Inventory of the County Archives of Utah. No. 8. Emery County (Castle Dale)
Ogden: The Utah Historical Records Survey, March, 1941. First Edition. 179pp. Quarto [27 cm] 1/4 brown cloth over brown printed wrappers. Very good. Item #7463
WPA work for this central Utah county. Ex-libris Dale L. Morgan with his signature at the upper right corner of the cover. Emery County shares in the mining economy of its northern neighbor, Carbon County. Much of the county is and was a grazing area, a general historical topic made the subject of a major national WPA writing project. Saunders 11.
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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