Item Detail
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6474
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9
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English
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The Mormon Boundary Question in the 1849-50 Statehood Debates
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Journal of Mormon History
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Spring 1992
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18
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1
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Salt Lake City, UT
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Mormon History Association
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114-36
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In 1848, by agreement in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, Mexico gave to the United States a vast southwestern territory known as the Mexican Cession. The Thirtieth Congress set about the task of providing government for the peoples of this vast territory. They included the merchants of the Santa Fe trade in New Mexico, the Mormons, and ranchers and miners in California. The various proposals which were offered are reviewed which culminated in the Compromise of 1850. Population centers and natural boundaries influenced many of the boundary lines. He speculates that Utah might have been a much larger state today had there been substantial Mormon populations beyond its present borders.
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"Like Splitting a Man Up His Backbone" : The Territorial Dismemberment of Utah, 1850-1896
Mormon Conquest : Whites and Natives in the Intermountain West
Railroading Religion : Mormons, Tourists, and the Corporate Spirit of the West
[Review essay on George D. Smith, ed., An Intimate Chronicle : The Journals of William Clayton]
Settling the Valley, Proclaiming the Gospel : The General Epistles of the Mormon First Presidency
The Journals of George Q. Cannon : Hawaiian Mission, 1850-1854
The Mormon Influence on the Political Geography of The West -
History of Utah 1540-1886
John M. Bernhisel Letter to Brigham Young
Manuscript History of Brigham Young, 1801-1844
Mormons at the Missouri, 1846-1852 : "And Should We Die"
Report of the Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the Year 1842 : And to Oregon and North California in the Years 1843-44
Southwestern Boundaries and the Principles of Statemaking
The Constitution of the State of Deseret
The State of Deseret
Utah and the Nation