Lot 407
(Utah) the Deseret News, April 7th and April 14th, 1858 editions of Mormon newspaper published in Salt Lake City, each four pages; some edge splits and tears but all contents present, Fine, a scarce pair of issues from this newspaper which was founded in 1850.Estimate $300 - 400.
According to Wikipedia, this was the newspaper for the State of Deseret, which was proposed in 1849 by Latter-day Saint settlers in Salt Lake City as a provisional state of the United States. The Provisional state existed for slightly over two years and was never recognized by the United States government. The name is derived from the word for "honey bee" in the Book of Mormon.