14 min
"So Gloriously to Run the Gauntlet" - Colonel Kane in the Utah War (Part II) Adventures in Mormon History
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- History
This episode continues the adventures of Thomas L. Kane, who left his home in February 1858 and set out for Salt Lake City. His self-imposed mission was to stop the Utah War. His plan was, as his wife Elizabeth later wrote, was somewhat hazy: “Tom’s plan was to go in disguise to Utah by way of California, winter though it was, and make his unexpected appearance at Brigham Young’s very gates, relying upon his own mental force and Young’s knowledge of the sincerity of his good...
This episode continues the adventures of Thomas L. Kane, who left his home in February 1858 and set out for Salt Lake City. His self-imposed mission was to stop the Utah War. His plan was, as his wife Elizabeth later wrote, was somewhat hazy: “Tom’s plan was to go in disguise to Utah by way of California, winter though it was, and make his unexpected appearance at Brigham Young’s very gates, relying upon his own mental force and Young’s knowledge of the sincerity of his good...
14 min