Publication: Overland Journal, Vol. 23, No. 1
Author: Roy D. Tea
Date of Publication: 2005
PDF File: Tea-2005-The-Trail-Location-the-Trials-and-Tribulations-o.pdf
Description
The greatest suffering by the pioneers traversing Hasting Cutoff in Utah took place on the Great Salt Lake Desert. For this reason it is important to grasp how the salt desert or mud flats were geologically formed. so that historians can comprehend the existing conditions where the Hastings Cutoff Trail traverse the mud flats as outlined by this article.