Title: Salt Desert Trails. A history of the Hastings cutoff and other early trails which crossed the Great Salt Desert seeking a shorter road to California.
Authors: Kelly, Charles, 1889-
Publisher: Western Printing Company,
Year: 1930
Subjects: Hastings, Lansford Warren,; Pioneers Utah.; Pacific wagon roads.; Great Salt Lake (Utah); America Discovery and exploration.
Contents: Lansford W. Hastings -- the Great Salt Desert -- Jedediah Smith 1827 -- The Bartleson Party 1841 -- Fremont's Expedition 1845 -- James Clyman 1846 -- The William H. Russell Party 1846 -- The Young and Harlan Party 1846 -- The Donner Party 1846 -- Further activities of Hastings -- The Stansbury Expedition 1849 -- The gold rush 1850 -- The Beckwith survey 1854 -- The Simpson survey 1859 -- A bicycle crosses the desert 1906 -- The railroad and modern highway -- Trailing the pioneers