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Thursday, July 10, 2025

Photo of a Mormon Settler Covered Wagon Train in Echo Canyon, Utah Territory (1870's)


Photo of a Mormon settler covered wagon train in Echo Canyon, Utah Territory, c. 1870s. A mounted US Army officer is visible in the front of the group at left. A telegraph line is visible in the background. Taken by photographer Charles Carter and originally published as a stereoview.

Source: J. Paul Getty Museum.

 

Thursday, March 29, 2018

An Ancient Native American Mummy Discovered in Utah Before and After Being "Restored" With Caustic Potash in the Early 1900's


An ancient Native American mummy discovered in Utah before and after being "restored" with caustic potash in the early 1900's. From the book Personal Identification Methods For the Identification of Individuals, Living or Dead published in 1918.