Jerry D. Spangler is a professional archaeologist and executive director of the Colorado Plateau Archaeological Alliance, a non-profit dedicated to protecting cultural sites on public lands. He is the author of The Crimson Cowboys: The Remarkable Odyssey of the 1931 Claflin-Emerson Expedition (University of Utah Press, 2018).Mark E. DeGiovanni Miller is professor of history at Southern Utah University and author of Forgotten Tribes: Unrecognized Indians and the Federal Acknowledgment Process and Claiming Tribal Identity: The Five Tribes and the Process of Federal Acknowledgment.

“An admirable presentation of a great saga of ranching in the American West.”—Paul F. Starrs, Distinguished Regent & Foundation Professor of Geography (emeritus), University of Nevada, Reno“A convincing portrayal of the social and economic forces that have shaped Mormon settlement of the Grand Staircase-Escalante region for more than a century. Spangler and Miller bring a much-needed historical perspective to current debates over livestock grazing in this harsh and unforgiving landscape.”—Frederick H. Swanson

Jerry D. Spangler is a professional archaeologist and executive director of the Colorado Plateau Archaeological Alliance, a non-profit dedicated to protecting cultural sites on public lands. He is the author of The Crimson Cowboys: The Remarkable Odyssey of the 1931 Claflin-Emerson Expedition (University of Utah Press, 2018).Mark E. DeGiovanni Miller is professor of history at Southern Utah University and author of Forgotten Tribes: Unrecognized Indians and the Federal Acknowledgment Process and Claiming Tribal Identity: The Five Tribes and the Process of Federal Acknowledgment.

“An admirable presentation of a great saga of ranching in the American West.”—Paul F. Starrs, Distinguished Regent & Foundation Professor of Geography (emeritus), University of Nevada, Reno“A convincing portrayal of the social and economic forces that have shaped Mormon settlement of the Grand Staircase-Escalante region for more than a century. Spangler and Miller bring a much-needed historical perspective to current debates over livestock grazing in this harsh and unforgiving landscape.”—Frederick H. Swanson

Jerry D. Spangler is a professional archaeologist and executive director of the Colorado Plateau Archaeological Alliance, a non-profit dedicated to protecting cultural sites on public lands. He is the author of The Crimson Cowboys: The Remarkable Odyssey of the 1931 Claflin-Emerson Expedition (University of Utah Press, 2018).Mark E. DeGiovanni Miller is professor of history at Southern Utah University and author of Forgotten Tribes: Unrecognized Indians and the Federal Acknowledgment Process and Claiming Tribal Identity: The Five Tribes and the Process of Federal Acknowledgment.

“An admirable presentation of a great saga of ranching in the American West.”—Paul F. Starrs, Distinguished Regent & Foundation Professor of Geography (emeritus), University of Nevada, Reno“A convincing portrayal of the social and economic forces that have shaped Mormon settlement of the Grand Staircase-Escalante region for more than a century. Spangler and Miller bring a much-needed historical perspective to current debates over livestock grazing in this harsh and unforgiving landscape.”—Frederick H. Swanson