The History and Economics of Utah's Railroads

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By David F. Johnson

Bibliography

Books

Alter, J. Cecil. Utah, The Storied Domain. American Historical Society, Inc. Chicago and New York, 1932.

Bancroft, Hubert Howe. History of Utah. San Francisco: The History Co., 1890

Butler, B.S., Loughlin, G. F., Heikes, V. C., et al. Ore Deposits in Utah. Washington: Government Printing Offices, 1920. Department of Interior, U. S. Geological Survey, Professional Paper 111.

Culmer, H. L. A. Utah Directory and Gazetteer for 1879-80. Salt Lake City: H. L. A. Culmer & Co., 1879.

Evans, John Henry. The Story of Utah. New York: The MacMillan Co., 1933

Facts and Figures Pertaining to Utah. Compiled by State Board of Immigration, Labor, and Statistics; H. T. Haines, Com.; 10th Report, Salt Lake City: The Arrow Press, Tribune-reporter Printing Co., 1915.

Hunter, Milton R. Utah in Her Western Setting. Salt Lake City: The Deseret News Press, 1943.

Kenner, S. A. Utah As It Is. Salt Lake City: The Deseret News Press, 1904.

Mineral Resources of the United States. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Mines. Washington: Government Printing Office.

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Sloan, Edward L. Gazetteer of Utah and Salt Lake City Directory. Salt Lake City: Salt Lake Herald Publishing Co., 1874.

Sloan, Robert W. Utah Gazetteer and Directory of Logan, Ogden, and Provo, and Salt Lake City. Salt Lake City: Herald Printing & Publishing Co. for Sloan & Dunbar, 1884.

Trottman, Nelson. History of the Union Pacific. New York: The Ronald Press Co., 1923.

Tulledge, Edward W. History of Salt Lake City. Salt Lake City: Star Printing Co., 1886.

Warrum, Noble. Utah Since Statehood. Vol. I. Chicago & Salt Lake: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919.

Whitney, Orson F. History of Utah. Salt Lake City: George Q. Cannon & Sons, 1893.

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Public Documents

U. S. Bureau of the Census. United States Census of Agriculture, 1860-1930. Washington: Government Printing Office.

U. S. Bureau of the Census. Financial Statistics of the State and Local Governments, 1932. Washington: Government printing, 1935.

U. S. Bureau of the Census. Eighth to Fifteenth Census of the United States: 1860-1930. Population. Washington: Government Printing Office.

U. S. Bureau of the Census. Report on Valuation, Taxation and Public Indebtedness in the United States. Tenth Census, 1880. Vol. III. Washington: Government Printing Office.

U. S. Bureau of the Census. Statistics on Wealth and Industry, Ninth Census of the United States., 1870. Vol. III. Washington: Government Printing Office.

U. S. Bureau of the Census. Wealth, Debt, and Taxation, 1913. Vol. I. Washington: Government Printing Office.

U. S. Bureau of the Census. Census of the United States, Population, Statistics by Cities, 1890, Vol. I. Washington: Government Printing Office.

U. S. Department of Agriculture. Weather Bureau, Salt Lake City, Utah. Average Annual Precipitation in Utah. J. C. Alter, meteorologist.

U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. United States Census of Manufacturers, 1860-1937. Washington: Government Printing Office.

U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Mines. Mineral Resources in the United States. Washington: Government Printing Office.

Reports

Industrial Utah. A report published in 1947 by Salt Lake City Chamber of Commerce.

Official Freight Shippers' Guide and Directory of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad.

Quiz on Railroads and Railroading. Number 45. Published by the Association of American Railroads. Washington, D. C., 1940.

Article

Forsythe, William. "Dreams of Empire", Trains. Vol. V, No. 5, March 1945.

Unpublished Material

Articles of Incorporation on file at the offices of the Secretary of State of Utah.

Corporate History of Utah Railway on file at the Utah Railway Company offices, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Journal History. Salt Lake City, Utah. 1830 to date. A day-to-day scrapbook history of Utah. Compiled in the library at the Church Office by Latter day Saints.

Lewis, Anna Viola. "Development of Mining in Utah." Unpublished master's thesis, Department of History, University of Utah, 1941.

Replies to questionnaires submitted by the Committee of Industrial Expansion of the Utah Manufacturers' Association, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Third Annual Session, Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Utah, Second Monday of December 1853 to January 20, 1854.

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