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Vernal Pioneer Barber Sees Basin History In The Making
Wm H Mott born 1878 in Salina Utah and a longtime Ashley Valley barber recalls how Vernal changed since 1910. He describes stages from muddy Main Street to modern trucks, and recalls a Brown's Park incident with a Mexican gunman and Davenport shearers. He moved to the valley in 1897 98 and faced family losses as his father and mother died years later.
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Vernal
Barber
Inox Cooper
Wm. H. Mott
Mr. Mott
Bob Wimmer
Otemi
Alhandra
Main
Matt
Price
Salt Lake
Bill
Ashley Valley
Salina
Cap
Utah
John Wintworth
Catherine Holden Mott
Brown's Park
Mr. Davenport
Davenport
White River