The Lady in the Ore Bucket: A History of Settlement and Industry in the Tri-Canyon Area of the Wasatch Mountains

by Charles L. Keller

Book Overview

When the first company of Mormon settlers arrived in the Great Salt Lake Valley in July 1847, it was immediately apparent that thier survival depended upon what resources they found in the mountains surrounding them. The Great Basin soil was baked hard by the sun and yielded to the plow with great difficulty. And as pioneer William Clayton noted, surveying the valley floor, "Timber is evidently lacking." But within a week of arrival, a small dam had...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1607810212
• ISBN13: 9781607810216
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: University of Utah Press
• Length: 438 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 8.9"