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Keller, Charles L.

The lady in the ore bucket : a history of settlement and industry in the tri-canyon area of the Wasatch Mountains / Charles L. Keller.

Salt Lake City : University of Utah Press, ©2001.

xi, 426 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Annotation A retired engineer and avocational historian based in Salt Lake City, Keller examines the resource-finding efforts of the Mormon settlers who arrived in the Great Salt Valley in July 1847. Focusing on the three valleys in the surrounding mountains, he traces the history of the lumber, mining, and hydropower industries there from the settlement to the early 1900s. He includes 13 detailed modern topographical maps as well as a battery of contemporary photographs, drawings, and street plans. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).

Lumber trade -- Utah -- Wasatch Range (Utah and Idaho) -- History.

Mineral industries -- Utah -- Wasatch Range (Utah and Idaho) -- History.

Water-power -- Utah -- Wasatch Range (Utah and Idaho) -- History.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 401-312) and index.

Introduction: White Men Come to the Wasatch -- 1. Civilization's Pioneer Machine: The Sawmill in Mill Creek and Neffs Canyons -- 2. The Big Cottonwood Lumber Company -- 3. The Lumber Industry in Big Cottonwood Canyon -- 4. The Lumber Industry in Little Cottonwood Canyon -- 5. Mining Comes to the Wasatch -- 6. Alta: A Location Being So Near Heaven -- 7. Alta Disasters -- 8. Mining in Little Cottonwood Canyon -- 9. Mining in Big Cottonwood Canyon -- 10. Recreation: Brighton Leads the Way -- 11. Water Projects in Big Cottonwood Canyon -- 12. Mill Creek Canyon -- Names and Places -- 13. Big Cottonwood Canyon -- Names and Places -- 14. Little Cottonwood Canyon -- Names and Places.

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