Show derivation OF NAMES OF NA FORESTS IN UTAH I 1 new names chosen on account of oil their importance in local and na dional H story the national forests in utah with the significance and derivation ot of their names are as follows the ashley national forest Is rad for william it ashley an en ter fur trader who in 1822 or a company ot of men which I 1 penetrated lenet enet rated to the rocky mountains and formed trading relations with the several indian tribes he was lieuten ant governor of illinois in 1820 and le ie presented missouri in congress in the early thirties thia this forest has an area of acres and Is in charge of supervisor william M anderson with headquarters at vernal the cache national forest takes Ms name from the county stream therill and valley of the same sarae name in nor northern utah the name Is of french origin I 1 I 1 cleaning meaning hiding place and wasi wae probably applied because of the ext ex cellena opportunity the early esplor era ers had to hide their treasures dawni down in the valley this forest comprises comprise sl an area of acres and Is anderl the supervision of W W dark clark with headquarters at logan southwestern utah was locally call ed the dixie country because of th the similarity of its climate to that of the southern states or dixie land and because of the facts that in the early days this region produced cotton tor for the use of the mormon settlers the dixie national forest receives its came name in this way this forest con bains acres including the mt trumbull and the addi tion in mohave county arizona coni con i sting of acres on the north tt of the grand canyon of the colorado the headquarters remain at st george end and C I 1 had huddle die Is the acting super visor VI the fillmore national forest which was named after mellard fill more the thirteenth president ot of the I 1 united states is one of the six na no dional forests named after presidents the other forests are the Mad madison isoni and jefferson in montana lincoln I 1 I 1 in new mexico washington in wash 1 IT agton and cleveland in california the fillmore forest has an area of and Is under the super vision of william hurst with head quarters at beaver deaver framl fishlake fishlike Fish lake forest gets its n name ame from the lake of the same name this lake rec received elied its name on account ot of the I 1 rge amount of fish to be found there this forest js Is under supervision of N G E snell with headquarters at salina its area is acres la salle national forest is named after the famous french explorer kobert robert chevalier de la salle who in 1669 set out upon a tour of west cm ern exploration in the course of which I 1 e discovered the ohio river and a year or two later explored the upper part of illinois later he I 1 led ed a band of colonists from france intending to found a settlement at the mouth of the mississippi he landed at matagorda bay day texas which h mis took for a western outlet of the river but was assassinated by some of his disappointed followers near a branch of the trinity river texas this forest comprises an area of acres and is in charge of acting supervisor john RIIS with headquarters at moab the manti maritt forest is 0 o named from the town of manti the capital of san pete county utah the name Is tak en from that of the old ruined city of 0 manti near caracas venezuela Ven ezula the forest embraces acres and Is in charge of supervisor A W jensen with headquarters at ephiarm the national forest de lives its name from a sioux indian aad noid possibly a contraction of mini mint water and Toka heva the first the first water or toka enemy water of the enemy this forest Is in charge of supervisor william mccoy oy with headquarters at oakley idaho and covers an abea 0 of f 76 acres debos lonely mountain in pales tine Is in the mountain of that name in the wasatch range in ill utah from this mountain the nebo national forest is named it comprises an area of acres supervisor dan S pack pact is in charge v ith headquarters at payson the great indian chief poe pocatello atello t as given his name to the seat of bannock county idaho on the port neuf IS cut river from this city the poca tello national forest derives its name ahe 1 he forest covers an area of acres and Is under the management ot of supervisor C G smith with head quarters at pocatello idaho the powell national forest Is nam pd ed after the great geologist explorer pad scientist major J W powell former director of 0 the united states geological survey his ills best known works are exploration of the colo lado river of the west and intro luction of ti the tire re study of indian lan this forest Is under super visor george 11 barney with head quarters at escalante the area cov re red d Is acres acre s S sevier evier national F forest orest is n named a m e d om the county of that name nam e I 1 in n U utah ta h velch re received celled its name from john sevier an american pioneer general politician and indian fleater he waal wag united states commissioner to ne g toolate with the creek indians indiana in 1815 in this forest Is included 90 acres under the supervision of 0 T C hoyt with headquarters at pan gultch the uinta c county and the well I 1 mountain range in utah giva the name of the uinta national for est the name Is taken from a branch at of the ute indians the word said td mean fine land acting supervisor f p V R reynolds is in charge of the forest with headquarters heal quarters at provo the forest covers 1155 acres the national forest Is named from the wasatch mountains which extend from north to south agh utah this is a ute or pal pat ite word the meaning of which i not I 1 acres are embraced in this forest which Is under the man of acting supervisor C F r cooley with headquarters at salt lake city falte ate |