The Latter-day Saints' emigrants' guide : being a table of distances, showing all the springs, creeks, rivers, hills, mountains, camping places, and all other notable places from Council Bluffs to the valley of the Great Salt Lake : also the latitudes, longitudes and altitudes of the prominent points on the route, together with remarks on the nature of the land, timber, grass, &c. : the whole route having been carefully measured by a roadometer, and the distance from point to point, in English miles, accurately shown / by W. Clayton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Clayton, William, 1814-1879, author.

Contributor:

Newberry Library, owner.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Distances--Tables.

Distances.

Latter Day Saint pioneers--West (U.S.).

Latter Day Saint pioneers.

West (U.S.)--Guidebooks.

West (U.S.).

West (U.S.)--Description and travel.

West (U.S.)--Distances, etc.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (24 pages)

Place of Publication:

St. Louis, Missouri : Republican Steam Power Press--Chambers and Knapp, 1848.

Notes:

AMDigital Reference: Graff 751

Collection: Everett D. Graff Collection of Western Americana

From the Colton Storm catalogue: "For the route covered, Clayton's guide was the best itinerary of the time. The author accompanied the pioneer band to Salt Lake in 1847 as the clerk or historian. He kept a careful record and description of the route and also kept a diary for himself and another for Heber Kimball. Shortly after he reached Salt Lake, he decided to use his materials for a guide book. He returned to Winter Quarters on October 21, 1847, and set about preparing a manuscript for the press. The Preface is dated March 13, 1848. Clayton's guide book was used extensively by successive waves of Mormon emigrants. John D. Lee, who accompanied the 1848 migration, mentions using the Clayton work. Lorenzo Snow had the pamphlet with him, for several of his place names are identical with Clayton's. Tipped in at the back is a Letter, signed, by Brigham Young, 1853 August 31, Salt Lake City, to Captain W. H. Hooper." (Graff 751, sold, Ayer 128.3 .C6 1848, substituted).