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Vernal Centenarian Doctor DoctorWas Doctorwas Was I ndian Indian Peace-Maker Peace Maker Peace-/Maker - / Seldom has the glamorous name nameKit of ofKit o oKit Kit Carson been associated with Utah Utal Utah.and Utaland UAnd .and and . the Uintah Basin in history any anyfiction and andfiction < fiction of the West , yet It remains remainsfact remainsfact a afact fact that that famous hunter , scoutand scout scoutand sc scand < ) and Indian fighter spent the winters winter wintersof winterof winiof / of 1873 and 1838 at Fort Davy Crocket Crocke Crocketin Crockein CrocIn in Brown's Browns ' Park ( forty miles north northU of ofU o oU U S B 40 on the Green River ) and andtablished es es- es established . - - tablished in 1883 Port Fort Kit Carsorwhich Carson Carsor Carsonwhich Car ; > which was located near what is now nowOuray no noOuray rOuray Ouray , , , UtahBorn Utah UtahBorn Born in Kentucky on the 24th dayof day dayof < - of -of December , , 1809 1849 , , Christopher Car Car- Car Carson Cson . - son became an American Ulysses mysses , tak- tak taken taken tsen - - en by his parents from his birthplace birthplaceto birthplito to Missouri ( then the American frontier fron- fron frontier frctier - - tier ) when he was only a year old , andapprenticed and andapprenticed atipprentlced apprenticed to a . , harness maker makerfifteen atfifteen at atfifteen fifteen , , he heard blood-curdling blood curdling - - talesof tales talesof taof of the West and Indians which whichcould he hecould hecould could not resist experiencing At seventeen sev- sev seventeen s sentcen < k - - entcen enteen he enlisted in an expeditionheaded expedition expeditionheaded expeditiheaded headed for the Rocky Mountains , andthus and andthus nthus . . thus began the long and picturesque picturesquetrail picturesquetrail pictures picturestrail trail which took him back and forth forthacross forthacross foracross : across early America from Oregon Oregonand Oregonand Qregand -and and - California on the west , , Banta Santa Santaon Feon Fe Feon , - on the south , , and Idaho on the north northMost nor1 nor1Most Most famous of his Utah escapades escapadesoccurred escapadesoccurred escapadoccurred occurred when he was employed employedAntolne by byAntoine byAntoine Antoine Robidoux , , first white man manmaintain to tomaintain tomaintain maintain a year round trading post postin postin pcin in Utah near Whiterocks . , to recover recovera recov a string of stolen horses The fearless fearlessCarson fearlessCarson fe&rleCarson ferleCarson & , Carson followed the band of stolenhorses stolen stolenhorses stoLhorses \ horses southward for more than onehundred one onehundred Qhundred ] hundred and thirty miles over impossible im- im impossible inpossible - possible country along the Green Riv- Riv River River Rier - - er , overtook and killed the thief and andreturned andreturned arreturned returned the valuable horses to Robidoux Robi- Robi Robidoux Rob Robloux , - loux doux < louxAnother douxAnother Another name which adds luster lusterthe to tothe tothe the history ot of Vernal and Ashley Val- Val Valley Valley Valey - - ley is that of Captain Pardon Dodds DoddsTo DoddsTo DoddTo To this native of Pennsylvania andCivil and andCivil arCivil Civil War Veteran goes the honor of ofbeing ofbeing < being the first sett settici settll ci ' : ot 01 of Ashley Val- Val Valley Valley Valey ValeyWhen - - ley leyWhen When General Sherman , , whose definition def- def defirution delimtion - irution inition of war made him famousmade famous famousmade famoumade s made his equally famous march to the thesea thesea titsea , sea Pardon Dodds was with him and andwas andwas anwas was present at the famous battles of ofMissionary ofMissionary cMissionary Missionary Ridge and Lookout Moun Moun- - tain taro Dodds came west as an agent of ofthe ofthe the government and waa was an official officialat officialat at the Whiterocks Indian IJ1dian IIpdian Agency during dur- dur during di - - ing the four years between 1869 and 1873 In 1871 and ' ' 72 he waa wa.s was . a mem- mem member member - ber of the famoua famous Colonel Powell Powellparty Powellparty party which explored the Colorado Coloradofrom Coloradofrom Colora from Green River , , Wyoming to MoJave Mo- Mo Mojave - then in 1873 settled inAshley in inABhley jave , , Arizona , ABhley Ashley Valley to become Its first whitesettler white whitesettler settler . . Most beloved of all Vemalltes Vernal1tes Vernalites , , and anda a hero in his own right was Dr Har- Har Kar- Kar Harvey Karvey - centenarian , pio plo- plo plover " - vey Coee Hullinger-centenarian Hullinger centenarian Hullinger--centenarian Hullingcr - - - neer ver , , soldier , educator , pryslcian prysician , poll poli- poli politician . - two races rac , between Udan tician , , peacemaker friend of Lincoln , , and personal friendof friend friendof trie : of every Mormon Church president-- president presidentwho presidentwho - - - who came to Ashley Valley in 1883 1883and 1883and and died there in 1926 at 101 years of ofage ofage age ageBorn Bom Born December 2 , 1824 at Mad River Riv- Riv River Ri Rier vcd v- v - - converted convertedto convert cd Hullinger was er , Ohio , , Dr to Mormoniam Mormonism when eighteen He had hadpreviously hadpreviously hi previously seen the Mormon prophet prophetJoseph prophetJoseph proph prophJoseph Joseph Smith at Nauvoo He went to toschool toschool school at Columbus , Ohio to receive receivehis recei receivehis his medical degree in 1852 and seven sevenyears sevenyears sev < n years later emigrated with a train of offellow offellow fellow Mormons to Salt Lake CityHullinger's City Hullinger's Hullingers ' Uf Ufft lifA in Utah reads IJke like IJkehighpowered likehighpowered 1)1 11 1)1highpowered ) fiction In 1862 he hemade hemade high-powered high powered - - made another trip across the plains to toCouncil toCouncil Council Bluffs and return , in 1862 he heenlisted heenlisted t tenlisted in the theCivil theCivil enlisted to serve the Union Civil War , , later the same year he went wentto wentto wer to St George Utah to colonize and andpractice andpractice an anpractice practice medicine He collected seventyfive seven- seven seventyfive - ty-five ty five - - cents in cash in two yearsthere years yearsthere yeai there thereIn In 1883 Hullinger came to the Uin- Uin Uintah Uintah - tah Basin where he farmed and doctored doc- doc doctored - - tored both Indians Il1dians and whites Hullinger Hul- Hul Hullinger - linger stated that only one Indian ev- ev ever ever - - Becausehe Because Becausehe er failed to settle an accoant aCcoLInt account ' " "medicine medicine " man he was an Indian Hullinger was able to settle a serious seriousIndianwhite seriousIndianwhite seriouIndian-white seriouIndian white Indian-white Indian white - controversy several severalyears severalyears severayears years after the Meeker Massacre Massacres MassacreA A staunch Democrat , Hullinger Hullingerwas Hullingerwas organizing the Democratic Demo- Demo Demoera - . was active in when Utah was given givenstatehood givenstatehood cratic tic partywhen party era statehood in 1892 Near his 100th looth birth birth- birthday birthday birthday - day anniversary he gave a recipe foi for 1 t 7r 7rM 7ry M y + R Raka aka akaj \j j \ A 4 4r 4I 4i 4r r MEbl I : l ES , tJST _ i fil & . . : A r H . . . , qjt : 011 ; : ; i ; ' : fl j , r rf f-- f ft - . : ' " . t \ . . . . . .i i . . 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C . HYTLLINGER as he appeared at his office in Vernal after reaehing reaehingthe mark . . tho the I \ century longevity thus ' . "Live Live " a . clean life ute and andvote andvote ai ad vote a & . straight Democratic ticket " "Father Father uFather " of Uintah Ulntah County Educa- Educa Education Education - - tion " was the title given HulUnger Hullinger HulUngerwhen Hullingerwhen when he established estabUshed and equipped a aschool aschool school house in Jensen before public publiceducation publiceducation " education had . reached Uintah Ulntah . . Dr . . Hullinger practiced his protes profes- profes profession s- s - . - slon sion until he wns was ninety-seven ninety seven - - - , , then th a lived quietly until untU bis his death deatl1 in Janu Janu- January Janu- Janu January January - - ary 1020 1926 1928 . Prior to hia his death lie be he was wasthe wasthe inAmerica In InAmerica physician phYSlclan physichin the oldest practicing practictng of the theGrand theGrand America , . the oldest member in Utah , , Grand Army of the Republic Republlo and oldest member of the L . u D . . B S 8.Church 8Church . . Church from trom point of servic servi servk ' } ' * . . He wasindeed wasindeed was indeed a great hero and a true char char- character - . octer acOOr acter of the Old West . I |