Scope and Contents From the Series: This section contains materials for Gold Rush Sojourners in Great Salt Lake City (University of Utah Press, 1983), Madsen's study of emigrants passing through the Salt Lake valley en route to the gold fields of California. The documents in this section reflect Madsen's focus on Mormon-gentile perceptions of one another. In Madsen's view, Mormon-gentile conflict had been exaggerated in historical writing. He suggested that the...