Show PETER DIllMAN DIES TilES AT ROOSEVELT T Colorful Career Of Western Vestern Life Reaches End ROOSEVELT ROOSEVELT One One of the oldest oldest oldest old old- est and most colorful residents of the Uintah Basin Simon Peter Dillman 85 died Tuesday noon at atthe atthe the he home of his daughter Mrs John Houstan of Whiterocks ending ending end- end ing ng a career which sparkled with outstanding personal experiences and civic achievements Mr Dillman who was born July 1 1854 at Bloomington Ind moved to Vernal in 1877 taking up upa a homestead on the site where Fort later was built He h had d lived I previously in Iowa with his parents Andrew and Frances Henderson Dillman but made the trip west alone Shortly after his arrival in Utah he took up teaching and was the first pedagogue in Ashley valley He also opened the first drug store in n that section and was appointed forest ranger and supervisor when the he Ashley national forest was es es- es He was the first government government government gov gov- Indian farm supervisor at Whiterocks Rescued White Women In 1884 he be contracted to build I Ithe the he road from Ft Duchesne to Vernal One of his most notable exper exper- occurred after the Meeker Continued on Page 8 |