Mysteries and Legends of Utah: True Stories Of The Unsolved And Unexplained
From Jedediah Smith's final moments to persistent rumors of bigfoot, from the rise of an unlikely uranium magnate to the mysterious end of Butch Cassidy, this selection of twelve stories from Utah's past explores some of the Beehive State's most compelling mysteries and debunks some of its most famous myths.
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Mysteries and Legends of Utah: True Stories Of The Unsolved And Unexplained
From Jedediah Smith's final moments to persistent rumors of bigfoot, from the rise of an unlikely uranium magnate to the mysterious end of Butch Cassidy, this selection of twelve stories from Utah's past explores some of the Beehive State's most compelling mysteries and debunks some of its most famous myths.
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Mysteries and Legends of Utah: True Stories Of The Unsolved And Unexplained

Mysteries and Legends of Utah: True Stories Of The Unsolved And Unexplained

by Michael O'Reilly
Mysteries and Legends of Utah: True Stories Of The Unsolved And Unexplained

Mysteries and Legends of Utah: True Stories Of The Unsolved And Unexplained

by Michael O'Reilly

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Overview

From Jedediah Smith's final moments to persistent rumors of bigfoot, from the rise of an unlikely uranium magnate to the mysterious end of Butch Cassidy, this selection of twelve stories from Utah's past explores some of the Beehive State's most compelling mysteries and debunks some of its most famous myths.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780762749300
Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing
Publication date: 04/14/2009
Series: Myths and Mysteries Series
Edition description: 1st Edition
Pages: 192
Product dimensions: 5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Michael O’Reilly is a writer, outdoorsman, and business owner who holds a Master’s degree in poetry from the University of Utah. 

Table of Contents

(1) Introduction (2) Jedediah Smith: Tough Trapper, Shrewd Businessman, Explorer Extraordinaire (3) The Lost Rhoades Gold Mine, and the Secret of Carre Shinob (4) The Mormon Handcart Disaster of 1856 (5) Tragedy at Mountain Meadows (6) The Castle Gate Robbery and the Fate of Butch Cassidy (7) The Great Utah Manhunt of 1913 (8) The Faithful John Koyle and His Infamous “Relief Mine” (9) The Legend of the Josephine de Martinique(10) Charlie Steen and the Moab Uranium Boom (11) The Ghosts of Heritage Park (12) Bigfoot in the Beehive state? (13) UFOs and Aliens in Utah (14) Author Biography
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