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Federal Reclamation In Utah To 1974, Glen Shagren

All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023

The Colorado River Basin of Utah covers approximately 49 percent of the state. A sizable snowfall, particularly in the Uintah Mountains, makes Utah's major contribution to the water flow of the Colorado River. During the spring runoff the melting snow finds its way to the Colorado River, which eventually empties into the Gulf of Mexico. In large measure this water has held, and still holds, the key to Utah's development.

Because Utah lies in an arid region, water is an extremely important resource. Upon arrival to the Great Basin in 1847, the Mormon pioneers immediately set about solving the problem …

The Coal Conflict: Utah's Fight With The Union Pacific Railroad, Michael Guy Bishop

All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023

The problem of an adequate fuel supply plagued the people of the Salt Lake Valley from the Mormons' earliest occupation of the region. The first type of fuel used in the area was timber from the surrounding mountains, but this proved to be insufficient to meet the demands of growing population. With the rapid increase in the number of homes and businesses in the Salt Lake area, a new source of fuel was needed. A universal feeling existed in the community that coal was the answer to its needs.

In the autumn of 1859 coal was discovered near the present-day …

Reluctant Immigrants Of Utah The Uncompahgre Utes, James W. Wardle

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The purpose of this thesis is to narrate the history of the Uncompahgre Utes to the time of their removal to Utah territory in 1881. During about three hundred years of Ue-Spanish, Mexican relations, the Uncompahgres were never seriously threatened with subjugation. With the acquisition of the horses and other trade goods from the Spanish, the Uncompahgres developed many traits of the Plains Indians. They ranged over vast areas hunting wild animals, and raiding whites and enemy tribes.

But in less than thirty-three years after the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo which placed all of their domain within the …

Electrification Of Utah 1880 To 1915, Boyd L. Dastrup

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Invented in the 1870's, practical electric lighting systems and the electric power industry immediately began to spread. At first electricity was limited to public and domestic lighting. Soon, it was applied to transportation when streetcars and interurbans were electrified. Later, industry, in particular the mining industry, adopted electricity as a source of power, and the profits and efficiency increased significantly.

In Utah electrification began as early as 1880. In that year the state's first electric power company was incorporated in Salt Lake City. Soon, Ogden, Logan, Provo, and other towns began harnessing electricity. Shortly thereafter, electric streetcars began to run …

The History Of The Emery Stake Academy, Paul Robert Tabone

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this thesis is to provide a study of the early Church educational program in Southeastern Utah, especially the Emery County area. This study is to trace the growth and development of one aspect of this program from 1889 to 1922, and to lend special emphasis to the founding and location of the Emery Stake Academy, the buildings and their development, the growth of the curriculum, the enrollment, the activities, and the influence of the Academy upon the area.