West from Fort Bridger: The Prioneering of Immigrant Trails Across Utah, 1846-1850

Logan, UT: Utah State University Press, 1951. Later Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. Inscribed. 328 pp. Octavo. [23 cm] Brown paper over boards. Title and author stamped on spine. Maps included in envelope inside back cover. inscribed by Will Bagley and Harold Schindler on title page. "History with its boots on, as Will Bagley and Harold Schindler describe it, West from Fort Bridger also may be The classic history of the opening of western trails. In it, the words of the immigrants, compiled from original diaries, journals, maps, and letters, recount a half-decade of historic pioneer treks, including the dramatic ordeals of the 1846 parties (the most remembered of whom were the Donners and Reeds) who crossed the infamous Hastings Cutoff. With these texts woven together by expansive and detailed introductions and annotation, Dale Morgan and Roderic Korns told the story of a critical period in westward migration."- from Publisher. (Inventory #: 67865)