This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Early History of Uintah Basin Marker Dedication Narrative
Marle Dodds recounts the Pardon Dodds cabin marker dedication detailing early Uintah Basin exploration from 1830s Ashley and Green River routes to the 1860s Uintah Agency, Captain Pardon Dodds’s life, the Dodds and Gibson settlements, the first cabins and stores, the 1870s–1880s arrivals, Fort Meeker era hardships, and the enduring legacy of Vernal’s birth and civic leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uintah Basin
Pardon Dodds
Arthur Harrison
Sprig Ueeters
Tiam H. Ashby
St. Louis
Rocby Mountain Fur Company
Green River
Wintoh Basin
Ashley Fork
John C. Fremont
South Pass
Virgin River
Utah Lak
Provo River
Rock Creek
Uintah
Ashley Valley
Ashley
Colton Homestead
Diamond Mountain
Brown's Park
Wyominng
Brigham Young
4 Company
Salt Lake City
Great Basin
Uintah Ag
Unts
Jhs
Duchesne
Erie
Pennsylvania
10Th Ohio Volunteer Cavalry
Newis
Kilpatrick
Ohio
Uintah Das- Indian Indian Agent
Duchesne River
Tater
Whiterocks
Indian Agency
Morris Evans
Dick Wuffaker
Captain Fodds
Willy Herness
Dodds
Uintah Valley
Dees
Heber City
Utah
Abraham Hatch
Vernal
Uintah County
Jeremiah Hatch
Thomas Bingham
Isaac Burton
Alfred 5S. Johnson
Uycurgus Johnson
William Ashton