New Arrivals Search Results
The Latter-day Saints' emigrants' guide : being a table of distances, showing all the springs, creeks, rivers, hills, mountains, camping places, and all other notable places from Council Bluffs to the valley of the Great Salt Lake : also the latitudes, longitudes and altitudes of the prominent points on the route, together with remarks on the nature of the land, timber, grass, &c. : the whole route having been carefully measured by a roadometer, and the distance from point to point, in English miles, accurately shown
Title
The Latter-day Saints' emigrants' guide : being a table of distances, showing all the springs, creeks, rivers, hills, mountains, camping places, and all other notable places from Council Bluffs to the valley of the Great Salt Lake : also the latitudes, longitudes and altitudes of the prominent points on the route, together with remarks on the nature of the land, timber, grass, &c. : the whole route having been carefully measured by a roadometer, and the distance from point to point, in English miles, accurately shown / by W. Clayton.
Publication
St. Louis, Missouri : Republican Steam Power Press--Chambers and Knapp, 1848.
Physical Description
1 online resource (24 pages)
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
AMDigital Reference: Graff 751
Collection: Everett D. Graff Collection of Western Americana
From the Colton Storm catalogue: "For the route covered, Clayton's guide was the best itinerary of the time. The author accompanied the pioneer band to Salt Lake in 1847 as the clerk or historian. He kept a careful record and description of the route and also kept a diary for himself and another for Heber Kimball. Shortly after he reached Salt Lake, he decided to use his materials for a guide book. He returned to Winter Quarters on October 21, 1847, and set about preparing a manuscript for the press. The Preface is dated March 13, 1848. Clayton's guide book was used extensively by successive waves of Mormon emigrants. John D. Lee, who accompanied the 1848 migration, mentions using the Clayton work. Lorenzo Snow had the pamphlet with him, for several of his place names are identical with Clayton's. Tipped in at the back is a Letter, signed, by Brigham Young, 1853 August 31, Salt Lake City, to Captain W. H. Hooper." (Graff 751, sold, Ayer 128.3 .C6 1848, substituted).
Electronic reproduction. Marlborough, Wiltshire : AM, 2008. Digitized from a copy held by The Newberry Library, Chicago.
The Newberry Library
Access and use
Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Variant and related titles
American West.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 21, 2024
Series
American West
Subjects
Also listed under
Bookmark As
Citation
