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Show Antimony Named For Mining to the north about three times a week. Antimony, like many small towns in Garfield County, for many years did not have piped water to the town. For years ditch water was used and about 7:30 or 8 o'clock each morning, men, women and children could be seen carrying five-gallon cans and buckets to the ditch to get the drinking water for the day. Later in the day cows and horses were watered in the same ditch. Today ' Antimony is a farming and ranching community where some of the finest cattle and horses in the county are raised. With fewer than 100 people, the town has its own elementary school. Children of high school age are bused to Junction to attend school. A drive around the area soon convinces the visitor that the town is located in one of the most beautiful areas of the county, with its streams and green trees and serene and lovely farms and ranches. Its close proximity to Otter Creek Reservoir, just over the county line and nearby streams make fishing one of its attractions, too. i- - I Hf ANTIMONY According to a history recorded by the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers, the first name given to this valley was Clover Flat, the area where the first settlers came to where Otter Creek Reservoir is now located. Legend has it the name was changed later when a group of young surveyors, . sitting one evening around their campfire, heard a noise in the tall grass nearby. One man threw his lasso rope and yelp was heard. Pulling in his rope he found that he had caught a coyote and the name of the town became Coyote henceforth until 1920. In the spring of 1880 a mining boom hit the country nearby. Local Indians actually ac-tually discovered the mineral antimony (stibnite) which they used for making bullets and arrowheads. Coyote Canyon attracted more and more . settlers &nL In . 1916-1917 more than 200 people were employed at the mines and smelter. There were hotels, gambling houses and other places of amusement and in 1921, the town's name was changed again this time to Antimony. A small school, maintained main-tained by a small local tax, donations and subscriptions, was built in 1882 and in 1887, replaced with a two-room log school house. Mail service was started in 1886 with the ' mail coming from Junction The Daughters of the Utah Pioneers placed a market at this peaceful roadside rest area commemorating early settlers of the Antimony area. Similar marker can be seen throughout the county. |
