On the Overland Trails with William Clark a teamster's Utah War, 1857-1858 / edited by William P. MacKinnon and Kenneth L. Alford ; foreword by Howard R. Lamar.
| Author/creator | Clark, William |
| Other author | MacKinnon, William P. |
| Other author | Alford, Kenneth L., 1955 |
| Other author | Lamar, Howard Roberts |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2025] |
| Description | xv, 224 pages illustrations, maps 23 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Portion of title | Teamster's Utah War, 1857-1858 |
| Physical medium | illustrations |
| Physical medium | maps |
| Contents | "We had an eye on California" : signing on, starting out -- "I was starving with a train loaded with provisions" : sick unto death -- "They make the earth tremble" : into the Buffalo Range -- "Consider yourselves discharged" : Sunday confrontation -- "Grand and beautiful scenery" : wolves along the North Platte -- "A sage brush country" : crossing the Continental Divide to Green River -- "The boss, seeing they had no show, surrendered" : meeting the Nauvoo Legion's Lot Smith -- "Into Winter Quarters" : an agonizing crawl to Fort Bridger -- "Saddle up and be quick about it" : into captivity with the Latter-day Saints -- "Difficult for a man to escape their vengeance" : life in wartime Salt Lake City -- "We started, badly scared inside" : from Salt Lake City through Utah's southern settlements -- "Enough to make a man's blood run cold" : crossing Mountain Meadows and beyond -- "Back to Wisconsin" : the fate of Sherwood and Tuttle. |
| Abstract | "This extraordinary account documents a young man's travel across the Oregon and Mormon Trails from St. Louis to Salt Lake City (accompanying the U.S. Army's Utah Expedition as a civilian teamster), his captivity in Salt Lake City by the Nauvoo Legion, and the continuation of his journey through Utah's southern settlements"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2024033370 |
| ISBN | 9781496237507 paperback |
| ISBN | epub |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |