Over the Rim: The Parley P. Pratt Exploring Expedition to Southern Utah, 1849-1850

Smart, William B & Smart, Donna T. (co-editors)

ISBN 10: 0874212812 / ISBN 13: 9780874212815

Published by Utah State University Press, Logan, Utah, 1999

About this Item

Over a century & a half ago, men set out from Salt Lake City to explore the country to the south. This little-known expedition, led by Parley P. Pratt, had a huge impact on Utah history. The journals of this expedition, published here for the first time give us a record of a party of frontiersmen who opened a way for Mormon expansion toward the Pacific coast. 270 pages, including an index and a bibliography. Volume itself is clean and binding is tight. A very nice copy, available for immediate shipment.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Over the Rim: The Parley P. Pratt Exploring Expedition to Southern Utah, 1849-1850
• Publisher: Utah State University Press, Logan, Utah
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0874212812
• ISBN 13: 9780874212815
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Near Fine

About this title

Synopsis

Over the Rim is the first book about an important but little-known expedition sent by Brigham Young to explore southern Utah. Led by Mormon apostle Parley P. Pratt, the party traveled from Salt Lake City south across the rim of the Great Basin to the Virgin River near future St. George. They brought back to Mormon leaders their first detailed portrait of the country to the south that the church planned to settle.

About the Author

William B. Smart, a descendant of William H. Smart, is the coeditor, with Donna T. Smart, of Over the Rim: The Parley P. Pratt Exploring Expedition to Southern Utah, 1849-1850; and, with Terry Tempest Williams, of New Genesis: A Mormon Reader on Land and Community.