Utah Historical Quarterly (Volume 28, Number 2, April 1960)
HISTORICAL QUARTERLY April, 1960 *#*. Ijwiffi^Sit. '•&*£l3uL i IN THIS ISSUE Highlighting Pony Express 4$&i p Centennial ^m»^^mmm J *• ".' ' ^SWiaSffijigfetii ABOUT THE COVER The Pony Express station at Fish Springs. Photo taken by Charles Kelly shortly before the building was torn down early in 1930. Availability of water often de termined sites of Pony Express stations, especially from Salt Lake west to the Sierra Range. HISTORICAL QUARTERLY A. R. Mortensen, Editor UTAH STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY VOLUME XXVIII, NUMBER 2 April, 1960 Copyright 1960, Utah State Historical Society, 603 East South Temple, Salt Lake City, Utah Entered as second-class matter January 5,1953, at the Post Office at Salt Lake City, Utah, under the Act of August 24,1912, CONTENTS The Yellowstone Story: Genesis of the National Park Idea BY WELDON F. HEALD 99 Two School Systems in Conflict: 1867-1890, BY C. MERRILL HOUGH. 113 Salute to the Pony Express, BY ILENE KINGSBURY 131 Vignettes of Park City, BY WILLIAM M. MCPHEE 137 Charles A. Scott's Diary of the Utah Expedition, 1857-1861, EDITED BY ROBERT E. STOWERS AND JOHN M. ELLIS I 55 Reviews and Recent Publications CRAMPTON, Outline History of the Glen Canyon Region 1776-1922, BY MERRILL J. MATTES 177 NELSON, Arizona Pioneer Mormon: David King Udall, His Story and His Family, 1851-1938, BY S. GEORGE ELLSWORTH 179 GOETZMANN, Army Exploration in the American West, 1803-1863 BY RICHARD J. MORRISEY 180 Other Publications 181 Historical Notes 189 ILLUSTRATIONS Nathaniel P. Langford; Henry D. Washburn; Cornelius Hedges; Hiram M. Chittenden 98 Camp Scenes of Hayden Survey I 08 Yellowstone Falls, photo by Jackson 109 Early Utah Schoolroom 112 Brigham Young's Schoolhouse 115 Sugar House Ward Meeting-house; John Pack Residence 116 St.
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