Topic: utah

Map of a Reconnoissance between Fort Leavenworth on the Missouri River...

Covers the Missouri River region between Fort Leavenworth and the Great Salt Lake. Relief shown by hachures. Showing cities and towns, rivers, plains, Indian tribal areas and topographical information. "The adj... more

Fort Utah on the Provo River. Utah, 1850

This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: West; Utah; Mormons; Forts; Shelf.

Street in Great Salt Lake City - looking east

Print shows a broad dirt road, fenced along both sides, with a few small buildings behind the fences; also shows a covered wagon approaching the viewer and a man with two dogs herding cattle near the center of ... more

Map of the Great Salt Lake and adjacent country in the territory of Ut...

Relief shown by hachures. In: Exploration and survey of the valley of the Great Salt Lake of Utah, including a reconnoissance of a new route through the Rocky Mountains / by Howard Stansbury. 1852. LC copy: Sig... more

New map of California, Oregon, Washington, Utah and New Mexico /

Chimney Rock, Utah / F. Piercy ; C. Fenn.

Reference copy in GEOG FILE. Illus. in: Route from Liverpool to Great Salt Lake Valley / F.D. Richards, 1855, opp. p. 91.

From the valley of Green River to the Great Salt Lake.

Scale 1:760,320. At head of title: Route near the 41st Parallel. Map no. 1. Relief shown by hachures. From U.S. War Department, Explorations and Surveys for a Railroad Route from the Mississippi River to the Pa... more

From Great Salt Lake to the Humboldt Mountains.

Scale 1:760,320. At head of title: Route near the 41st Parallel. Map no. 2. Relief shown by hachures. LC copy missing data on left side of map. From U.S. War Department, Explorations and Surveys for a Railroad ... more

Temple block, with tabernacle, Salt Lake City

Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, 1857 July 11. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

Preliminary map of routes reconnoitered and opened in the Territory of...

Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by contours. Shows camps, forts, early trails through Great Salt Lake region, wagon roads, springs and mountains. From: Report of the Secretary of War, communicating, in c... more

Interior of an Officer's Tent - Utah Expedition [Gen. Albert Johnston'...

Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, v. 2, (1858 January 30), p. 73. Title and other information transcribed from caption card.

Col. Johnston, commanding Utah expedition

Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, v. 2, (1858 January 30), p. 72. Title and other information transcribed from caption card.

The Bivouac [on the Plains, Utah Territory]

Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, v. 3, (1858 April 4), p. 265, top. Title and other information transcribed from caption card.

An Army train [covered wagons and artillery] crossing the plains [to U...

Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, v. 2, (1858 April 24), p. 264. No ref. copy. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Caption card tracings: Utah Hist.; U.S. Hist 1858; Army, U.S. Transp.; Army, U... more

Part of the Camp at Fort Bridger, Utah Territory. [Gen. Albert Johnst...

Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, v. 2, (1858 January 30), p. 72, bottom. Title and other information transcribed from caption card.

[J.M. Bernhisel, Representative from Utah, Thirty-fifth Congress, half...

Illus. in: McClees' gallery of photographic portraits of the senators, representatives & delegates of the thirty-fifth Congress... Washington: McClees & Beck, [1859], page 308. Each item includes subject's orig... more

Map of wagon routes in Utah Territory /

Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Shows routes of Captains Stansbury, Fremont, Gunnison, and Beckwith. In lower right margin: Facsimile reproduction by the Graphic Co., New York. Originally folded in m... more

President Young's Residence

No. . Title from item.

Devil's Gate Bridge

No. 6. Title from item.

Territory and military department of Utah

Relief shown by shading. Shows towns, wagon roads, explorers' routes, railroads, forts, etc., in Utah and parts of New Mexico, Colorado, Nebraska, Washington Territory (now part of Southern Idaho), Oregon, Neva... more

Abraham Lincoln, [April 1, 1861] (Memorandum on Utah Patronage)

Utah and New Mexico, Saturday, July 13, 1861 (List of Candidates for ...

Cannon, Hon. Geo Q. Delegate of Utah

Union Pacific Rail Road, map of a portion of Nebraska Territory, showi...

Sectional map of part of Nebraska showing relief by hachures, drainage, cities and towns, and the survey lines. "Drawn by J.J. O'Brien." Incorporated in 1862 by Act of Congress providing for the construction of... more

Maxwell, Gen. Geo. R. of Utah (not in uniform)

The overland pony express / photographed by Savage, Salt Lake City ; f...

Pony express rider riding by men stringing telegraph wires. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 11, no. 566 (1867 Nov. 2), p. 693.

Lake at the head of Bear River - Uintah Mountains

Photograph shows Moore's Lake and nearby forest in the Uinta Mountains, Utah. Title from item. Illus. in: Sun pictures of Rocky Mountain scenery, with a description of the geographical and geological features, ... more

Wilhelmina's Pass - distant view of serrated rocks or Devil's Slide, W...

Photograph shows aerial view of railroad tracks alongside a river at Wilhelmina's Pass, Weber Canyon, Utah.

Map of location 11th hundred miles U.P.R.R. : [Utah] /

Relief shown by hachures. Shows the path of the Union Pacific Railroad in the Great Salt Lake region from the Weber River in the east to the Great Salt Lake in the west. Pen-and-ink, colored ink, and watercolor... more

Devil's Gate (from below) - Weber Cañon, Wasatch Mountains

Photograph shows men looking over edge of a gap in the mountainside at rapids in a river below, Weber Canyon, in the Wasatch mountain range, Utah.

Serrated rocks or Devil's Slide (near view) - Weber Cañon, Utah

Photograph shows serrated rock formations at Devils Slide, Weber Canyon, Utah. Title from item. Illus. in: Sun pictures of Rocky Mountain scenery, with a description of the geographical and geological features,... more

Moore's Lake - head of Bear River, Uintah Mountains

Photograph shows aerial view of Moore's Lake at the head of the Bear River in the Uinta Mountains in Utah. Title from item. Illus. in: Sun pictures of Rocky Mountain scenery, with a description of the geographi... more

Sentinel Rock - Echo Cañon

Photograph shows a man standing at the base of Sentinel Rock, a large rock formation in Echo Canyon, Utah. Title from item. Illus. in: Sun pictures of Rocky Mountain scenery, with a description of the geographi... more

Wasatch Range of Rocky Mountains - from Brigham Young's woolen mills

Photograph shows several farm or mill buildings with tilled soil in the foreground and Wasatch Range in the background.

Conglomerate peaks of Echo

Photograph shows two women, one seated and one standing, in front of large conglomerate rock formations near Echo, Utah. Title from item. Illus. in: Sun pictures of Rocky Mountain scenery, with a description of... more

City Creek Cañon - Wasatch Mountains, Salt Lake Valley

Photograph shows a waterfall and creek in City Creek Canyon, Salt Lake Valley, Utah. Title from item. Illus. in: Sun pictures of Rocky Mountain scenery, with a description of the geographical and geological fea... more

Salt Lake City - Camp Douglas and Wasatch Mountains in the background

Photograph shows bird's-eye view of Salt Lake City, Utah, with the Wasatch Mountains in the background. Title from item. Illus. in: Sun pictures of Rocky Mountain scenery, with a description of the geographical... more

Thousand Mile Tree - Wilhelmina's Pass

Photograph shows a group of people standing at the base of a pine tree marking the thousand mile point on the Central Pacific Railroad at a cut through Wilhelmina's Pass, Weber Canyon, Utah; one man is standing... more

Coalville - Weber Valley, Utah

Photograph shows aerial view of Coalville, Utah.

Great Mormon Tabernacle - Salt Lake City

Photograph shows bird's-eye view of the Mormon Tabernacle in Salt Lake City, Utah.

"Witches Rocks", Utah / T. H. O'Sullivan, phot.

Photograph showing rock formations on a hill. Title from item. Plate 20 from: Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel / United States Army Corps of Engineers; Clarence King, geologist in charge. [Washin... more

"Does not such a meeting make amends?" / FB.

Print shows an allegory of linking of Trans-Continental railroad at Promontory Summit, Utah; Indians and buffalo fleeing in the foreground as two trains with large hands extending from the locomotives, labeled ... more

American Fork Cañon [Utah] / T. H. O'Sullivan, phot.

Photograph showing mountains and log cabins below. Title from item. Plate 148 from: Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel / United States Army Corps of Engineers; Clarence King, geologist in charge. [... more

Salt Lake Desert [Utah] / T. H. O'Sullivan, phot.

Photograph showing a flat desert. Title from item. Plate 175? from: Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel / United States Army Corps of Engineers; Clarence King, geologist in charge. [Washington, D.C.... more

Map of the Union Pacific Rail Road and surveys of 1864, 65, 66, 67, 18...

Topographical strip map between Council Bluffs, Iowa, to west of Great Salt Lake, Utah, showing located and experimental lines and profile of grades. Scale 1:1,267,200. LC Railroad maps, 592 Description derived... more

Hot Spring Cone, Provo Valley, Utah / T. H. O'Sullivan, phot.

Photograph showing a cone. Title from item. Plate 163 from: Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel / United States Army Corps of Engineers; Clarence King, geologist in charge. [Washington, D.C.; 187-?].

Provo Fall, Utah / T. H. O'Sullivan, phot.

Photograph showing a waterfall at the far left of the mountain. Title from item. Plate 158 from: Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel / United States Army Corps of Engineers; Clarence King, geologist... more

Devils Gate, Weber River, Utah / T. H. O'Sullivan, phot.

Photograph showing a river coursing through the mountains.

Witches Rocks, Utah / T. H. O'Sullivan, phot.

Photograph showing rock formations. Title from item. Plate 19 from: Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel / United States Army Corps of Engineers; Clarence King, geologist in charge. [Washington, D.C.; 187-?].

Tunnel no. 3 - Weber Cañon, Utah

Photograph shows railroad tracks across a river and into a tunnel in the mountainside, Weber Canyon, Utah. Title from item. Illus. in: Sun pictures of Rocky Mountain scenery, with a description of the geographi... more

[Middle of Cottonwood Canyon, no. 1, Wasatch Mountains, Utah]

Stereograph showing several log cabins in canyon. From: Explorations of the 40th Parallel 1867 to 1873. From California to Colorado. No. 198. U.S. Engineer Department, Clarence King in Charge. T.H. O'Sullivan,... more

Camp Supply, Indian territory

Military stockade near Beaver River and Wolf Creek (north fork of Canadian River), Utah(?) Illus. in: Harper's weekly, Feb. 27, 1869, p. 140.

Big Cottonwood Cañon, Utah / T. H. O'Sullivan, phot.

Photograph showing rugged mountains. Title from item. Plate 145 from: Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel / United States Army Corps of Engineers; Clarence King, geologist in charge. [Washington, D.... more

Lake Jan, Uinta Mts [Utah] / T. H. O'Sullivan, phot.

Photograph showing a lake with mountains in the background. Title from item. Attributed to Andrew J. Russell in Framing the West. Formerly attributed to Timothy O'Sullivan. Plate 172 from: Geological Exploratio... more

Wahsatch near Salt Lake [Utah] / T. H. O'Sullivan, phot.

Photograph showing a small town in the distance nestled near the mountains. Title from item. Plate 175 from: Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel / United States Army Corps of Engineers; Clarence Kin... more

Tunnel #3, Weber Canyon, Utah

Title from item. Possibly by William Henry Jackson. For similar photo by A.J. Russell, see: Tunnel no. 3 - Weber Cañon, Utah (2003668252). Gift; J. Pierpont Morgan. Published in: Viewpoints; a selection from th... more

Wahsatch Mts from Ogden [Utah] / T. H. O'Sullivan, phot.

Photograph showing mountains in background of prairie. Title from item. Plate 26 from: Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel / United States Army Corps of Engineers; Clarence King, geologist in charge... more

American Fork Cñ, Wahsatch Mts [Utah] / T. H. O'Sullivan, phot.

Photograph showing a river streaming through the canyon.

Cottonwood Cñ, Wahsatch [Mts, Utah] / T. H. O'Sullivan, phot.

Photograph showing a tent and a wagon with mountains in the background.

Wahsatch near Ogden [Utah] / / T. H. O'Sullivan, phot.

Photograph showing mountains in the background. Title from item. Plate 27 from: Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel / United States Army Corps of Engineers; Clarence King, geologist in charge. [Wash... more

Echo Cañon, Utah / T. H. O'Sullivan, phot.

Photograph showing a part of the canyon.

Devils Gate, Weber River, Utah / T. H. O'Sullivan, phot.

Photograph showing a river coursing through the mountains. Title from item. Plate 30 from: Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel / United States Army Corps of Engineers; Clarence King, geologist in ch... more

American Cñ, Wahsatch Mts. [Utah] / T. H. O'Sullivan, phot.

Photograph showing a mountain. Title from item. Plate 156 from: Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel / United States Army Corps of Engineers; Clarence King, geologist in charge. [Washington, D.C.; 18... more

[Lake Lall, Uinta Mountains, Utah] / T. H. O'Sullivan, phot.

Photograph showing the lake surrounded by some rocks and mountains. Title devised by Library staff. Attributed to Andrew J. Russell in Framing the West, checklist p. 184. Formerly attributed to Timothy O'Sulliv... more

Echo Cañon [Utah] / T. H. O'Sullivan, phot.

Photograph showing a canyon.

Summit Wahsatch Mts, Utah / T. H. O'Sullivan, phot.

Photograph showing mountains.

Echo Cañon, Utah / T. H. O'Sullivan, phot.

Photograph showing a canyon.

Bird's eye view of Salt Lake City, Utah Territory 1870.

Perspective map not drawn to scale. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 928 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes illus. and index to points of interest. AACR2

Deseret gold coinage, 1849-1860 - $2 1/2, $5, $10, and $20

Obverse and reverse sides of money for the provisional state of Deseret, proposed by the Mormon settlers in Salt Lake City. Engraving by Charles B. Hall, N.Y. This record contains unverified, old data from capt... more

Cannon, Hon. Geo. Q. of Utah

United States topographical and geological survey of Green River : No ...

Relief shown by hachures. At top of map: Scale of miles 2 miles to the inch. Mounted on cloth backing. Map resulting from Powell expedition, 1871. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a ra... more

Salt Lake City, Utah

Stereograph showing Main Street, Salt Lake City, Utah, with shops and a billiard hall. Photographic views by J.J. Reilly and J.P. Spooner, Kidd's Block, Stockton, California. No. 399. Title from item.

Ogden Canon, Utah.

Original negative number: 380. Title from item. Part of series: Views in Utah, Idaho, and Montana, 1871.

Non-conformable Strata, Salina Cañon, Utah.

Original negative number: 100. Title from item. Part of series: U.S. War Dept., Corps of Engineers; Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of 100th Meridian, Expedition of 1872; Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, comm... more

Cross-bedded sandstone, Kanab, Utah.

Original negative number: 97. Title from item. Part of series: U.S. War Dept., Corps of Engineers; Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of 100th Meridian, Expedition of 1872; Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, comma... more

Flaming Gorge, Green River [Utah] / T. H. O'Sullivan, phot.

Photograph showing a river with rugged mountain in background.

Cross bedded sand stone, Kanab, Utah

Stereograph shows layers of sandstone on cliff face. Title from item. On mount: Geological Series. Explorations West of the 100th Meridian. Expedition of 1872, Lieut. Geo. M Wheeler, Com'dg. No. 48. Gift; Carol... more

Fish Lake Beach, Utah.

Original negative number: 99. Title from item. Part of series: U.S. War Dept., Corps of Engineers; Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of 100th Meridian, Expedition of 1872; Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, comma... more

Utah - trains of cars of the Union Pacific Railroad snow-bound in a dr...

Chinese laborers digging out snowbound train. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1872 Feb. 17, title page.

Cross-bedded sandstone, Kanab, Utah.

Cross-bedded sandstone, Kanab, Utah.

Original negative number: 95. Title from item. Part of series: U.S. War Dept., Corps of Engineers; Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of 100th Meridian, Expedition of 1872; Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, comma... more

Flaming Gorge, Green River [Utah] / T. H. O'Sullivan, phot.

Photograph showing a river with rugged mountains in the background. Title from item. Plate 46 from: Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel / United States Army Corps of Engineers; Clarence King, geolog... more

Cross-bedded sandstone, Kanab, Utah.

Original negative number: 94. Title from item. Part of series: U.S. War Dept., Corps of Engineers; Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of 100th Meridian, Expedition of 1872; Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, comma... more

Flaming Gorge, Green River [Utah] / T. H. O'Sullivan, phot.

Photograph showing a man standing near the river with a rugged mountain in the background. Title from item. Plate 47 from: Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel / United States Army Corps of Engineers... more

Piñon tree, Kanab Cañon, Utah.

Original negative number: 36. Title from item. Part of series: U.S. War Dept., Corps of Engineers; Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of 100th Meridian, Expedition of 1872; Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, commanding.

Salt Creek Cañon, Utah.

Weathered limestone, Grass Valley, Utah.

Original negative number: 98. Title from item. Part of series: U.S. War Dept., Corps of Engineers; Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of 100th Meridian, Expedition of 1872; Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, comma... more

Cross-bedded sandstone, Kanab, Utah.

Original negative number: 91. Title from item. Part of series: U.S. War Dept., Corps of Engineers; Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of 100th Meridian, Expedition of 1872; Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, comma... more

Flaming Gorge, Green River [Utah] / T. H. O'Sullivan, phot.

Photograph showing a river with rugged mountains in the background.

The New Departure from Utah

Caricature of Brigham Young running away from his many wives and children. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's Budget of Fun, 1872 Jan., #166, p. 8. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption ca... more

U.S. Reports: Snow v. United States, 85 U.S. (18 Wall.) 317 (1873)

Description: U.S. Reports Volume 85; Wallace Volume 18; October Term, 1873; Snow v. United States

Parts of Northern and North Western Arizona and Southern Utah.

Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.

Preliminary map no. 2, (transcript of plane table sheets) of the count...

Relief shown by hachures. Note: green = irrigable land; blue = timber land. Above title: Department of the Interior, U. S. Geological and Geographical survey of the territories, Second Division. J. W. Powell, g... more

Preliminary map no. 1, (transcript of plane table sheets) of the count...

Relief shown by hachures. Above title: Department of the Interior, U. S. Geological and Geographical survey of the territories, Second Division. J. W. Powell, geologist in charge. Available also through the Lib... more

Ogden, Utah.

Original negative number: 73. Title from item. Part of series: U.S. War Dept., Corps of Engineers; Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of 100th Meridian, Expedition of 1874; Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, commanding.

Ancient ruins on the McElmo, Utah. The traditionary butte / W.H. Jacks...

Stereograph shows rock formations. Part of: Views among the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. Expedition of 1874. No. 237. Title from item. Photographed for the U.S. Geological Survey of the Territories, F. V. Hayde... more

U.S. Reports: Ferris v. Higley, 87 U.S. (20 Wall.) 375 (1874)

Description: U.S. Reports Volume 87; Wallace Volume 20; October Term, 1874; Ferris v. Higley

Maps showing the Southern Pacific Railroad and its connections.

Main map shows western states and includes relief by hachures, drainage, cities and towns, township and ranges, counties, railroads, and proposed railroads. General map, at top of sheet, covers the United State... more

Birds eye view of Ogden City, Utah, Ty. 1875.

Perspective map not drawn to scale. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 924 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Indexed for points of interest. AACR2

Birds-eye view of Salt Lake City, Utah 1875.