Download or read book The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1917, Vol. 31 (Classic Reprint) written by Hamilton Gardner and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-08-30 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1917, Vol. 31 When the Mormons entered Utah in 1847, they found themselves in what they regarded as virtually a desert. Sage brush, interspersed with bunch-grass, covered the hills and valleys, leaving only a green fringe of willows, wild rose bushes, and cottonwood trees along the few small creeks. Scattered tribes of Piutes destitute nomads were the only inhabitants. True, the moun tain scenery impressed its rugged grandeur on the pioneers, but that did not relieve the desolation of the land itself. It cannot better be described than in the words of Captain Howard Stansbury, of the United States Army, who surveyed the Great Salt Lake Valley in 1849. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.