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Thomas Kane Diverts U.S.-Utah Showdown

September 1, 2020 by J Brigham Holladay Leave a Comment

Utah war

One hundred and sixty-two years ago, a small-statured and often sickly thirty-six-year-old Philadelphian lawyer rode through Echo Canyon eastward to find an army and negotiate a peace in a last-ditch, unofficial effort to avert a civil war. He’d already sailed from the east coast of the United States to Panama, where he’d ridden the railroad across the isthmus to the Pacific … [Read more...]

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