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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 270. Not illustrated. Chapters: Salt Lake City, Lake Oswego, Oregon, Plainfield, New Jersey, Dodge City, Kansas, Yakima, Washington, Jacksonville, Texas, Pella, Iowa, Traverse City, Michigan, Holland, Michigan, Garner, North Carolina, Corsica, Pennsylvania, Fort Yukon, Alaska, Council Grove, Kansas, Bountiful, Utah, Holladay, Utah, Farmington, Utah, Fridley, Minnesota, South Salt Lake, Utah, Kaysville, Utah, Cressona, Pennsylvania, Narberth, Pennsylvania, Taylorsville, North Carolina, Darlington Township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania, Centre Hall, Pennsylvania, Shaler Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, New Norcia, Western Australia, Canowindra, New South Wales, Norwood, South Australia, Itilleq, D'hanis, Texas, Kiikoinen, Jonquiere, Buena Vista, Oregon, Watervale, South Australia, Truro, South Australia, Callington, South Australia, Quartzburg, Mariposa County, California, Boones Ferry, Oregon. Excerpt: Salt Lake City - Before Mormon settlement, the Shoshone, Ute, and Paiute had dwelt in the Salt Lake Valley for thousands of years. At the time of the founding of Salt Lake City the valley was within the territory of the Northwestern Shoshone; however, occupation was seasonal, near streams emptying from Canyons into the Salt Lake Valley. The land was treated by the United States as public domain; no aboriginal title by the Northwestern Shoshone was ever recognized by the United States or extinguished by treaty with the United States. The first US explorer in the Salt Lake area is believed to be Jim Bridger in 1825, although others had been in Utah earlier, some as far north as the nearby Utah Valley (the Dominguez-Escalante expedition of 1776 were undoubtedly cognizant of the Salt Lake valley). U.S. Army officer John C. Fremont surveyed the Great Salt Lake and the Salt Lake Valley in 1843 and 1845. The Donner party, a group ...
