Table of Contents
Foreword Terry Orme 7
Acknowledgements 9
Introduction 11
I Perils of the New Frontier
Mormon Pioneer's Adventures Included Getting Away with Murder 13
James Beckwourth, Son of Slavery, Became a Mountain Man 15
The Bassett Women and "Queen of the Outlaws" Take on Rugged Brown's Park 17
How Fences 'Famed the American West 22
The Story of Butch Cassidy Is Just as Elusive as the Outlaw Himself 24
II Western Challenges on the Homefront
Hardworking Folk Built Murray into a Vibrant City 29
Immigrants Drawn to Utah as Their El Dorado 31
Greenhorn Peddler Learns Lessons in Horses and Poker 34
Bingham Ganyon: A Mining Hub, a Melting Pot of Diversity 36
Greek Immigrants Built a Strong Community in Utah 41
In Greece and Utah, Magerou Found Her Calling as a Midwife 45
The Steres Family Made Their Way in Utah 48
III Captains of Commerce
The Auerbachs: From Tent Stores to a Salt Lake Institution 51
The Rosenblatts: Mining More Than Gold 57
IV The Stain of Bigotry
Chinese Migrants Found Utah Was No "Golden Mountain" 62
Coon Chicken Inn Served Tasty Food, Tasteless Bigotry 64
Discrimination Against Blacks Was Once Rife in Utah 67
V Fighting for Equity
Jill of All Trades Pushed Equality in Frontier Utah 69
"Big Bill" Haywood: A Capitalist's Nightmare 71
Utah's Working Women Fought for Their Rights 75
Unions and Strikes Were Part of Life in Bingham Canyon 77
Women Played a Big Role in Utah's Socialist Party 79
Utah Women Were on the Front Lines of Suffrage Battles 81
VI The Politics of Change
Baskin Fought the Fusion of Church and State in Utah 86
When Parley Christensen Stepped into the Left-Leaning Limelight 88
Trailblazer Reva Beck Bosone Goes to Washington 90
VII Architectural Bones
Sandy's Old Mansions Are Monuments to Earlier Times 95
Home Tells the Tale of a Western Builder 97
Elegant Boston, Newhouse Buildings Were First Skyscrapers in Beehive State 99
Despite Ghosts, Ogden's Ben Lomond Remains the Grand Dame of Utah Hotels 101
VIII Industrial Innovations
Coffee? You Bet! 106
Immigrants' Sweet Candy Co. Still Rolling Taffy 108
Tomatoes, Beans and Peaches Made Ogden a Canning Capital 111
Italian Immigrant Became Utah's Pasta King 114
How the Cracker Industry Came to Bloom in Utah 117
IX True Escapes
From Business to Pleasure 120
Hot Springs: A Once and Future 126
X An Independent Streak
In 1910, an English Immigrant Found a New Life on Utah's Promontory 129
Woman's Love Conquers Mountains, Valleys and Even the Sheriff 131
Almost Centenarian Used Fists, and Words 133
Born to Learn, Martha Ross Stewart Soon Chose Her Very Own Path 136
XI A Love Affair with Speed
"Big Bill" Rishel Thought Anything Was Possible on a Bicycle 139
An Incredible Journey Via Motorized Bike Across 1903 America 144
A Century Ago, Cars Started Racing at Bonneville Salt Flats 147
XII Rising to the Challenge
Depression-Era CCC Made an Impact Still Felt in Utah 151
1943 Theater Blaze Took lives of Three Firefighters 153
Ute Crew Had the Right Stuff to Fight Wildfires 155
XIII Opening Scenes
Maude Adams: Utah's "Most Illustrious Daughter" 159
Vaudeville Flop Sid Fox Dazzled Utahns with TV 162
Marx Brothers Honed A Night at the Opera in Utah 165
XIV World War I and Maud
Strong-Willed and Independent Maud Fitch 168
XV A Matter of Survival
Frightening Times 171
A Jewish Family's Escape from Nazi Germany 176
Jewish Immigrants Survive World War I and Nazi Persecution 179
XVI World War II
Young Utah Pilot Made His A lark in World War II 184
Retired Utah Judge Recalls Wyoming's World War II Japanese Internment Camp 186
XVII Common Ground with Baseball
In the Coal Town of Helper, Baseball Was More Than a Pastime 190
Notes 193
Index 199
About the Author 208
