Overview | Prehistory | American Indians | Explorers and Trappers | Mormon Settlement
Territorial Days | Crossroads of the West | Mines and Minorities | Transition| Statehood
Adjustment | War and Depression | Utah Today | Bibliography | Glossary
General Utah History
Alexander, Thomas G. Utah : The Right Place (Layton, Utah : Gibbs Smith, Publishers, 1995).
Bagley, Pat and Bagley, Will. This Is the Place: A Crossroads of Utah's Past. Carson City, Nevada: Buckaroo Books, 1996.
Beehive History 14, "Utah's Counties." Salt Lake City: Utah State Historical Society, 1988.
Burt, Olive Woolley. The First Book of Utah. New York: F. Watts, [1963].
Cha, Dia. The Hmong People's Journey of Freedom. New York: Lee & Low Books, Inc., 1996.
Ellsworth, George S. The New Utah's Heritage. Rev. ed. Salt Lake City: Peregrine Smith, 1992.
Fradin, Dennis Brindell. From Sea to Shining Sea. Utah. 2nd printing. Chicago: Children's Press, 1994.
Marsh, Carole. Utah and Other State Greats!!! Bath, North Carolina: Gallopade Pub. Group, 1989.
________. Utah Timeline: A Chronology of Utah History, Trivia, Legend, Lore & More. Decatur, Georgia: Gallopade Pub. Group, 1992.
May, Dean L. Utah: A People's History. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 1987.
McCarthy, Betty. America the Beautiful. Utah. Chicago: Children's Press, 1990.
McCormick, Nancy D. and John S. Discovering Utah. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 1986.
Miller, David. E., comp. Utah History Atlas. 2nd ed. Rev. Salt Lake City: David E. Miller, 1968.
Papanikolas, Helen Z., ed. The Peoples of Utah. Salt Lake City: Utah State Historical Society, 1976.
Peterson, Charles S. Utah: A Bicentennial History. New York: W. W. Norton & Co., 1977.
Powell, Allan Kent, ed. Utah History Encyclopedia. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 1994.
Powell, Allan Kent, and Murphy, Miriam B. Utah Trivia. Nashville, Tennessee: Rutledge Hill Press, 1997.
South, Will. Andy Warhol Slept Here?: Famous and Infamous Visitors to Utah. Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 1998.
Thompson, Kathleen. Portrait of America: Utah. Austin, Texas: Raintree Steck Vaughn, 1996.
Thompson, Paul. Government of Utah: Nature Lovers, Teachers, Students, Color & Learn about Utah. Alpine, Utah: North Mountain Pub. Co., 1988.
________. Counties of Utah. Alpine, Utah: North Mountian Pub. Co., 1990.Utah Centennial County History Series. Utah State Historical Society, c. 1996.
Geography
Atlas of Utah. Provo: Brigham Young University Press, 1981.
Keilty, Maureen. Best Hikes with Children in Utah. Seattle, Washington: Mountaineers, 1993.
American Indian Heritage
Burt, Olive Woolley. Ouray the Arrow. New York: Messner, [1953].
Clark, Ann Nolan. Little Navajo Bluebird. New York: The Viking Press, 1943.
Conetah, Fred A. A History of the Northern Ute People. MacKay, Kathryn L. and O'Neil, Floyd A., ed. Ft. Duchesne [?], Utah, 1982.
Cuch, Forrest S. ed. A History of Utah's American Indians. Salt Lake City: Division of Indian Affairs/Utah Division of State History, 2000.
Dramer, Kim. The Shoshone. Indians of North America. Frank W. Porter III, General Editor. Philadelphia: Chelsea House Publishers, 1997.
Franklin, Robert J. and Bunte, Pamela A. The Paiute. Indians of North America. Frank W. Porter III, General Editor. New York: Chelsea House Publishers, 1990.
Hucko, Bruce. A Rainbow at Night: The World in Words and Pictures by Navajo Children. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1996.
Pioneer Heritage
Harmer, Mabel. Illustrated by Virginia Archer. Our Utah Pioneers. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Co., 1966.
Madsen, Susan Arrington. I Walked to Zion: True Stories of Young Pioneers on the Mormon Trail. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Co., 1994.________. Growing Up in Zion: True Stories of Young Pioneers Building the Kingdom. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Co., 1996.
Supplementary Reading
Some of the best historical information that has been written appears in the Utah Historical Quarterly. The Historical Society also publishes Beehive History, and Utah Preservation Magazine.
All photographs from the Utah State Historical Society Photograph Collection.
For additional information e-mail: Utah History Research Center.
