Vernal Notes From Twenty Years Ago Highlight Local Happenings
O H Bracken lands day contract at $12 per ton to supply 12 tons for the Post. Beekeeping and honey prospects praised. County officials report marriages, births, and land deals. Irene Peters and the Roosevelt school district figures featured with irrigation ditch survey and ranch sales. The Uintah Chieftan plans a weekly paper debut. local races yield large bets and mayor Bullock buys sheep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O H Bracken
W H Green Jr
Provo
James Freestone
J . Wacking
Gilbert J. Peterson
Jeanette Sessions
Roosevelt
Brig Christensen
Brig
O Colton
Colorado Park Irrigation Company
Isaac Newton
Myton
Thomas B McNeil
Colorado
Country
T W O'Donnell
Garrett O Donnel
San Francisco
George H Christy
O Donnell
Harden Bennion
Leota
Baser Bend
Vernal Trading Store
Henderson
Uintah Chieftan
Alexander
Art Rich
John K Bullock
William Preece
Whiterocks
John Hacking
Gusher Roosevelt Road Work Delayed Awaiting Washington Word
State road officials asked Congressman Don Colton if construction of 661 miles of gravel highway from Roosevelt to Fort Duchesne can occur on state road rights of way through Indian reservations. Interior Department response pending. four bids submitted, Reynolds Fly Construction Co. of Springville lowest at 912339969 versus engineer estimate of 13767355.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Road Commission
Don 5 Colter
State
Department of the Interior
Roosevelt
Fort Duchesne
Federal Bureau of Public Roads
Colton
Reynolds Fly Construction Company
Springville
Lions Club backs Uintah County Boys Scout group
The Lions Club unanimously agreed to sponsor the Uintah county Boys Scout organization at the dinner meeting. A guaranteed 250 dollars will go to the Tim panogas council with the club identifying the unit. The club will raise the rest by subscription and new officers meet at the Community House to organize the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lions Club
Boys Scout Organization
Boys’ Scout Organization
Uintah County
Timpanogas Council
Clu
Monument planned for Father Iscalante site in Uintah Basin
Utah officials outline July Fourth ceremonies to unveil a bronze tablet honoring Father Iscalante near Jensen. State engineer Heubert Simpson and Utah Society of the Sons of the American Revolution reps will choose the monument site, with a banquet at the Commercial Hotel and folding chairs arranged for attendees.
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Unite County
Iscalante
Green River
Jensen
Heubert Simpson
State Road Commission
Vernal
Stephen Abbot
Utah Society of the Sons of the American Revolution
E Peterson
Deller
Santa Cruz
Buenaventura
Uintah County teachers sign reemployment contracts list
The article lists instructors in Uintah County who have signed contracts for reemployment across junior and senior high schools and elementary grades. It notes about 54 percent have not signed yet and names numerous teachers including Beatrice Anderson Deane Penrson Margaret E Cutler Stella Harris Electa Johnson Harold Lundell and many others. It also mentions a river location fifteen miles southeast of Vernal tied to a past crossing site used by Indigenous people. Dr Herbert E Bolton from the University of California and William McSwain of Oasis Utah are noted travelers in relation to Escalante’s route and local tourism along the Victory highway.
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Uintah
Beatrice Anderson Deane Penrson
Margaret E Cutler
A M Goodtith
Stella Harris
Electa Johnson
Harold Lundell
Chase Lewis
Calvin Marshell
Reed Storril
Norman Olsen
Robert L Plston
G Sowards Durn Taylor Damaris Sutton C L. Richens
Hildred Aycock
Dole Burgner
Tirzah Cheever
Yras White
Zilpha Weilman
Clela Young
Martha Richards
Beatrice Murray
Kate Levie
Jensen
Vernal
Victory Highway
Herbert E Bolton
University of California
Utah
William McSwain
Oasis Utah
Lapoint Principal Defends Policies at Board Meeting
At the regular Lapoint School Board session the community delegation pressed to replace Principal Fred Clegg. Clegg defended his record, noting improvements in morals and athletics, and urged retention with support from staff letters. The board postponed a decision and ordered further investigation by Superintendent Olsen and Boardmember Marshall.
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Lapoint
Uintah School Board
Wilson
Leota
Ashley Valley
H . Olsen
Olsen
William Sprouse
Fred Clegg
Clegg
Sprouse
Norton
Clear
Mr Stott
Stott
Mr Cleggs
Nelson
Tme
Wm C Marshall
Lapoint School
Borton
Clerg
Mitter
Bo Colton
Cleggs
Marshall
Vernal
Robert L. Pixton
Gilbert E Childs
Proposed Uintah Basin oil shale plant to open by 1930
The Nevada Texas Utah company plans an $8 million oil shale development in the Uintah Basin on the Colorado Utah border. If built by 1930 the plant could tap vast shale beds in western Colorado and eastern Utah, creating thousands of jobs and a major regional industry.
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Uintah Basin
Colorado-Utah Line
Intermountain
Denver News
Colorado
N-T+U company
New York
George W Wallace
Colorado-Utah
Utah
Uintah County
North America
James Doyle
Denver
Doyle
Desse
Bingham
Iil
Uintah
Japan
Ocean
Dolye
NTWU
Nevada-Texas-Utah
Immens
Utotah County
Collrado
Wallace
St Louis
California
NTUW
T J Davis
Vernal
Winish Basin
Dinosaur Monument Petition Sparks Utah Debate Over National Status
A letter exchange between Uintah Basin supporters and Professor Douglass details efforts to establish a Dinosaur Monument at Jensen Utah. Advocates cite educational value and national attention while noting opposition from some state leaders. Continued on page 4.
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Sir Intalairg
Earl Dougass
Venus
Uintah Basin
Dinosaur National Monument
Douglass
Lions Club
Peterson
Washington
Aluo
Dinosaur Monument
Bryce
Zion Canyon
Vernal News Briefs and Local Notices from May
A collection of Vernal items recounts General Fitzhugh Lee's imagined Cuba invasion rumor, a snow storm, a charity sale benefiting Charles Welst mission, and local births. It notes survey work by Ed Harmston for Indian lands, mining trips by Molony to Salt Lake City and Mercur, arrivals of Foggard and Householder with goods, and a 14 pound boy birth. Additional items cover stake building plans near Uintah, quarterly and Young Ladies conferences with Apostle Cowley in attendance, and Dewey defeating Spanish ships at Manila with heavy casualties. Also listed is a Honey for sale near Vernal with price and contact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fitzhugh Lee
Cuba
Charles Welst
George Billings
Harmston
Uintah
Mitchell
Uintah Stake Academy
Cowley
Preston
Susien Gates
Davis
Provo
Dewey
Manilla
Menda
Vernal
George Gilnes and Co
Communion urged among Uintah Basin churches
Protestant representatives from Ninteh and Duchesne counties met at the Vers na Congregational church in Vernal to press closer communion among Uintah Basin churches. Rev Charles B Schod and Rev E M Parker spoke urging regular meetings. attendance included Episcopal and Presbyterian congregations. about sixty people attended from nearby areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ninteh
Duchesne
Versna Congregational Church
Charles B. Schod
Pestar
Vernal
E M Parker
Mytor
Uintah Basin
Episcopal
Gold Extraction Plant Planned on Green River Banks
New plan calls for a gold extraction plant on Green River banks 18 miles south of Vernal at Horseshoe Bend with dredges to recover fine gold from sands. June 1 construction starts, plant due by July 1, Vernal serving as headquarters, cost around 12000 dollars. Since 1909 the river sands yielded over 30000 dollars using older methods, and the new process promises major industry advances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green River
Vernal
Horseshoe Bend
Newt Stewart
Nlacer
Uintah Pasin Mfr
Stewart
Placer
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Nal
Roosevelt Road
Escantante
Vérnal and
Brouse
Atho 7 Ag
Cye
Salt Lake City
Jensen Utsh
Huieur
Beld Relef
Sal Lak
Dinosaur Quarry
Ernal
Uniteh Basin
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