Mormon History, 1849

[Colonizing Utah] In late , an exploring party of fifty persons was outfitted to determine locations for settlement between the Salt Lake Valley and what is now the northern border of Arizona, some 300 miles south. Over a three-month period the expedition covered approximately 800 miles, keeping a detailed written record of the topography, areas for grazing, water, vegetation, supplies of timber, and, in general, favorable locations for settlements and forts. 1849

[source: Utah History Encyclopedia: Colonizing Utah, http://www.uen.org/utah_history_encyclopedia/]

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