Promised Land Revisited Ashley Valley Visit From Meeker
Meeker columnist HOA. WILDHACK recalls a mid-summer trip to the Ashley Valley Utah for Vernal’s half century celebration. He notes fertile irrigation canals, orchards in Vernal, and growing seasons longer than in Meeker. Towns with thriving farms and a booming creamery share a picture of life in the valley.
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Jim McHatten
James Lyttle
Meeker Herald
White River Valley
Ashley Valley
Utah
Goda
Astey
al Bills
Vernal
Mth
Meeker
Hoa
Wildhack
Meeker, Cola
Park prospects and local notes in Uintah Valley town
Thirtieth years ago a man with a poor view of the place now sees a good country for agriculture. Meridla ward builds a brick two room schoolhouse with a bell tower near the meeting house. The Uintah Stake conference is postponed to September 17 and 18. A charity benefit for Charles Daytz is announced at the Vernal Opera House with tickets and snacks. Local business updates include Dyer mine boarding house sale, Dr Gould dental offer, and Alpine social notes from Vernal.
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Meridla Ward
Uintah Stake of Zion
Lorenzo Snow
Charles Daytz
Relief Society
Wew Lmia
Opera House
Issud
Atxuat
Gould
Colton
Louis Rebell
Payne and
Lyon
Salt Lake City
Powell
Finland
Alf
Vernal
E & Longhurst
Wifs
Dyer Mine
John Chivers
Emepitor
Fyne Abst Agruff
Aiden
Arived
Hacking
Sage
Fort Bridger
Taylor Mountain
Lucerne
Uintah
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