Origins of Utah Place Names
Salt Lake City: Utah State Department of Public Instruction, March, 1940. Third Edition. 47pp. Quarto [27 cm] 1/4 black cloth over tan printed wrappers. Very good. Item #7460
Ex-libris Dale L. Morgan. This was a WPA compilation but released under different auspecies than most of its publications. Morgan is acknowledged in the introduction as the editor of the Historical Records Survey and presumeably he did much in editing the compilation. Saunders 4.
Dale L. Morgan (1914 – 1971), was an American historian, accomplished researcher, biographer, editor, and critic. He specialized in material on Utah history, Mormon history, the American fur trade, and overland trails. His work is known both for its comprehensive research and accuracy and for the fluid imagery of his prose.
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