seminole leader, Osceola, is seen leading his people against governmental mistreatment; Black Hawk vainly holding his Sauk and Fox against white expansionists; Crazy Horse, desperately fighting widi his Sioux against the relentless military pressure confronting him; and finally, the tragic Chief Joseph speaking for his Nez Perce and nearly all other native Americans, "Hear me, chiefs. I am tired; my heart is sick and sad. From where the sun now stands, I will fight no more forever." With sympathetic insight but objective point of view, the author gives us a vivid portrayal of the lives and personalities of these Indian leaders. The only regret, after laying down the book, is that there is not a companion work covering the lives of nine more Indian leaders. There are maps for each chapter, showing the location of tribes and important battles, plus eight pages of illustrations. The book reads easily and displays close attention to scholarship. BRIGHAM D. MADSEN Utah State University REVIEWS AND RECENT PUBLICATIONS 183 The Snake Dance of the Hopi Indians. By EARLE R. FORREST. Hopi drawings by DON LEWIS PERCEVAL. (Los Angeles: Westernlore Press, 1961. 172 pp. $5.75) On reading Earle Forrest's account of the Snake Dance, I can see practically no difference between the dances in 1938 and 1958, when I viewed them, and the 1906 version of the dance as the author describes it. Indeed, the big difference is in the spectators. In 1938 the Navajo visitors came in buckboards and spring wagons instead of pickups as in 1958. In 1958 the women dudes wore slacks and shorts; in 1906 they wore long skirts, big hats, and veils. But the ceremony was the same. The notes taken by Mr. Forrest about the rites in 1906 would, in all essentials, describe those of 1962: the four days spent in gathering snakes, the lustral washing of the serpents, the deft handling of the rattlers with nothing but eagle feather "snake whips" and bare hands, the stamping before the kisi on sipapu (the entrance to the underworld), the fearless carrying of the venomous reptiles between the teeth, and the plunging into the sacred circle of cornmeal to emerge with handfuls of squirming snakes and race off over the mesa trails to deposit the snakes on the desert floor. The ancient ceremony remains unchanged. This book is the work of an enthusiast who has been interested in the Hopis for more than sixty years. The work is largely based on the personal experiences and observations of the writer as he visited Snake Dances in 1906, 1907, and 1908. Its tone is, therefore, chiefly reminiscent. Two limitations are implicit in the writing of the book. First, the author lacks the background of a trained anthropologist, and second, he lacks the gifts of an imaginative artist. But Mr. Forrest makes no pretense of being an expert and very candidly gives credit to the authorities whom he frequently uses; moreover, he neither sentimentalizes nor romanticizes his accounts. Consequently, there is a blunt honesty about the book that tends to inspire confidence in the reader. Mr. Forrest's visits to the Snake Dances are reported in considerable detail, and since the dance is in most respects identical in the various villages, the accounts are unavoidably repetitious. Some variety, however, is achieved in the accounts by the author's introduction of various incidents in which he was personally involved on the occasions. Possibly the strangest thing found in the book is the implication that the whole ceremony is founded on so slight a myth as that told by Dr. J. Walter Fewkes in the Nineteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology, about the snake youth, though indeed this assumption may well represent the truth. Perhaps the reader will find his 184 UTAH HISTORICAL QUARTERLY greatest disappointment in the book in the fact that so many ceremonial details are described without any attempt at interpretation. But it may be wise to conclude that no interpretation at all is much to be preferred over a white man's guess. Perhaps the reader will find his greatest pleasure, as I did, in the fascinating old photographs, so patently unposed and so reassuring in the witness they bear that the Snake Dance has not changed significantly in sixty years. KARL YOUNG Brigham Young University The Towns of Tintic. By BETH KAY HARRIS. (Denver: Sage Books, 1961. 180 pp. $4.00) This little book might be called a tray of hors d'oeuvres - spicy, tempting tidbits which the reader consumes and looks about, appetite whetted, for a full meal. Why has no one done a full-length, full-bodied novel on this neglected area ? Beth Kay Harris has gathered here a large number of anecdotes about the mines of the Tintic district and the men who made those mines. Many of the names are familiar: John Q. Packard, who gave Salt Lake City its public library; John Beck, of Beck's Hot Springs; the Mclntyre brothers; "Uncle" Jesse Knight. These men made millions in the district; their activity enriched the state; their names appear on business blocks and public buildings and streets throughout the area. There were others, less well-known - farmers like John O. and William P. Freckleton, businessmen, doctors, and newspapermen who contributed to the development of the communities that supported the mines. And those two historically glamorous figures, Porter Rockwell and Bill Hickman. With such a cast Mrs. Harris has no trouble keeping her reader interested. And she adds a bonus with tales about men who have not previously been paid the tribute of literary recognition - the little-known but colorful characters who gave vivid life to those mining towns. It may surprise those of a later generation to learn that those towns were as boisterous and lively as any of the famed boom towns of California, Nevada, and Colorado. That their story has never been adequately told is to the shame of Utah writers, who stray far afield to recount the glory of other states. With such a wealth of material at their doorstep, they seem to regard it with disdain, as the early Mormons regarded the rich ore that was theirs for the taking. REVIEWS AND RECENT PUBLICATIONS 185 Mrs. Harris has done what she set out to do: record the lively anecdotes of the Tintic area. But each anecdote suggests a whole story - for example, the fabulous history of "Uncle" Jesse Knight is condensed into less than ten pages. Some tantalizing references are made and never explained. Who was "the woman in black who wandered the streets?" Salt Lake also had a mysterious woman in black around 1900. Was she in town from Eureka? As said above, this is a tray of appetizers, and a mighty tempting tray it is. A few things, however, would have greatly improved the book. First, an index. This is not a very expensive addition to a volume, but it does add tremendously to its value. Then, more careful editing. The misspelling of Albert Sidney Johnston's name; the use of "pouring" for "poring" and other careless errors should not appear in a book published by Alan Swallow. However, if one can overlook these minor faults, one can enjoy a very pleasant hour or two and come away with the feeling that the Tintic district is rich - not only in ore, but in the stuff of which great books a r e m a d e - OLIVE W.BURT Salt Lake City The Eyes of Discovery: The Pageant of North America As Seen by the First Explorers. By JOHN BAKELESS. (New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1961. x + 439 pp. $2.00) This volume is an effort to describe North America as the first white men in each area saw it: landscapes, forests, plains, animals, plants, streams, the Indians, as they existed before the inevitable change that began almost from the instant of the first white settlement. A Guide to Archives and Manuscripts in the United States. Edited by PHILIP M. HAMER. Compiled for the National Historical Publications Commission. (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1961. xxiii 4-775 pp. $12.50) The National Historical Publications Commission is to be congratulated for undertaking a work of this magnitude. Certainly scholars everywhere doing research in the United States will find this Guide a most useful tool. The completeness of the listings of the various libraries and archives is dependent upon the co-operation and thoroughness of the person who 186 UTAH HISTORICAL QUARTERLY responded to the questionnaire circulated by Dr. Hamer. It is unfortunate that all institutional holders of manuscripts were not diligent in their response to the questionnaire. Nevertheless, this Guide is a must for every library serving serious scholars in America. It is well worth the purchase price, and Utah scholars will find numerous entries dealing with subjects of interest to them. Guide to Photocopied Historical Materials in the United States and Canada. Edited by RICHARD W. HALE, JR. Published for the American Historical Association. (Ithica: Cornell University Press, 1961. xxxiv + 241 pp. $5.00) This Guide sets out "to supply basic bibliographical information on the photocopied manuscripts of interest to historians which are available in depositories in the United States and Canada." It is this reviewer's opinion that the Guide has achieved its objectives adequately and in a very usable format. The photocopied materials also cover records from various parts of the world. The first portion of the Guide gives a listing of those foreign nations whose photocopied records are located in various libraries in the United States and Canada. Residents of Salt Lake City should be impressed with the rich source of research materials available in their city. Practically every area of the world listed in this Guide has some type of photocopied material deposited with the Genealogical Society of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. As is the case with most projects of this kind, the finished work is only as complete and accurate as the material supplied by the participating institutions. It is quite apparent that some existing files were not reported to the compilers. However, a fine piece of work has been accomplished by Mr. Hale and his associates. It will, indeed, be a great aid to historians and genealogists. Our Pioneer Heritage. Compiled by KATE B. CARTER. Volume IV. (Salt Lake City: Daughters of Utah Pioneers, 1961. xi + 582 pp. $4.50) Mrs. Kate B. Carter has once again brought together in this volume interesting and valuable historical information on Utah and the West. A wide range of subject matter offers a rich source of research material. Of great benefit to scholars who constantly draw upon the publications of the D. U. P., this book is typical of the many which have preceded it. REVIEWS AND RECENT PUBLICATIONS 187 The fine work already carried on by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers would be enhanced still further through some refinements in editing, warnings to the reader of omissions or deletions, and more than a name index. The Joshua Salisbury Family Book °f Remembrance. By Louis S. LEATHAM. (Ann Arbor: Edward Brothers, Inc., 1961. xiv 4- 851 pp. $25.00) The beautifully bound volume is an excellent genealogical-historical and biographical dictionary of Joshua Salisbury, his ancestry, his descendants, and allied families. The book is a fine example of how a family history might be compiled. Other individuals considering publication of a family history would do well to follow this example. King of the Mountain Men: The Life of Jim Bridger. By Gene Caesar. (New York: E. P. Dutton and Company, 1961) Christmas on the American Frontier, 1800-1900. By John E. Baur. (Caldwell, Idaho: The Caxton Printers, Ltd., 1961) | A chapter devoted to Christmas in Utah] Geology of the Bingham Mining District and Northern Oquirrh Mountains. (Salt Lake City: Utah Geological Society, 1961) The American Heritage Book °f Indians. Edited by Alvin M. Josephy, Jr. (New York: American Heritage-Simon & Schuster, 1961) Ishi in Two Worlds. By Theodora Kroeber. (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1961) [Remaining survivor of Yana Tribe of Indians] James Mercer Kirkham, Highlights of His Successful Life. (Salt Lake City: ElMoineW. Kirkham, 1961) Land in Utah: A Report on Land Status Determination, Present Status, and Land Records. By Claron E. Nelson and Irving N. Fisher. (Salt Lake City: University of Utah, Bureau of Economic and Business Research, 1961) 188 UTAH HISTORICAL QUARTERLY Utah Resources and Land Management: An Inventory of Utah's Resources and the Economic Implications with Respect to the Management of Public Lands. . . . By Claron E. Nelson. (Salt Lake City: University of Utah, Bureau of Economic and Business Research, 1961) The Melville Family of Utah. Compiled by Alton Crane Melville. (1961) Navaho Land-Yesterday and Today. By Solveig Paulson Russell. (Chicago: Baida Whitehead Melmont, 1961) The Oregon Country Under the Union Jack- Compiled by B. C. Payette. Published for Payette Radio Limited. (Montreal, Canada, 1961) [This book contains Alexander Henry's Astoria Journal] Overland in 1849, from. Missouri to California by the Platte River and the Salt Lake Trail, an account from the letters of G. C. Pearson. Edited by Jessie H. Goodman. Introduction and notes by John Bart-lett Goodman, III. Privately published. (Los Angeles, 1961) [Scraps of Californiana VI] The Pony Express Rides On! A History of the Central Overland Pony Express, 1860-61, Between St. Joseph, Missouri, and Sacramento and San Francisco, California. By Mabel Loving. (St. Joseph: Robidoux Publishing Company, 1961) The Pueblo Indian Occupation of the Southern Great Basin. By Richard Shutler, Jr. (Tucson: University of Arizona, 1961) [Microfilm, Xerox] These Were the Sioux. By Mari Sandoz. (New York: Hastings House, 1961) University Lands: Their History and Undeveloped Potential. By J. R. Mahoney. (Salt Lake City: University of Utah, Bureau of Economic and Business Research, 1961) The Year of Decision, 1846. By Bernard Austine DeVoto. (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1961) [Reprint] REVIEWS AND RECENT PUBLICATIONS 189 American Antiquity - XXVII, October 1961: "The Beaver Creek Agricultural Community on the San Juan River, Utah," by Alexander J. Lindsay, Jr., 174-87. AIA [American Institute of Architects] Architecture - Fall 1961: "The Tabernacle on Temple Square," by Gary Pickering, 20-21. Annals of Wyoming - XXXIII, October 1961: "Biographical Sketch of James Bridger," by Major General Grenville M. Dodge, 159-77; "Wyoming's Frontier Newspapers [history of the Daily Telegraph, published by Hiram Brundage, Fort Bridger, Utah Territory]," by Elizabeth Keen, 135-58. Brigham Young University Studies - III, Spring and Summer 1961: "Religion and Economics in Mormon History," by Leonard J. Arrington, 15-33; "Mormon Bibliography, 1960," by Ralph Hansen, 51-54. Circuit - December 1961: "Bingham - the end is near." Deseret News and Salt Lake Telegram, Church News - November 18, 1961: "Singing Swiss Colony Brought Songs to Santa Clara in '61," by Dorothy O. Rea, 6ff. Desert - XXIV, December 1961: "Christmas on the Early Desert [Mormons early Christmases are described]," by John Baur, 27-29; "When Lumber Came From the Cliffs of Zion, 'Like a Hawk Flying' [plan to haul lumber off the top of Zion Canyon's east rim led to the fulfillment of a prophesy by Brigham Young]," by Frank Jensen, 20-22; XXV, January 1962: "Who Was Elias B. Woolley, Fifth Riverrunner to Traverse the Colorado?" by P. T. Reilly, 22-36. Farm and Home Science - XXII, December 1961: "Utah's Population - Its Geographic Distribution," by Therel R. Black, 92ff. The Historical Society of Southern California Quarterly - XLIII, September 1961: "Wagons East Across the Sierras," by Allen Fifield, 276-96. Idaho Yesterdays - V, Fall 1961: "Pioneer Portraits - Jean Baptiste Charbonneau," 7-9. 190 UTAH HISTORICAL QUARTERLY The Improvement Era - LXV, January 1962: "The Beehive House - A Monument to the Past," 21ff. Life - LI, December 22,1961: "A Man Wins His Dream With a Cable Car [under the title "Big Bitter Battles Rage All Around the Country," concerns the erection of a cable car at Bridal Veil Falls by Rue L. Clegg]," 132; "Water, A Land that has plenty - yet not enough - begins to suffer an enormous, unslaked thirst [photograph of Glen Canyon Dam, hugh spillway of Navajo Dam, and children of Vernal, Utah, splashing near headgate of irrigation canal]," 69-82. Millennial Star - CXXIII, November 1961: "Truth Will Prevail [historic highlights of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in northern England]," by William Michael Burdett, 515-20. Nebraska History - XLII, December 1961: "Nebraska's Missouri River Frontier, 1854-1860 [brief history of establishment of Winter Quarters by Mormons]," by Norman A. Graebner, 213-35. Plateau - XXXIV, October 1961: "Early Trip Up the Colorado From Lee's Ferry to Rainbow Bridge, January 1931," from Wetherill- Flattum-Stearns Manuscript, 33-49. The Pony Express - XXVIII, October 1961: "Atlantic Telegraph Cable of 1858 [illustration and brief section on the Salt Lake City telegraph office and events leading to its establishment]," by Colonel Edward Dickinson Baker. Saints' Herald - CVIII, November 13, 1961: "Nauvoo and a Corner of Illinois, Nauvoo Temple," by Pearl Wilcox, Part VIII, 13-15; November 20, 1961: "Nauvoo and a Corner of Illinois, Politics," Part IX, 14-16; November 27, 1961: "Nauvoo and a Corner of Illinois, Martyrdom," Part X, 16-18; December 4, 1961: "Nauvoo and a Corner of Illinois, Cemeteries," Part XI, 10-12; December 11,1961: "Nauvoo and a Corner of Illinois, Deserted Nauvoo," Part XII, 14-16; CIX, January 1, 1962: "Stake Organization and Function, A Brief History," by Maurice L. Draper, Part 1,6-8. Sierra Club Bulletin - XLVI, November 1961: "The Spotlight Shines Suddenly on a Land the Ages Forgot . . . The Utah Needles [personal explanation of tour of area]," by Rosalie Goldman, 4-6. REVIEWS AND RECENT PUBLICATIONS 191 Think - XXVII, November 1961: "A Visit with George Romney," by Arthur Herzog, 21-23. Today's Health - XXXIX, November 1961: "Visit America's Lost Country [within boundaries of Grand Canyon is Supailand, home of the Havasupais, our smallest, most remote tribe of Indians]," by Henry and Vera Bradshaw, 44ff. Utah Farmer - LXXX, December 7, 1961: "Glen Canyon Dam Slowly Rising [concerns construction]," cover ff.; LXXXI, January 18,1962: "Utah's 110 Years of Horticulture," by D. Wynne Thorne, 5. Utah Law Review - VII, Spring 1961: "Mistake in the Utah Law of Contracts," by J. Thomas Greene, 304-21; "Survey of Utah Law - 1960," by Ronald N. Boyce and Richard L. Dewsnup, 342-66. The Westerners Brand Book - XVIII, November 1961: "Rails Across the Land - the Union Pacific [story of the Union Pacific from the Missouri to Promontory Point]," by Joel L. Priest, Jr., 65ff. |
