Review: David Walker. Railroading Religion: Mormons, Tourists, and the Corporate Spirit of the West. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2019.

Authors

Emily Ogden

Keywords

railroad, Mormons, Brigham Young, infrastructure, Utah

Abstract

David Walker’s Railroading Religion: Mormons, Tourists, and the Corporate Spirit of the West tells the riveting story of how the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints won the battle not only to define what the railroad would mean in Utah but also to locate the junction and stations that would have a definitive impact on development near the Great Salt Lake. Through well-executed bureaucratic maneuvers, Brigham Young and other church leaders secured the construction of a railroad infrastructure that they calculated would best serve church interests.

BYU ScholarsArchive Citation

Ogden, Emily (2022) "Review: David Walker. Railroading Religion: Mormons, Tourists, and the Corporate Spirit of the West. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2019.," Mormon Studies Review: Vol. 9: No. 1, Article 12.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/msr2/vol9/iss1/12