Reminiscences of Early Utah

by Robert N. Baskin

The author, R. N. Baskin, was a former justice of the Utah Supreme Court and was present and instrumental in the change from a territory to statehood. The author chronicles the trials and tribulations of wrenching control from the theocracy that controlled the territory and allowing a republican form of government to take root. There is also some interesting information about the Mountain Meadows massacre, the Danites or Destroying Angels (a quasi- police or enforcement group) and the mormon business system. The author, being a lawyer and jurist tends to cite the law, particularly as it pertains to polygamy, but the book certainly delivers a fascinating insight to the earliest days in Utah.

272 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 30, 1914

About the author

American politician and lawyer in Utah.

In 1892 he was elected as mayor of Salt Lake City on the Mormon-opposing Liberal Party ticket.