Mormon colonization in southern Utah and in adjacent parts of Arizona and Nevada, 1851-1900
Crampton CG. 1965. Mormon colonization in southern Utah and in adjacent parts of Arizona and Nevada, 1851-1900. National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior
The work that follows constitutes a history of Mormon settlement and colonization in southern and southwestern Utah and in portions of the neighboring states. The geographical bound of the subject area are somewhat irregular. The region has a strong historical unity during the period from 1851 to 1900, when it was settled by the Mormons, and almost exclusively by them. My focus here has been primarily on settlement, though other matter has been introduced. The author’s basic purpose in the study was to cast the history of the region in broad perspective. The study attempts to show that settlement in this one area was a part of the large story of Mormon expansion in the West. Also, within the subject area, broader trends and directions of frontier expansion have been emphasized.