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J < tzad 94td } J eae ( By Grand County Centenmal Centennial CentenmalIhrtoncal CentennialIIlrtoncal CentenniaIIirtoncal Ihrtoncal IIlrtoncal Committee ) : Grand countly is made up or of of3692 ' 3692 square miles males of broken brokenterramrangmg brokenterrainranging brokenterrain terram-rangmg terram rangmg terrain-ranging terrain ranging - ranging from semi semitropical semitropical semitropical tropical fertile valleys of an a1titude al altItude altitude tItude of approx mately 4000 4000feet 4000feet 4000feet feet to mountain mountam peaks wlthm within within20 20 miles males which rise to elevationsof elevationsor elevations or of over 13 000 feetThe feetThe feet feetThe The . chief .chle.f chle.f chlef . industries Industncs are ag agnculture agriculture agnculture nculture riculture stockraismg stockralsmg stockraisang and m n nmg ning ning ningAbout mg ing mgAbout ingAbout About 4200 acres are improved Improv Improved improved ed farming farmmg land The main mam crops cropsal cropsaie cropsaie al aie e fruits vegetablese alfalfa alfalfaand alfalfaand alfalfaand and gramsLivestock grainsLivestock grains grams grainsLivestock Livestock consists mostly of ofcattle ofcattle ofcattle cattle and sheepThe sheepThe sheep sheepThe The d different .ferent ferent . kinds kmds of ore orefound orefound orefound found and mined mmed in m an Grand Grandcounty Grandcounty Grandcounty county are Silver Salver coal golduranium gold golduramum golduranium uramum uranium vanadium bentonite bentomte cobolt mckel nickel some I copper and gIlsomteWells gilsoniteWells gilsonite gIlsomte gilsoniteWells Icopper Wells drilled for oil 011 in m the thecounty thecounty thecounty county disclosed great beds of ofcarnallIte ofcarnallite oicarnalhte carnallIte sylvite and saltThe saltThe salt saltThe The population of Grand Grandcounty Grandcounty Grandcounty county is s about 2000 2000The 2000The 2000The The county has a public hos has haspetal hospltal hospital pltal petal In connection with the thehospital thehospital thehospital hospital there is a medical co cooperahve cooperative cooperative operahve operative and a monthly child children childmen children ren men s clinic clImc clImcThe clinicThe clinicThe The county court house is a amodern amodern amodern modern two story bUlldmg building bUlldmgconstructed buildingconstructed buildingconstructed constructed in m an 1937The 1937The 1937 1937The The schools of Q Grand county countyare countyare countyare are very modern During Durmg 1934 1934a a $130 130 $ 000 combination combmatlon grade gradeand gradeand gradeand and high school was completed gradeI completedIn In connection connechon with the school schoolthere schoolthere schoolthere there is a public library and a ahot ahot ahot hot lunch room where between between130 130 and 150 children are served servedtheir servedtheir servedtheir their dayThe noon meal each school day The county employs 19 teachersThe teachersThe teachers teachersThe The scenic scemc attractions are nu numeiOUS numeious numeious meiOUS The Arches Natlol1al National Natlol1alMonument NationalMonument NationalMonument Monument setaSIde set aside by PreSIdent President Presi dent Hoover ill in 1929 IS S'ld Sld sud ' to contain the most remarkable example example ex ample of wind wmd erosion in an the theworld theworld th.world thworld . world The Colorado river can canyon canyon canyon yon Fisher s Towers and Dead DeadHorse DeadHorse DealHorse Horse Point Pomt overlooking overlookmg the thi : river canyon are other famous famousseen famousseen scen seen c featuies features featUi featuresThe featuiesThe es esThe The snowcapped snowcappcd La Sal Salmoun Salmountains Salmountains moun mountains tams with their forests forestsdeep forestsdeep forestsdeep deep canyons mountain mountam streams streamsand streamsand streamsand and mesas the deserts with theirsunken their theirsunken theirsunken sunken valleys pinnacles pmnac1es faults faultsdomes faultsdomes faultsdomes domes and the Colorado rver rvercontain r rvercontain ver vercontain contain thouands of Interestmg interesting Interestmgplaces interestingplaces interestingplaces places which make up the 3692 3692square 3692square 3692square square miles males of Grand countyEach countyEach county countyEach Each of the following followmg ghost ghosttowns ghosttowns ghosttowns towns has a aery \ery ery "ery very \ " ntercsting nterestmg nteresting hIS hIStory history history tory Wilson Mesa PinhookMiner Pmhook Pinhook PmhookMmer PinhookMiner Mmer Miner s Basin Basm Gold Basin Pov Poverty Poverty Poverty erty Flat Dolores Danish Damsh Flats FlatsCastleton FlatsCastleton FlatsCastleton Castleton Dewey RIchardson RIchardsonand Richardsonand Richardsonand and Valley City Practically all allof allof allof of these places have had a school schoolafld schoolafid schooland afld afid a postoffice postofflce and some 'Of Of 'Ofthem ofthem ' ofthem them had stores and saloonsInterestmg saloonsInteresting saloons saloonsInteresting Interesting Interestmg place placc names In InGrand inGrand inGrand Grand county are Pack CreekB Creek CreekB B ore o r e n Mesa Horse Creek CreekAmasa CreekAmasa CreekAmasa Amasa s Back Mill Creek Bald BaldMesa BaldMesa BaldMesa Mesa Camp Warner Gardner GardnerRanch GardnerRanch GardnerRanch Ranch North Hollow Porcu Porcup Porcupne p ne Ranch Harpole Mesa Cas Castle Castle Castie tle NiggerBill NiggerBall Valley Onion Omon Creek NIgger Bill Ball Sheep Creek Crapos Crapo s Hole HoleSalt HoleSalt HoleSalt Salt Valley Day s Crack LittleValley LIttle LIttleValley LittleValley Valley Kirk Kirks s Crack Brmk Brink BrmkSprmgs BrinkSprings BrinkSprings Sprmgs Springs Court House Rock RockDevils RockDevIl DevIl s Garden Crescent Can Cany'On Canyon Canyon y'On yOn ' Harley Dome Yellow Yel10w Cat CatWolf CatWolf CatWolf Wolf Ranch Ruby Ranch Ran-ch Ran ch - Dead DeadHorse Horse Point Pomt Court House CaTJe Ca'ie Caie ' Pasture sPasture Sprmgs Springs CaneSprings CaTJeSprmgs Ca'ieSprings Bottoms Gray Grays sPas s Pas ture Arth Arta Arths s Pature Big Flats FlatsCrescent BigBend Crescent Seven Mile lVIile Male Floy BIg Bend Otho s Arches Long Val Valley ValIcy ley Icy Bartlett Narrows Squaw SquawPark Park HayStack Salaratus Canyon Hay Stack Mounti Mounh Mounts n Hubbard Ranch HubbardRanch Aldnch AldrIch Trail Piofessor Plofessor Professor PlofessorValley ProfessorValley Valley Sally s Hollow Jake JakeLewis LewIs Ranch and Mines Mmes Bach Bachelor Bachelor Bachelor elor Basin Basm Fisher Valley Va11ey Po Polar Polam lar lam Mesa Scharf Ranch Ute UteTrail Trail KIrk Kirks s Basin Basm Beaver Ba Basm Basin Basin sm sin CanyonCisco and Roberts Robert s Canyon Cisco Westwater Thompsons Thompsonsand Thompsonsand and Elgin Elgm are railroad towns townsand townsand townsand and each has a colorful back background background background ground Sego is JS a coal mmmg mining mmmgcamp miningcamp miningcamp camp and Moab a farming farmmg town townBoth townBoth townBoth Both have very interesting hIS hIStones histones histones tones |