Pestiferous Ironclads: The Grasshopper Problem in Pioneer Utah BY DAVIS B I T T O N A N D L I N D A P . W I L C O X
and famous moments in Mormon history occurred in 1848 when the first crop in U t a h was threatened by a plague
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Davis Bitton is professor of history at the University of Utah. Linda P. Wilcox is a part-time historical researcher.
