Show state historical society starts distribution of ne new w publication the me utah state historical society is proud to announce that on october first it began distribution ot of its latest pub b volume 19 of the utah ta historical quarterly entitled west from fort bridger the pioneering of the immigrant immigrant trails across utah 1846 1850 this volume is the result of at the researches of the late J roderic korns koms prominent citizen of salt lake city 0 respecting ahe trails to and through the great salt lake country in publishing his definitive account of the pioneering of the immigrant immig trails across utah west from fort bridger the utah state historical society pays final tribute to mr korns who was one of its mo most st able members and loyal friends for all its rich and varied history the west has few episodes more fascinating than the pioneering of the immigrant trails across the great r ea t salt lake country during t the h e years 1846 1850 this single five year period of trail history embraces the infinitely absorbing story of at the donner donnar party the pioneering of the hastings cut off the establishment odthe of the mormons cormons in the valley of the great salt lake ca and the open ini inia of the gold rush to california many of these same trails worked worked out tat at su such ch laborious trial and painful error serve as he arterial routes of our own time in this nils volume is printed for the time in english or direct the manuscript that thor at will eventually come to io be regarded as one of the classic diaries of overland trav tr vel elthe the most significant part of the heinrich lienhard diary here too is presented a wealth of new information about the donner party on the hastings cutoff in the light of which all the books about the donner party must be rewritten the diary of james fraizer reed fars arst actual diary kept by the donner party in utah which describes the making of the road across the mountains from lie he weber river improved iby the mormons cormons in 1847 in fact the annotation of these journals exa exactly 04 delineates chemor an trail of 1847 forthe mormon journals are a major source of information on the activities of 1346 1846 included also is the journal of james clyman for 1846 on that part of the eastbound east bound route from the terminus of the hastings cutoff in eastern nevada to fort bridger bridger and he journal of edwin bryant traveling with the ithe bryant russel pack party of 1846 from fort bridger to the terminus of he hastings cutoff this volume is a splendid example of the work being done by the society and wath its publication it is bringing to the public one of the most interesting and important contributions to western americana published this year |