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The lady in the ore bucket : a history of settlement and industry in the tri-canyon area of the Wasatch Mountains / Charles L. Keller.
Lippincott Library HD9757.U8 K45 2001
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Keller, Charles L.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Lumber trade--Utah--Wasatch Range (Utah and Idaho)--History.
- Lumber trade.
- Mineral industries--Utah--Wasatch Range (Utah and Idaho)--History.
- Mineral industries.
- Water-power--Utah--Wasatch Range (Utah and Idaho)--History.
- Water-power.
- History.
- Utah.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 426 pages, 57 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Salt Lake City : University of Utah Press, [2001]
- Contents:
- Introduction: White Men Come to the Wasatch 1
- 1. Civilization's Pioneer Machine: The Sawmill in Mill Creek and Neffs Canyons 19
- 2. The Big Cottonwood Lumber Company 42
- 3. The Lumber Industry in Big Cottonwood Canyon 73
- 4. The Lumber Industry in Little Cottonwood Canyon 97
- 5. Mining Comes to the Wasatch 116
- 6. Alta: A Location Being So Near Heaven 138
- 7. Alta Disasters 162
- 8. Mining in Little Cottonwood Canyon 183
- 9. Mining in Big Cottonwood Canyon 199
- 10. Recreation: Brighton Leads the Way 225
- 11. Water Projects in Big Cottonwood Canyon 241
- 12. Mill Creek Canyon
- Names and Places 259
- 13. Big Cottonwood Canyon
- Names and Places 275
- 14. Little Cottonwood Canyon
- Names and Places 308.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 401-412) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0874806771
- OCLC:
- 45558987
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