Talk:History of Utah

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[edit] Article Creation and Organization

I found it hard to believe there was no distinct History of Utah article, given the length and coverage of the Utah article. I copied all history material from that article as a start. There are many big and little articles on Utah historical subjects on Wiki? How should we organize this material? There is a brief outline on Wikipedia:WikiProject Utah/History of Utah.

Here is a suggestion from the To Create section on the Utah project page:

• History of Utah
• History of Utah (to 1847)
• History of Utah (1847 to 1896)
• History of Utah (1897 to 1947)
• History of Utah (from 1948)

What about the date breakouts? To broad or narrow? And do we need a later article dealing with more "modern" times?

Other ideas on how to organize? WBardwin 06:20, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

We could also create a History of mining in Utah article, if that is too big to be included here. --Lethargy 08:40, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Article sources

I'd like to collect a list of sources we can harvest to expand/cite this article. Add any useful books or websites you come across which provide info on the history of Utah. --Lethargy 18:50, 7 October 2006 (UTC)

• Utah History Encyclopedia
• The Great Salt Lake by Dale L. Morgan (ISBN 0-87480-478-7) - More useful than it might sound, it covers much of the history of Utah (e.g. the Dominguez-Escalante Expedition), not just the Great Salt Lake.