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Show 1 Page n en- largest population Duchesne joys a uniqueas topographical it does, in irimosin lying, the exact center of the county, and the junction of the Duchesne the Strawberry rivers, and around old three highways. of the of convergence site built around the 40, the transconMurdock trading post (established Federal highway Indian tinental route through Salt Uintah the before years Denver, state highway Reservation was opened to white City androute from Duchesne to 33 the f'rst was Duchesne wt tiers nearest railway town-sit- e the Utah, price, tablished as a government Tabiona, Duchesne, the reservation and the point, in 1905, w'hen route connecting with was opened for homesteading. name Kamas 40 between Heber cuy highway the It at that time carriedafter these highways As Park City. and Dora named L of Theadore, A M. are the only routes Into ltle jntah Murdock, eldest daughter of wo- Basin from the West, with highentrance Murdock, and the first white way 40 the only Eastern. man on the site. In April the 'Gateway is Duchesne truly the name was officially Baxin." the name of th to the Uintah to Duchesne, boomer years became located. Is 6 town river on which the invasion of town the with the Duchesne, 1913, for 8th, On April of a Wasatch the under opening eastern capital, was Incorporated was water a M. Murdock of bank the installation county, nnd A. of most elected its first Mayor. system and the erection election still seen on main The following year an the buildings of street. The W'orld War, and the was held In which Wasatchendcounset the east the have to following depression, ending in ty voted new of the bank in the spring aside as a failure fall a bitter of 1922, stopped ail signs of boom. County, and in the between the was staged Since that time no great changfight es have taken place in Duchesne, but it has shown slowof steady severwon growth, with the erection OntyNovat3. 1914, Phesne the including buildings, fine al a government the the county seat vote by 1, large erected by 191. garage their mail trucks in 19JO, majority, and on January to house were offices new county building m school the and the new homes modem ta the 1926. Many fine Although It did not have Duchesne City Holds Ideal Location As Gateway To Basin situ-atio- n, For Your PLEASURE 1 a; BILLIARDS SOFT DRINKS CIGARS CANDY TOBACCO 1914-15-1- BECKERS BEER county-Duche- sne Smith Pool Hall rwSrsToMm VISIT MOON LAKE DARYL ana DOUG have been erected in the past fifteen years, and a slow steady growth has been registered m the population. 'Hie city today boasts two good grocery and dry goods stores, a hardware and lumber store, a drug store, three garages, three fine service stations, two hotels, three restaurants, a bakery, two Fishing -- Boating -- Hiking laundries, j a radio shop, a ladies' apparel shop, two barber shops, a beauty salon and two pool halls Duchesne is sorely in need of Its own bank, and the opening of such an institution at this time should prove highly profitable. The furn-- : iture store which operated for nearly twenty years, occupying the finest sales floor in the county closed its doors a year ago, leavIng this opportunity open to some. u .Hi ?3!J i?q Suoi Wfl figt nn - fw;'" 'V V 4, a' MOON LAKE RESORT Can furnish you with Cabins - Meals - Supplies Boats Back Trains - Saddle Horses AMUSEMENT HEADQUARTERS Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Alger Props. flh'C one. The city boasts three civic clubs, the Gateway Club, a business and professional mens luncheon club, a Business and Professional Womens Club, and the Duchesne Commercial Club, which operates one of the pool halls to help raise funds for public good. In spite of the constant increase in residences in the city the rent situation Is today acute, with not a single dwelling vacant, giving in promise of considerable activity this field to accomodate the influx of population expected as the news of the Moon Lake Project gets around. ro' pre ore DO'S OO'Z fz'e S8' C9 1 ers fOC erz in fO'l f0' BOf P9'l fO'l P6'( f0'( I P0' DA'S BZ" BZ'' BZ'1 D9'i BO'I |