Mysteries and Legends of Utah
True Stories Of The Unsolved And Unexplained
Published on 14. April 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
192 pages
978-0-7627-4930-0 (ISBN)
Description
From Jedediah Smith's final moments to persistent rumors of bigfoot, from the rise of an unlikely uranium magnate to the mysterious end of Butch Cassidy, this selection of twelve stories from Utah's past explores some of the Beehive State's most compelling mysteries and debunks some of its most famous myths.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Old Saybrook
United States
Publishing group
Rowman & Littlefield
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Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight
290 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7627-4930-0 (9780762749300)
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Michael O'Reilly is a writer, outdoorsman, and business owner who holds a Master's degree in poetry from the University of Utah.
Content
(1) Introduction (2) Jedediah Smith: Tough Trapper, Shrewd Businessman, Explorer Extraordinaire (3) The Lost Rhoades Gold Mine, and the Secret of Carre Shinob (4) The Mormon Handcart Disaster of 1856 (5) Tragedy at Mountain Meadows (6) The Castle Gate Robbery and the Fate of Butch Cassidy (7) The Great Utah Manhunt of 1913 (8) The Faithful John Koyle and His Infamous "Relief Mine" (9) The Legend of the Josephine de Martinique(10) Charlie Steen and the Moab Uranium Boom (11) The Ghosts of Heritage Park (12) Bigfoot in the Beehive state? (13) UFOs and Aliens in Utah (14) Author Biography