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| Keywords: 1852 Stansbury Map of Utah and the Great Salt Lake - Geographicus - GreatSaltLake-stansbury-1852.jpg It had been a daring feat of exploration succeeding where the mountain men had all failed and by means of his map of the western portion of the lake Stansbury had painted at least one more bold stroke into the unfinished portrait of the national landscape - William Goetzmann This is Stansbury's seminal 1852 map of the Great Salt Lake region in Utah It is considered to be the first accurate survey of the Great Basin as well as a cornerstone achievement in the mapping of the American West The first westerner to visit the Great Basin was most likely Silvestre Vélez de Escalante in the 1776 however Escalante who visited Utah Lake to the south never truly laid eyes on Great Salt Lake That honor would fall to unnamed trappers and mountain men traveling the region in search of furs and other tradable commodities Unfortunately few of these men were literate and did not record their discoveries The first scientific expedition to this area was headed up by Fremont in 1843 Daunted by the season and climate Fremont never circumnavigated the lake That task fell to Howard Stansbury who in 1849 was assigned by Congress to survey the Great Salt Lake the Utah Valley and the emigrant roads passing through the region Stansbury working with Gunnison Carrington and others took about two years to complete his survey before presenting it to Congress in 1852 This map was part of that presentation Covering the region of the Great Basin from the Bear River in the north to Mount Nebo in the south and from the Rocky Mountains in the west to the Great Plains in the east Sansbury's map is the result of a monumental feat of exploration and scientific tenacity The detail throughout is extraordinary identifying springs rivers passes important buildings American Indian settlements canals etc Stansbury's work and this map are responsible for creating much of the region's nomenclature but where it is not both Mormon and American Indian names are provided This is also one of the earliest maps to delineate the street plan of Salt Lake City Stansbury attempts to provide useful information for the traveler Both the Emigrant Road from California passing north of the lake and the Road From California Passing South of the Lake are shown He also provides useful notations for the traveler such as this one in the lower left quadrant This desert consists of clay and sand impregnated with salt When wet it has the consistency of mortar Lightly loaded wagons can pass between Spring Valley and Pilot Peak in the driest part of the season Forage and water must be carried for cattle and the journey begun in the P M and continued through the night Distance between springs 70 ms As much as possible Stansbury includes nautical details and depth sounding for both Great Salt Lake and Utah Lake In the process of creating a marine survey of the Lake the Stansbury team was also the first to identify and chart many of Great Salt Lake's Islands as might be deduced form their names Stansbury Island Carrington Island Gunnison Island and Fremont Island Wheat in his classic study of American exploration Mapping the Transmississippi West devotes considerable attention to this important map Obviously a major production an illuminating map of Great Salt Lake Utah Lake their respective valleys and a portion of ˜Youab ™ Juab Valley to the south This map permanently established the cartography and many place names of northwestern Utah One of its most attractive features is that it gives the Indian as well as the Mormon names of the various creeks draining from the mountains For Great Salt Lake itself the map was definitive of course permanent names being given to all the islands and shoreline features 1852 undated Size in 31 44 object history credit line accession number GreatSaltLake-stansbury-1852 Stansbury H J <i>An Expedition to the Valley of the Great Salt Lake of Utah ¦</i> 1852 Geographicus-source PD-art thumb left File 1852 Stansbury Map of Utah and the Great Salt Lake - Geographicus - GreatSaltLake2-stansbury-1852 jpg Old maps of Utah Great Salt Lake 1852 maps Maps related to Mormonism | ||||
