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OverviewBy the early twentieth century, the era of organized Mormon colonization of the West from a base in Salt Lake City was all but over. One significant region of Utah had not been colonized because it remained in Native American hands--the Uinta Basin, site of a reservation for the Northern Utes. When the federal government decided to open the reservation to white settlement, William H. Smart--a nineteenth-century Mormon traditionalist living in the twentieth century, a polygamist in an era when it was banned, a fervently moral stake president who as a youth had struggled mightily with his own sense of sinfulness, and an entrepreneurial businessman with theocratic, communal instincts--set out to ensure that the Uinta Basin also would be part of the Mormon kingdom. Included with the biography is a searchable CD containing William H. Smart's extensive journals, a monumental personal record of Mormondom and its transitional period from nineteenth-century cultural isolation into twentieth-century national integration. Full Product DetailsAuthor: William B. SmartPublisher: Utah State University Press Imprint: Utah State University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.705kg ISBN: 9780874217223ISBN 10: 0874217229 Pages: 357 Publication Date: 20 September 2008 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsContents Preface Introduction One Growing Up in Franklin Two Years of Trial and Torment Three An Aborted Mission Four A Repentant Sinner Finds Himself Five Putting a Shoulder to the Wheel Six On-the-job Training in Heber Valley Seven Making Indian Land Mormon Country Eight The Vernal Years Nine Civilizing the Reservation Lands Ten The Fourth-and Final-Stake Presidency; Eleven Struggle and Failure in Leota Twelve; Hard Times Thirteen The Final Years Epilogue; Appendix A Thomas Smart's Vision Appendix B Selected Correspondence from William H. Smart Papers; Bibliography IndexReviewsAuthor InformationWilliam B. Smart, a descendant of William H. Smart, is the coeditor, with Donna T. Smart, of Over the Rim: The Parley P. Pratt Exploring Expedition to Southern Utah, 1849-1850; and, with Terry Tempest Williams, of New Genesis: A Mormon Reader on Land and Community. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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