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Abstract
This account is based mainly on two historical records of pioneering attempts that reached Frémont Island, i.e., Report of the Exploring Expeditions to the Rocky Mountains in the year 1842, and to Oregon and Northern California in the years 1843-‘44, by Brevet Captain J. C. Frémont of the Topographical Engineers Under the orders of Co. J. J. Abert, Chief of the Topographical Bureau. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. Washington: Gales and Seaton Printers, 1845, and especially pages 151–159 of that report, as presented in narrative form in pages 43–47 of the John Charles Frémont Botanical Explorer by Welsh (1998); and Stansbury, H. 1852. Exploration and Survey of the Valley of the Great Salt Lake of Utah including a Reconnaissance of a New Route through the Rocky Mountains, pages 156–161. A brief review of the history of the island beyond those two topographical surveys is presented also, based mainly on articles included in the Utah Historical Quarterly, Vol. 56, No. 2. Its included papers are cited both in the text and in the list of reference. Some of them give valuable insights into the history beyond the surveys.
Contents
Introduction
The Frémont Report
The Stansbury Exploration
A Blade of Grass
The Miller Sheep Operation
A Recent Look-about of Frémont Island
Google Earth Views
References
Publication Date
5-23-2016
Keywords
Great Salt Lake, Lake Bonneville, grazing, sheep ranching, Utah History, John C. Fremont, Howard Stansbury
Disciplines
Botany
Recommended Citation
Welsh, Stanley L.; Gardner, Dale; and Durtschi, Steve, "Frémont Island: Great Salt Lake, Utah" (2016). Books by Faculty of the Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum. 11.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/mlbm/11