Inman, Henry, 1837-1899 / 2008-06-19 00:00:00

EBOOK, THE GREAT SALT LAKE TRAIL ***


This eBook was produced by Michael Overton.


THE GREAT SALT LAKE TRAIL

By COLONEL HENRY INMAN
Late Assistant Quartermaster, United States Army
Author of _The Old Santa F?© Trail_, Etc.
And COLONEL WILLIAM F. CODY, ???Buffalo Bill???
Late Chief of Scouts

Etext Edition edited by MICHAEL S. OVERTON

1898 (original edition), 2002 (Etext edition)

See PUBLICATION INFORMATION at the end of this Etext for a more
complete bibliographic listing of the original source.


PREFACE.

There are seven historic trails crossing the great plains of the
interior of the continent, all of which for a portion of their
distance traverse the geographical limits of what is now the
prosperous commonwealth of Kansas.
None of these primitive highways, however, with the exception of that
oldest of all to far-off Santa F?©, has a more stirring story than
that known as the Salt Lake Trail.
Over this historical highway the Mormons made their lonely Hegira to
the valley of that vast inland sea. On its shores they established
a city, marvellous in its conception, and a monument to the ability
of man to overcome almost insuperable obstacles??”the product of a
faith equal to that which inspired the crusader to battle to the death
for the possession of the Holy Sepulchre.
Over this route, also, were made those world-renowned expeditions
by Fremont, Stansbury, Lander, and others of lesser fame, to the
heart of the Rocky Mountains, and beyond, to the blue shores of the
Pacific Ocean.
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