Avoiding Mormons, Running Rapids, Encountering Western Utes: William Lewis Manly’s Voyage Down the Green River and Across Utah in 1849

MICHAEL DAVID KANE received a PhD in Parks, Recreation, and Tourism from the University of Utah and an MBA from Utah State University. He is author of the forthcoming Country Never Yet Trod: William Lewis Manly’s 1849 Voyage Down the Green River. As a university instructor, businessman, and outdoor adventurer, he feels most at home exploring and experiencing the wide-open spaces of the American West.

NATHAN N. WAITE is an associate editorial manager for the Church Historian’s Press in Salt Lake City. He received an MA in American Studies from the University of Utah and is coeditor of A Zion Canyon Reader (2014) and Settling the Valley, Proclaiming the Gospel: The General Epistles of the Mormon First Presidency (2017). Born and raised in St. George, he returns to southern Utah as often as possible to hike, trail run, and canyoneer.