Historical sketch of Salt Lake Valley and watershed
Collection
Identifier: ACCN 2802
Scope and Contents
The historical sketch of Salt Lake Valley and watershed covers all of the canyons that ring the Salt Lake Valley and the Jordan River. Each chapter is a different canyon (listed clockwise beginning with City Creek). Chapters cover: City Creek, Dry Canyon, Red Butte Creek, Emigration Creek, Mountain Dell Creek, Parley's Creek, Lamb's Canyon, Mill Creek, Big Cottonwood Creek, Little Cottonwood Creek, Bell's Canyon, Dry Creek, Willow Creek, the Jordan River, Bingham Creek, Rose Creek, and Butterfield. Each chapter gives a chronological history beginning with the Mormon Pioneers arrival and continues through to the 1930s.
Dates
- circa 1940s
Language of Materials
Collection materials are in English.
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Extent
1 Folder (0.25 linear feet)
Abstract
The historical sketch of Salt Lake Valley and watershed (circa 1940s) covers all of the canyons that ring the Salt Lake Valley and the Jordan River. Each chapter is a different canyon.
Processing Information
Processed by Betsey Welland in 2015.
- Big Cottonwood Canyon (Salt Lake County, Utah) -- History -- Sources
- Big Cottonwood Creek (Salt Lake County, Utah) -- History
- Canyons -- Utah -- History
- City Creek Canyon (Utah) -- History
- Emigration Canyon (Utah) -- History
- Jordan River (Utah) -- History
- Lambs Canyon (Utah) -- History
- Little Cottonwood Canyon (Salt Lake County, Utah)
- Little Cottonwood Creek (Salt Lake County, Utah) -- History
- Mill Creek (Salt Lake County, Utah : River) -- History
- Mill Creek Canyon (Salt Lake County and Summit County, Utah) -- History
- Parley's Canyon (Salt Lake County, Utah) -- History
- Red Butte Canyon (Salt Lake County, Utah) -- History
- Salt Lake Valley (Utah) -- History
- Water and Water Rights
- Water-supply -- Utah -- History
- Watersheds -- Utah -- History
- Title
- Inventory of the historical sketch of Salt Lake Valley and watershed, circa 1940s
- Author
- Finding aid created by Betsey Welland
- Date
- © 2015 (last modified: 2019)
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid encoded in English in Latin script.
Repository Details
Part of the J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections Repository
Contact:
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City Utah 84112 United States
801-581-8863
special@library.utah.edu
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City Utah 84112 United States
801-581-8863
special@library.utah.edu