Vernal Pioneer Mother Recalls Early Indian Incidents
In Uintah Basin memories 93 year old May Ruple recounts Whiterocks spring preparations for new buildings using native lumber and hand tools. The tale notes a guarded money shipment to the Utes and past tensions with Indian groups during a hard winter and a night of guarded deliveries.
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Uintah Basin
May Ruple
Martha Nelson
Vernal Express
Whiterocks
Oxteam
Ben
Ier
Actu
Critchlow
Thistle Valley
White River
Pioneer Captain Pardon Dodds and Uintah County Agency Founder
Captain Pardon Dodds and M R Evans moved the Whiterocks Indian Agency to Ashley Creek Uintah County in February 1873. Dodds headed Ute affairs since 1867 and established early settlements making Whit erocks the oldest Uintah County settlement. He irrigated Ashley Creek, built a glass window log cabin, and formed a substantial post and cap fence. Dodds held duties as Selectman in 1880 and became Uintah County prosecuting attorney in 1883 under Governor Murray.
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Pardon Dodds
M. R. Evans
Ashley Creek
Uintah County
Whiterocks Indian Agency
Dodds
Crollinge
Duchesne
Rock Creek
Duchesne River
Whiterocks River
Whiterocks
Utah
Whiterocks Agency
Mr. Evans
Bishop Abram Hatch
Heber City
Odds
Evans
Salt Lake City
Eli H. Murray
Noted New York jurist to speak at Uintah Knife and Fork Club
The Honorable Gay Yi. Brown, former New York Public Service Commission chief counsel and ex Grand Master of the New York State Masons, will be guest of honor at the Uintah Knife and Fork Club meeting at Hotel Vernal on January 24. Brown, born in Minnesota and educated in Buffalo and at Cornell, is a renowned ora tor, jurist and civic leader with a long record in law and community service.
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Gay Yi. Brown
Public Service Commission of
New York
New York State Masons
Uintah Knife and Fork Club
Hotel Vernal
Minnesota
Judge Brown
Buffalo
Cornell University
New York State
American Bar Associations
Brown
Get License Plates Early In Uintah County
License plates are sold in Uintah County at the Court House daily weekly through noon on Friday and Saturday. Examinations are on Thursdays only. Plates and exams are on Monday at Roosevelt and Tuesday at Duchesne by Mr Hatch. Bring 1952 vehicle registration and county tax release to Mr Hatch upstairs office.
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Uintah County
Glen Stateh
Tax Commission
Roosevelt
Duchesne
Hatch
Court House
Besor
Atch
Evolution of Transportation Through Time in Badson Park
The essay traces transport from water travel to land locomotion, noting early fins becoming legs, sleds and canoes, and the rise of wheels. It recalls electric streetcars, rail and steam, and the shift to buses as cars and rubber tires introduced faster, better service.
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Badson Park
Mass
North America
Gloucester
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Charlie Mack
Yank
Tokey Warner
Wanpods
Major Crichelow
Pete Dillman
Husbandt
Tom Adams
Mia
Crichelow
Major
Captain Pardon Dodds
East Main
Turner Building Supply Tet Gond Place
Unitah State, Bank Aan
Agit
Polie
Appelate
Court of Appeals
Supreme Court of the United States
State Supreme Court
Red Cross
Comunity Chest
Chamber of Commerce
Board of Education
Y.M.C.A
Gay H. Brown
Council of Churches
Babson
Automotive World
Cadillac
Slaugh Motor Company
East Main Vernal
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