No Communication with the Sea: Searching for an Urban Future in the Great Basin

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Index Note: Page numbers in italics are for illustrations. agriculture: in Churchill County, Nevada, 111–13, 127; development of land for, into urban land, 99–100, 114, 116, 150; in Great Salt Lake shorelands, 76–77, 81; in Iosepa by Pacific Islander immigrants, 186; by Mormons, 18, 20, 24, 75; in Portland, Oregon, area, 121, 136; in Tooele Valley, 116–18 Albion Basin, 7 Antelope Island, 67, 69, 76, 79, 96 Avenues, the, 6, 50, 76, 123, 133, 163–64, 180 Aztlán, 188–89 Basin and Range, xv, 27, 36–38 biogeography, 37, 42, 202 Black Rock Desert, 37, 49, 68 Bluff, the, 67–70, 75–78, 80–81, 95, 100, 194 boom town, 17, 38, 103 Brannan, Samuel, 19 Brick, J. T. the, 33 Bureau of Land Management (BLM), 50, 108, 114, 117, 141, 143 California: councils of government (COGs) in, 151; difference from Nevada, 3, 107; geography of, 36–38; Gold Rush, 21; historic routes to, 68, 75; importation of building trends from, 90–91; importation of water from, 61, 106; residents moving to Great Basin from, 25–27, 63, 79, 90, 111, 114; role in Reno history, 22–23 Carson Range, 32, 50 Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: campus in downtown Salt Lake City, 4–5, 7–8, 30–31; culture in Utah, 21; in Daybreak, 164–65; development of downtown Salt Lake City, 10, 29, 140, 196; in Great Salt Lake shorelands, 74–76; history of, 13, 18–22, 24, 35, 74; landscape of, 73; land use ethic of, 75, 159, 204; in Overlake, 126, 127; Pacific Islanders in, 185–86; place in modern Utah, 8; relationship to city planning, 139–40, 152; in South Jordan, Utah, 145; theology of, 219 City Creek, 6, 19, 30, 142, 192 City Creek Center, 7, 29, 30, 180, 196 City of Zion, 18–20, 23, 51, 163, 175, 180 212 Index Cold Springs: development in, 59, 105–10, 112, 130, 196; geography of, 58–59; hydrology of, 43, 44, 61, 64 Colorado Plateau, 35 common interest development, 173 councils of government, 151 covenants, conditions, and restrictions (CC&Rs), 97, 107, 110, 173 culs-de-sac, 61, 67, 96–97, 107, 145, 183, 203 Davis, Daniel, C., 74 Davis County: growth in, 79–80; history of, 74–75; homebuilding in, 94–96; Shorelands Plan, 152; transportation in, 78 Daybreak: buildings in, 156–57; geography of, 131; homeowners association of, 174–75; influence of, 175–76; planning and development of, 132–35, 145, 160–65, 196; views from, 155 de Miera y Pacheco, Bernardo 40, 49, 188 Downing, Andrew Jackson (A. J.), 20, 47 East Bench, 103, 131, 133–34, 139, 178 Elko, 13, 35, 38, 55, 82, 88 Ely, 24, 27, 35, 38 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), 143, 159 Envision Utah: comparison to Truckee Meadows Regional Planning Agency, 165–66; and Daybreak, 160–62, 164; description of, 134–35; and Harvest Park, Mapleton, 174; history of, 146–53; influence of, 175 farming. See agriculture Fathers Escalante and Dominguez, 40 Frémont, John C., vii, 101 FrontRunner, 78, 87, 99, 193 gambling, 2, 4, 8, 13, 22–25, 70, 140 gaming. See gambling Gateway Mall, 29, 178 Gentiles, 7, 21, 29, 75, 180 Great American Desert, 74 Great Basin: cities in, xiii–xv, 9, 49–51, 54, 58, 96, 100, 139, 176, 179; demographics and characteristics of, 11–13, 16; difference from Sunbelt, 26–27; ecology of, 40–42; European exploration of, 39–40; geography of, xiii, 4, 8, 32, 34–38, 67, 102, 115; geology of, 37; hydrography of, 38–40, 61, 64; landscape of, xv, 49, 64, 68, 70; Latter-day Saints migration to, 19–20; map of, 5; opportunity for renewal in, 25–26; Pacific Islander migration to, 185; proportion in, 46–47, 127; public land in, 141–43, 142; role in Reno history, 21–23; urbanization in, 11, 104, 108, 110–112, 116; views of, 125 Great Basin Desert, xv, 11, 22, 37–38, 49, 68 Great Basin Kingdom, 18, 29, 51, 178, 182 Great Salt Lake: birds of, 69, 71; and Great Basin hydrology, impact on water supply, 118; natural history of, 38; perception of, 79, 188; Index 213 shorelands ecology, 67–69, 71; Shorelands Preserve, 69–72, 99; views of, 83, 102, 125, 132 Great Salt Lake Desert, 101 Great Salt Lake Valley. See Salt Lake Valley Hamblin, Jacob, 36 Howard, Ebenezer, 137 human scale, xiv, 46, 48, 100, 128, 138...