WASHINGTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY (Washington County, Utah)
BOOK
"THE ARDUOUS ROAD: SALT LAKE TO LOS ANGELES,
THE MOST DIFFICULT ROAD IN AMERICAN HISTORY"
by Edward Leo Lyman and Larry Lee Reese
Published by the Lyman Historical Research and Publishing Company
2001
ISBN: 0-9709525-0-3
AVAILABILITY
This book is available from Dr. Leo Lyman, (435)879-2345 or lionman011@gmail.com.COVER
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DEDICATION
PREFACE CHAPTER 1 - THOSE WHO USED THE SOUTHERN ROUTE Anglo-American Packers Relations with Native Americans Forty-Niner Companies Main Early Diarists First Freighters Pioneer Companies of 1850 The Mormon Colonizing Expeditions to Southern California San Bernardino Converging Trails to a (temporary) Mormon Zion Community Diversity Charles C. Rich Mormon Corridor? Sarah Pratt of an 1852 Company Varied Purposes in 1853 and 1854 Mail Service David Savage Mormon Missionaries to the Indians The Tragedy of Not Promoting the Southern Route Sylvester Mowry's Army Contingent Freight Route Considerations Road Improvement 1855 Freighting Expeditions Unfulfilled Express Company Plans Freighting Boom After 1857 CHAPTER 2 - CONTEMPORARY IMPRESSIONS THROUGH UTAH Nephi to Sevier Bridge Fillmore to Cove Creek (Fort) Cove Creek to Parowan (Little Salt Lake Valley) Parowan Valley to Iron Springs Iron Springs to Mountain Meadows Mountain Meadows to (later) Arizona Border CHAPTER 3 - ACROSS THE TIP OF NORTHWESTERN ARIZONA, SOUTHERN NEVADA AND INTO SOUTHERN CALIFORIA - THE BEGINNINGS OF THE OF THE REAL ARDUOUS ROAD Arizona Border to Virgin Hill Virgin Hill to the Muddy River Freight Road of 1869 Davidson Tragedy Muddy River to Las Vegas Las Vegas to Stump Springs Stump Springs to Resting Springs CHAPTER 4 - ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FROM MOJAVE DESERT TO PACIFIC COAST Resting Springs to Mouth of Amargosa Canyon Mouth of Amargosa Canyon to Silurian [Dry] Lake Kingson Springs Cutoff Silurian [Dry] Lake to Bitter Springs Bitter Springs to the Mojave River East Cajon Pass Trail, 1849 West Cajon Pass Trail, 1850-1869 Lower Cajon Pass to Chino Rancho Wagon Trail through the Los Angeles Region Later Uses of the Route BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX ABOUT THE AUTHORS |
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