Sheepmen Seized by Snow Storm in Uintah Basin
Prominent sheep men moving stock to mountains suffer heavy losses as snow falls in Uintah Basin. Uintah Basin Basepal league officers listed. Jensen Postmaster Henry Chatwin in Juniper Springs for a week. Local notices mention travel, school plans, and the granite shaft tribute to Father Escalante drawing nationwide attention.
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Fuller P. Merrell
Carl
Salt Lake City
Ross Merrell
Provo
Daniels Canyon
Jensen
Father Exscalante
Uintah Basin
R. C. Cooper
Vernal Postmaster Resigns for Bank Cashier Job
David Bea pe resigns as Vernal postmaster to serve as cashier at Roosevelt Bank. J O Nord reports over 100000 feet rough lumber ready for Vernal shipment. Albert Case and wife welcome a baby boy born May 25 Sunday. Marriage licenses issued to Clyde Chivers Lavina Palmer Newell Snow Aliee Collett Mable Collier Alphonzo Winward. Soldiers and locals noted in Brush Creek area and Russia returnee Wallace Wall. MI A talk on Thrift at Ashley Ward.
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J. O. Nord
Nord
Brush Creek
The
Clyde Chivers
Lavina R. Palmer
Vernal
Newell Lavell Snow
Jensen
Aliee Collett
Maeser
Mable Collier
Alphonzo Winward
Brush Creek Mountain
Lew Freestone
H. E. Seeley
Peter Long
F. L. Noel
C. B. Atwood
Wallace Wall
Russia
Walter Woolley
Ashley Ward
Danish Oak Falls After Fifty Years of Prophecy
In Svendenborg Denmark a century oak toppled in a storm revealing a carved prophecy from five decades ago. Two wedges set during the 1900s warned that upon the tree's fall the gravedigger's wife would die and a local farm would burn. Nelle Katrine Nielsen, wife of the gravedigger, died two days after the oak fell, and two days later Claus Andersens farm in Elatrup burned down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soendenbong
Denmark
Svendenborg
Nelle Katrine Nielsen
Claus Andersen
Elatrup
Bells Toll For A City Aged By Daily Timepiece Tradition
Providence residents discover the city has paid 125 per year to toll the bell at the Flist Baptist Meeting House three times daily since 1835. The 7 AM change from sunrise marks a modern shift, yet the custom links the old town with the contemporary city as council records note payments and clock winding since 1838.
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Providence
Flist Baptist Meeting House
Common Council
Riverton project opens 50 irrigable farm units in Wyoming
Fifty farm units averaging 118 acres each are opened for homestead settlement on the Riverton project in central Wyoming. Applications due by 2 p.m. August 2, 1849, with veterans' preference drawing and examinations to follow. Units will receive dismantled Heart Mountain barracks buildings and optional bureau assistance for land clearing and irrigation layout.
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Bureau of Reclamation
Riverton
Wyoming
K. F. Vernon
Billings
Montana
Bureau
Wyo
R. H. Workinger
Big Horn
Cody
Heart Mountain Relocation Center
Ajor
Safe Passing Guidelines From Driving Lesson
The text advises not to pass unless there is ample room and to compare passing a fast car to overtaking a long string of cars. After completing the pass, wait until the passed vehicle is visible in the rear view mirror before moving back. Drive safety notes emphasize ensuring space and visibility throughout the maneuver.
Warthen Family Pioneer Story From Uintah Basin
Thomas A. Warthen born 1875 in Springville married Amy Rowland in 1890. The Warthens moved to the Roosevelt area in 1907 and endured a difficult trip home by horse and wagon. They settled a 160 acre farm, milking cows and raising poultry, with children Frank Ralph Florence Eliza and grandchildren.
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Thomas A. Warthen
Springville
Albert
Eliza Tew Woarthern
Amy ‘Rowland
George
Amy Naylor Rowland
Frank
Ralph
Warthen
Roosevelt
Lyman
Wyo
Salt Lake City
Florence Allred
Eliza
Vernal
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Im the
Dax
Merrill Goodrich
Alvin Kay
Naples
A. M. Goodrich
Will
Utah Agricultural College
David Beape
Roordvelt Bank
Harry Gray
Soldier Boys
Watson
USA
Gracere Berries
Heflens
Egners
Bret
Vernal ‘Express
Phodigy
Jackie Eltrzerald
Marlboro
Mass
Pacific Coast States
Ellen Bracken
Strawberry Valley
Warthens
Mr. Ware
Mrs. Warthen
Cleers
Uintah Brand
Uintah Packing CO
LaBell Anderson, Mgr
Studebaker
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