Scod Old Days Highlights Jan 1902 local items
Reported events include Sirloin and T-Bone sale at Gilies Brothers, Edward Watkins Sr. returns from missionary work, Elsie Fisher and David Hall wed, Uintah Creamery stockholders elect Nelson Merkley Jr. president, new barber shop opens near Antler Saloon, Hansen’s orchestra hosts old folks ball, Brig Christensen builds a two story house, Donaher and Overbury back from Dawson lode, Fred Wood named deputy sheriff, new city officials installed, a baby girl born to Walter McCoy, marriages of Marion Wilson and Milton Lyons to Matilda Hodge, saddle horses purchased for Boer War, Rangely oil field progress, and several social notices and weddings.
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T-Bone
Gilies Brothers
Edward Watkins Sr
Fae
Enoch Lybbert
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Norway
The
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David Hall
Uintah Creamery
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Willian H. Siddeway
Elmer Woodward
Richard Smith
Billy King
Hanson
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West 2Nd South Street
W A. Donaher
Henry Overbury
Dyer Hill
Dawson Lode
Donaher
Fred Wood
Preece
S. M. Browne
E. W. Davis
Walter McCoy
Burny Vista
Albert Rasmussen
Marion Wilson
Jensen
Justice Davis Monay
A. H. Whitlock, Jr
South Africa
Milton Lyons
Matilda Hodge
Vernal
Rangely
Freighter for Butch Cassidy Dies at Fruita
Charles Gibbons, 93, longtime West figure, died Jan 8 in Green River Utah. A former general store owner and trader who moved from Hanksville to Fruita, he freighter for the Butch Cassidy gang in south-central Utah. He disputed being an outlaw, calling his work a necessity and was a frequent subject of articles and novels.
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Nevada
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Arrival of New Books Announced by Uintah County Library
The Uintah County Library reports new and notable arrivals this week for varied age groups. Donations include LDS church books from the Winder family honoring their late father and eight Alcoholism Foundation titles for Uintah division. Genealogical references from Bartlett and Harris families and New England Historical and Genealogical Society volumes arrive for 10 days.
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E. 4. Winder
Utth Foundation Board of Alcoholism
Uintah Division
Genealogical Dept
Rhoda Gravens
Bartlett Family
Harris Family
Spencers
Maine
New England Historical and Genealogical Register
New England Historical and Genealogical Society of Boston
Uintah Junior Red Cross Receives Letter From Germany
The Uintah Junior Red Cross at Uintah High School, led by Merlene Davis and Nina Pope with adviser Winona Jassey, sent a scrapbook and yearbook to a Passau boys' school in Germany. In return they received a grateful German class letter praising their sports, school facilities, and orchestra and expressing hopes for renewed contact in 1952 and beyond.
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Red Cross
Y.C
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