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Show IUKSDAY, JULY lb. 197b Pane J Iksms. salts, ACCflRINMIt miscelleanous thoughts repaiis, RICH and rentals. 8th 24S East called Malawi, meaning "land of the burning water." Of the 86.245.000 citizens who filed individual or personal income tax returns this with endless ' of Utah, part 4T a of Utah History Completed Trying to stand back and look at the entire Utah This group of explorers experience is an undertaking made people aware of the few Utahns have attemptgeography out here. The ed, according to Charles area gradually became disPeterson, Utah State Univer- covered by traders and trapsity history department. pers who would write a But Peterson will attempt description of the area. It just that as author of the finally took form and beUtah history for The States came a Utah people can and The Nation Bicentennial identify. The area was forbook series. His in malized with the Comprothe department, Ross Peter- mise of 1850, he says. Peterson believes Utahs son, has written the Idaho history for the same volume. history is unique. It is remarkable to see Utahs history is very one context of Utah history distinct. It is not Colorado's instead of seeing the Mo- or Wyomings. But it is very characteristic of die Amerirmons, Kennecott, World War II, and such as separate can experience, he says. The sociology of the landstories; to see it develop into a fabric," Peterson comscape played a big part in ' er ments. The nature of this kind of history is to cover the entire Utah experience in a short volume. Not a great amount-. of new material was viewedThere was no going through musty files no one else had used; no poring over old volumes," Peterson contin- Utah. It is distinct and clearly marked. Even though some of the towns lap over into Idaho, they are not quite the same. The Mormon village creates a distinct place everyone identifies as Utah, he says. ues.- Utah and its history is no new subject to Peterson. Hes a graduate of Brigham sketch, A Mightly Man was Brother Lot: A Portrait of Lot Smith, Mormon Frontiersman, won an award as best article of was the dry farm. Few mining villages, railroad towns or ranches were founded in Utah until later, he says. Another unique feature Peterson feels is the Mormon in the Western Historical Quarterly. He also authored the prizewinning book Take Up Yur Mission: Mormon Colonizing Along the Little Colorado River. Peterson has served as director of the Utah State Historical Society for two influence. The history of Utah is set apart by the Mormon deter- mination to establish an ward Gods earthly significant. That takes a different process. The prestatehood period is better documented because it involved conflict and people love a fight, Peterson ex- plains. Utah history has always interested me. In 1776, Escalante came from Santa Fe to Utah looking for a passage to California. He was the first European to see the area. 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RUSSELL, The hstwainf md dmtin(. "In this history, I. have tried to work with the distinctions and similarities between Utah and other areas. To see how you measure a state as a whole to see how it fits," Peterson concludes. missionary expedition as Smithfield National Geographic says. conserva- g, tive state. - 9:00 mal can swim for days without getting its skin wet, period of conflict was to avoid conflict. Utah is a center-huggin- Main Theatre A in this Spirit by giving you, our customer, something free with three great king- dom. Many of their ideals were in conflict with national ideals. Next to the slavery issue, no social issues were more contested. The entire history is marked by this, Peterson says. Peterson believes the effects of these conflicts are still lingering in Utah today. In the 20th century; there has been a constant effort by Utah to show the nation how regular' we are politically, economically and patriotically. The center of the road is safe. A lesson- learned in the two periods: pre- - and poststatehood. Utah history since 1896 or statehood is not well documented. For the earlier period, I had to sift through material. For the second, I had to determine what was 7:00 -S- the Pioneers gave much to our State and Blacker Furniture wants to join independent commonwealth within the U.S. pointed to- years. Peterson has found the history of Utah divided into well as an imperialistic ,5Q0 tion canals. Small farms are in the hinterland. After this pattern came the homestead landscape which was more characteristic of America. Superimposed on these two Young University and the Universtiy of Utah, and his biographical are somp There these towns up and down the valleys of Utah. All are similar four lots to a block with wide streets and irriga- ONE DAY ONLY howtime Pdddi? w i JULY 19 A 458-332- 1 history - North, 257-339- 2 sea otters fur grows so fine and thick that the ani- As the sun rises each morning above Lake Tanganyika in Africa, its rays color the water flaming red. Hence the nation bordering the west side of the lake is completed the Bicentennial national project. - and corteges costly gloves, scarves, and scutcheons for mourners, says the National GeographWe ic Society's book, Americans. The rites became so extravagant that they were banned in Boston and elsewhere in the 1700s. Capitol. DR. CHARLES Peterson, member of the history MONDAY staged elaborate funerals The dome of the nation's Capitol in Washington, D.C., is double-walle- d iron, weighs 9 million pounds, and may expand and contract as much as four inches on days of temperature extremes, We, The according to People, the National Geographic Societys story of the department staff at Utah State University, recently Trsnionton, Early American colonists year, nearly 43 percent paid for help with their Forms 1040s from accountants, lawyers, and other professional preparers". STIimn ACCORDION HOME OF THE SOFT SELL"6 miles south 91 ARENA f of brigham i |