Record Details
Map of Lake Bonneville Showing its Extent at the Date of the Provo Shoreline
USU Digital Collections
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Map of Lake Bonneville Showing its Extent at the Date of the Provo Shoreline |
| Description | Map of prehistoric freshwater Lake Bonneville showing its main body and Sevier body, with the Provo water area marked in blue. Lake Bonneville was about 10 times larger than today's Great Salt Lake which actually is a remnant of Lake Bonneville. The Provo shoreline was formed when the Lake levels stablized following massive flooding out through Red Rock Pass. Towns and cities throughout the states of Utah and southeastern Idaho are drawn in to show their location on ground once covered by... |
| Creator | Geological Survey (U.S.); Thompson, G. (Gilbert), 1839-1909 |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey Digitized by: Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library |
| Coverage | Great Basin, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/6350257/ ; Nevada, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5509151/ ; Utah, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5549030/ ; Idaho, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5596512/ ; 1890-1899; 19th century; |
| Subject | Great Basin--Historical geography--Maps; Bonneville, Lake--Maps |
| Format | Maps; Federal documents image/jpeg; |
| Source | Original book: Gilbert, Grove Karl. Lake Bonneville. Wash. D.C.: GPO, 1890. (Monographs of the United States Geological Survey, Vol. 1). |
| Relation | Map is plate XIII (i.e. 13) in the book Lake Bonneville by G. K. Gilbert, 1890. Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives, Maps Bear River Watershed Historical Bibliography / compiled by Utah State University Library, Special Collections and Archives, 2005 |
| Type | Image;StillImage; |
| Rights | This is a U.S. Government Document and may be used without restriction. Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives |
| Date | 1890 |
| Identifier | http://digital.lib.usu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/Bear/id/89 |
