The development of Utah is a story of the conquest of the soil and establishing the institutions of American civilization in this part of the great West. This work has been considered a masterful approach to both Utah and Latter-day Saint history. It includes the Indians, the settlement of the pioneers, through the coming of the railroad and ends with a description of Utah in 1923.
This work - designed for instruction in the schools - has long been considered a masterful approach to both Utah and Latter-day Saint history. Of this book, Elder Young wrote: "If the book will suggest the larger elements of our State's history and stimulate a love for the pioneers who accomplished the work of making the valleys of Utah beautiful in the fields of grain and growing cities, it will accomplish its purpose." 444 pages
