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James Bourne Rhead diary of trip across Utah
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- Description
- This diary describes a 15-day trip Rhead took, in May 1878, from Coalville across the Uinta Mountains to one of Utah's last arable frontier areas, a tiny settlement on the Green River known as Ashley's Fork. It was soon renamed Vernal, and is now the largest town in sparsely-settled northeast Utah.
- Production date
- 1878.
- Call number
- mssHM 82433
- Provenance
- Purchased from Swann Printed & Manuscript Americana Sale 2391, Lot 334, by the William Reese Company, September 17, 2015.
- Dimensions
- 17 cm :
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