Camp Floyd and the Mormons: The Utah War

Donald R. Moorman with Gene A Sessions

Camp Floyd was built to suppress a supposed rebellion. It appears both sides, (the United States Army and Brigham Young and his Saints) were working under suppositions which were mainly untrue. The Camp was constructed in 1858 as a home to the officers and men of the United States Army. Three years later, when the Civil War broke out, the army was called away. While the troops were at Camp Floyd, new roads were mapped to shorten the travel time between Utah and California. After the discovery of gold at Sutter’s Mill and the heavy influx of easterners along the Immigration, Oregon, and Mormon Trails, these new, improved roads would have a significant impact on all that happened along the trails. This volume promises to fill us with tales of the Indian crisis and uprisings, and ends with an explanation of the economic impact of the Utah War. All this sounds interesting to me. How about you?