Victory Highway and Moffat Tunnel Seen as Joint Drawcard
The Victory highway association plans to dedicate the route from San Francisco to New York City with bronze soldier statues at terminals and county lines, marking World War II heroes. If the James Peak tunnel powers the route, tourists would travel through a six mile Rocky Mountain tunnel, boosting Uintah county and urging counties along the way to fund and complete road improvements with government aid.
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Denver
Uintah Basin
United States
Victory
San Francisco
New York City
Victory Highway Association
Vicory Highway Association
James Peak
Great
Rocky Mountains
Victory Highway
Great Tunnel
Uintah
New York
Vernal Eyes a Baseball Team This Summer
Vernal residents and business leaders consider forming a local baseball club to provide outdoor entertainment and attract customers. Promoters urge a meeting of business men to organize, with games every Saturday and clerks taking half days to attend. A strong team could boost town life and push Vernal to win the basin league.
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Vernal
Lfe
Uintah Basin
Nations Fail to Pay League Dues for 1921
Twenty one member nations of the League of Nations are overdue on subscriptions for the year 1921. The note hints at a possible misunderstanding of a newspaper format.
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Nations
League of Nations
Washington Territory to Statehood in 1889
The story traces Washington from Oregon country days under joint occupancy with Britain to its admission as the forty-second state in 1889 after Polk’s era and the Fifty four forty or fight platform. Oregon, Alaska, and British Columbia figure in the territorial evolution toward statehood.
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Washington
George Washington
Polk
California
Alaska
Russia
Oregon Territory
Great Britain
United States
Oregon
Canada
Atlantic
Tugantulas
Northwest
British Columbia
England
Washington Territory
Shabbona the Potawatomi Chief Known as the White Man's Friend
Shabbona a Potawatomi chief notable for aiding whites in conflicts with Black Hawk and Winnebago tribes. Born Ottawa by birth, he was adopted into the Potawatomi and earned the title white man's friend for his efforts to warn settlers and aid John Kinzie during fort Dearborn troubles. He helped at Stillman’s defeat, warned of hostiles, and served as a scout. The government protected him briefly. land speculators claimed his tract until citizens bought him a home on the Illinois River. He died July 17, 1859, in Morris Illinois.
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Indiana
Shabbona
Hesnasnan
Ottawa
Pontiac Hasing
Fort Dearborn
Snugnanosh
John Kinzie
Pottawatomie
Black Hawk
White Cloud
Shabbong
Stillman
Milinois
Tian Creek
Shabbum
Atkinson
Kansas
Fils
Ilnoll
Ite
Morris, HL
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Vernal Express
James H. Wallis
Grorgh HH. Harrison
Violet Harrison
Utah
Congress
Moffat
Chad
Mickie
Nesterdan
Charles Sughroe
Wetern Newspaper Union
Atlantic City
Syeel Pier
Atlantic Ocean
Atlas Erry
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Western Newspaper Union
Oddfellows
Hal
Rvery
Alp Vishingz Rebekahn
Sarah M. Logan
Noble Grand
Lovish Jorgensen
Royal
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