This account documents a young man’s travel along the trails from St. Louis to Salt Lake City, accompanying the U.S. Army’s Utah Expedition as a teamster, his captivity in Salt Lake City by the Nauvoo Legion, and his continued journey through southern Utah to California.
This account documents a young man’s travel along the trails from St. Louis to Salt Lake City, accompanying the U.S. Army’s Utah Expedition as a teamster, his captivity in Salt Lake City by the Nauvoo Legion, and his continued journey through southern Utah to California.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
William P. MacKinnon is an independent historian and management consultant. He is a retired vice president of General Motors. Kenneth L. Alford is professor of church history and doctrine at Brigham Young University and a retired colonel in the U.S. Army. MacKinnon and Alford are coeditors of Fact, Fiction, and Polygamy: A Tale of Utah War Intrigue, 1857–1858—A. G. Browne’s “The Ward of the Three Guardians.”
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List of Illustrations Foreword by Howard R. Lamar Acknowledgments Part 1. Understandings Editors’ Introduction Editorial Decisions Background and Context: The Utah War Part 2. William Clark’s Edited Reminiscences (“A Trip Across the Plains in 1857”) Section 1. “We Had an Eye on California”: Signing On, Starting Out Section 2. “I Was Starving with a Train Loaded with Provisions”: Sick unto Death Section 3. “They Make the Earth Tremble”: Into the Buffalo Range Section 4. “Consider Yourselves Discharged”: Sunday Confrontation Section 5. “Grand and Beautiful Scenery”: Wolves along the North Platte Section 6. “A Sage Brush Country”: Crossing the Continental Divide to Green River Section 7. “The Boss, Seeing They Had No Show, Surrendered”: Meeting Lot Smith Section 8. “Into Winter Quarters”: An Agonizing Crawl to Fort Bridger Section 9. “Saddle Up and Be Quick about It”: Into Captivity with the Latter-day Saints Section 10. “Difficult for a Man to Escape Their Vengeance”: Life in Salt Lake City Section 11. “We Started, Badly Scared Inside”: From Salt Lake through Utah’s Southern Settlements Section 12. “Enough to Make a Man’s Blood Run Cold”: Crossing Mountain Meadows and Beyond Section 13. “Back to Wisconsin”: The Fate of Sherwood and Tuttle Appendix A: The Pomeroy and Kingston Story Appendix B: William and Cora Clark’s Later Years Appendix C: William Clark’s Obituaries Appendix D: Status Differences among Teamsters Part 3. Meaning Editors’ Epilogue Editors’ Conclusions Notes Contributors Index
List of Illustrations Foreword by Howard R. Lamar Acknowledgments Part 1. Understandings Editors’ Introduction Editorial Decisions Background and Context: The Utah War Part 2. William Clark’s Edited Reminiscences (“A Trip Across the Plains in 1857”) Section 1. “We Had an Eye on California”: Signing On, Starting Out Section 2. “I Was Starving with a Train Loaded with Provisions”: Sick unto Death Section 3. “They Make the Earth Tremble”: Into the Buffalo Range Section 4. “Consider Yourselves Discharged”: Sunday Confrontation Section 5. “Grand and Beautiful Scenery”: Wolves along the North Platte Section 6. “A Sage Brush Country”: Crossing the Continental Divide to Green River Section 7. “The Boss, Seeing They Had No Show, Surrendered”: Meeting Lot Smith Section 8. “Into Winter Quarters”: An Agonizing Crawl to Fort Bridger Section 9. “Saddle Up and Be Quick about It”: Into Captivity with the Latter-day Saints Section 10. “Difficult for a Man to Escape Their Vengeance”: Life in Salt Lake City Section 11. “We Started, Badly Scared Inside”: From Salt Lake through Utah’s Southern Settlements Section 12. “Enough to Make a Man’s Blood Run Cold”: Crossing Mountain Meadows and Beyond Section 13. “Back to Wisconsin”: The Fate of Sherwood and Tuttle Appendix A: The Pomeroy and Kingston Story Appendix B: William and Cora Clark’s Later Years Appendix C: William Clark’s Obituaries Appendix D: Status Differences among Teamsters Part 3. Meaning Editors’ Epilogue Editors’ Conclusions Notes Contributors Index
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