the life and times of William H. Smart Smart, William B. (William Buckwalter) 1922- creator text bibliography biography Electronic books. utu Logan, Utah Utah State University Press ©2008 2008 monographic eng 1 online resource (x, 347 pages) : illustrations "By the early twentieth century, the era of organized Mormon colonization of the West from a base in Salt Lake City was all but over. One significant region of Utah had not been colonized because it remained in Native American hands--the Uinta Basin, site of a reservation for the Northern Utes. When the federal government decided to open the reservation to white settlement, William H. Smart--a nineteenth-century Mormon traditionalist living in the twentieth century, a polygamist in an era when it was banned, a fervently moral stake president who as a youth had struggled mightily with his own sense of sinfulness, and an entrepreneurial businessman with theocratic, communal instincts--set out to ensure that the Uinta Basin also would be part of the Mormon kingdom"--Publisher's abstract. Growing up in Franklin -- Years of trial and torment -- An aborted mission -- A repentant sinner finds himself -- Putting a shoulder to the wheel -- On-the-job training in Heber Valley -- Making Indian land Mormon country -- The Vernal years -- Civilizing the reservation lands -- The fourth-and final-stake presidency -- Struggle and failure in Leota -- Hard times -- The final years. William B. Smart. Includes bibliographical references (pages 334-339) and index. Use copy Restrictions unspecified star MiAaHDL Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL n-us-ut Smart, William H. (William Henry) 1862-1937 Smart, William Henry Mormons Utah Biography Utah History BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Religious RELIGION Christianity Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon) BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Historical Smart, William H. (William Henry), 1862-1937 Utah History Religion BX8695.S46 A3 2008eb 289.3092 Smart, William B. (William Buckwalter), 1922- Logan, Utah : Utah State University Press, ©2008 (DLC) 2008029787 (OCoLC)234234087 9780874217230 0874217237 2008029787 22573/ctt47ms0q JSTOR http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=324885 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=324885 Use copy MiAaHDL N$T 100706 20200709055254.0 ocn646069067 eng