The Great Salt Lake Trail

This work traces the history and human stories of the overland route to the valley of a vast inland salt sea, weaving accounts of early exploring expeditions, mountain trappers, frontier trading posts, and the Mormon migration with descriptions of Pony Express riders and stagecoach lines. It recounts episodes of conflict, tragedy, and negotiation between settlers and Native American tribes, includes chapters on landscape and landmarks along the trail, and gathers tribal traditions and folklore alongside practical detail about travel and mail service. The volume combines narrative sketches, incident reports, and descriptive geography to portray the trail's role in western movement before the railroad.