Over the Rim
Subtitle: the Parley P. Pratt exploring expedition to Southern Utah, 1849-50
By: William B. Smart and Donna T. Smart, editors.
Contributors: Smart, William B. 1922-; Smart, Donna Toland, 1923-
Publisher: Utah State University Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Logan
Language: eng
Number of pages: 270
Subjects: Pratt, Parley P. 1807-1857.; Mormons -- Utah -- History -- 19th century.; Utah -- Discovery and exploration.
Description: "This little-known expedition, led by Parley P. Pratt, thus had a large impact on Utah history. It was also a dramatic and adventurous journey.

The journals of the expedition - published complete in Over the Rim for the first time - record the feat of an unusual party of righteous frontiersmen who, challenged by harsh weather and difficult terrain, opened a way for Mormon expansion toward the Pacific coast and along the way documented much about both their new homeland and the native Utes and Paiutes their people would displace."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-261) and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: Introduction; title: The journals; title: Great Salt Lake to San Pete; title: San Pete to the Little Salt Lake; title: Over the rim to Dixie; title: Exploration of Little Salt Lake and Cedar Valleys and beyond; title: Reunion and celebration; title: The long, cold trip home; title: The official report; title: Epilogue; title: Appendices; title: Related papers; title: Biographies of expedition members; title: Robert Campbell's Ute alphabet; title: Robert Campbell's emigrant guides; title: Bibliography; title: Index.