xi+529pp. Illus. in text. A fine facsimile edition of the historic and incredible story of the Salt Lake Trail, originally published in 1898. Over this highway the Mormons made their way to the valley of the vast inland sea, establishing a city and a monument to the ability of man to overcome almost insuperable obstacles. Not presented as a history of the religion but of the Trail, the hardships and terrible tragedies the pioneers faced, the trappers, the Indians, the passage of immigrants to the gold fields of California, when the only route was by the overland trail. Index.

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