History to Go

  For over twenty years History to Go has been a rich source for Utah history, mined by teachers, students, researchers, and the public. We are pleased to report that History to Go now has a new online home under the banner of the Utah Historical Quarterly. All content is reorganized according to the latest scholarly thinking. Content is more accessible than ever before.
History to Go articles address our history’s broad themes—people, land, culture, politics, religion—as well as more detailed, esoteric information highlighting the unique and varied people, events, and movements in this place we call Utah.


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The Place

The current political boundaries of Utah encompass various bio and cultural regions. Utah’s three physiographic provinces—Central Rocky
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First Peoples

Native people used and culturally remade the Utah landscape as “home.” These peoples generally shared physical and cultural characteristics, though
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Edge of Empires

The Euro-American encounter with the interior North American West can be divided into three processes: the approach to and entry into the
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Building the Kingdom

Few state histories have been influenced by a single religious community as profoundly as is the case with Utah. While hardly the only group to shape the
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Contesting the Kingdom

The Mormons congratulated themselves for transforming what Jedediah Smith called “my home in the wilderness” into a cultivated, well-watered
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This Is Our Place

Native American tribes—Shoshones, Utes, Goshutes, Paiutes, and Navajo (Dine)—experienced staggering changes wrought by the arrival of
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Life in Utah

Mormons created a distinctive culture separate from and sometimes in conflict with the cultures of later immigrants and sojourners. As the first
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Dismantling the Kingdom

The anti-Mormon campaign of the late nineteenth century was among the most intense anti-religious campaign in American history, disrupting society.
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Americanization

At the turn of the twentieth century, Utah’s position within the national economy resembled a colonial relationship. Outside sources of capital dominated
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New People, New Work, New Ideas

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Hard Times

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World War II

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Cold War Utah

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Selling and Saving Utah

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Redefining Utah

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