| Show I 1 I 1 derivation OF NAMES OF NATIONAL FORESTS IN UTAH new names chosen on account off of their importance in local and national history the national forests in utah with tle be significance and derivation ot of their names are as follows tho the ashley national forest Is rained for william willfam 11 II ashley an on enterprising ter tr fur or trader who in 1822 or tan led a company of men which to the rocky and formed trading relations with the th several indian tribes I 1 he I 1 0 was clenten ent ant governor ot of illinois s in 1820 ano and te presented missouri in congress in tho the early thirties this forest has haa an brea area of acres anti and Is in charbel charge of lit supervisor william at anderson ath alth headquarters at the I 1 he cache national forest take taka its name from the county stream an and 11 ian valley of the same name in northern norther utah ahe name Is or of aren french eh origin t hiding place and wasi wa probably iro bably applied because of the ex opportunity tho the early explore I ers had to tilde hide ti their air treasures down in the valley abla lorest forest comprise si nn fin area of BIG OCO acres and Is under tinder the iho supervision Euper vIsIon of AV W dark clark headquarters at doiran southwestern utah was nas locally call rd ird the I 1 dixie country I 1 because of the of Us its climate to that of the beuthein Bou thein states elates or dixie land and because of the facts that in the early das daa this region produced cotton for the use of the tha mormon settlers ahe in dixie dile national forest receives its rame in this hla way thir dorest contains acres including idIng the th mt lit trumbull and tile tha tion in mohave county arizona conj coni of acres on the north f the grand canion of the I 1 he headquarters remain at st rt george end C I 1 huddle Is the acting supervisor the fillmore Fill mora national forest forest which was named after millard fill more the thirteenth president of th united states slates Is one of the six nai na lional forests named after presidents deatel the other forests are the madison and jefferson in montana Linc olno lit in new mexico washington anwash in washington and cleveland in california vie llie fellmore lorett has an all area of 0 neres acres and Is under the supe islon of william hurst with mith h head eada quarters quarter at beaver forest gets geta its name from the lal e of the same sa me name this law lakel received its iti name on account of thol thai lit large rge amount offish of ish to be found there I 1 ilia his forest is under sup supervision ofis K r snell with headquarters at salina its ita aren area la is 23 acres acrea la ia salle national foichat is named otter after the famous french explorer hobert chevalier do de la salle balle who aho in set out upon a tour of western exploration in the course of which lie discovered the he ohto ohio aher ard a year or two to later exploit d the appel appe part of illinois later lie led a band bof drw on I 1 s I 1 as om 1 I n n r n to dounda h of the mississippi ile he ian ded 01 at matagorda day texas which ire be mis took for a western outlet of the river hut but v was as assassinated ty by some nomo of hla his disappointed followers near a branch of c f the river texas this cotese an area of neres acres ant an I 1 Is in charro of acting supervisor rile with mith headquarters at moab the mantl forest la is so aimed from the lie toan of adanti aba capital of panr leap I 1 etc count utah the anine li ig talt talc en flon that of the old ruined city of 1 manti near caracas llie lorest embi a res 08 0 acres and Is 1 in charge of A W jensen with at the lorest de da lives its ili name from a bonx sioux indian vend oid possibly a con conti action of kinf water and Toka To kahea heNa the farst water or toka enemy mater of tile tho enemy lails I 1 his I 1 orest 1 Is in ili charge of supervisor visor william wilb i at malin idaho and cobers tin an area of acres debos lonely mountain in palestine la Is in the mountain of if that name in the Wasl th range ID fit utah from this mountain th nebo national forest Is named it an area of acres acrea dan 8 pack la Is in charge i ith at payson the greit great indeli chief hief pocatello tag t as given hla 1113 namo name to tile the seat beat of bannock county idabo on the port kent river from this city tile the poca helln national forest bilics its name ahe dorest coverd an atea of pares and la Is under tinder the management of supervisor C 0 smith with mith head Iii artera at pocatello idabo buthe ahn powell na national dional foiest Is named after the th grest gen geologist logist explorer find scientist italoa T W powell por pal former director of tso ta unit ed states geological survey ills hla bet best known borlis are exploration of the colo 1 ado river of the west and intro 1 ducolon of tire the bluds of indian lan caws iua teB this forest IR in under tinder super luor george 11 II barney with headquarters at escalante calante Fi rs the area cov 9 sed d Is inq acres sevier national nations Nat ionn forest la Is named r rom tb the e county ti y 0 of f th that a t name n am e 1 in n utah which w h aich r received acel v rel d it its s n nime 4 rin e f from ro m john sevier an american pioneer gp general I 1 politician and indian fighter ni ahter ile he wat wa t united unit e d states st q t es commis B to ne r to ne na with the brcek indians in 1815 in this forest to Is included ao 0 acres under tinder the supervision of T C hoyt with at pan gultch the uinta county and the well known mountain range in utah the name of the uinta foy for tast the nie la is taken from a branch of the itte indians indiana the word ord sald said to td nean mean I 1 fine land acting Super vinot n R V R reynolda Rev nolda Is la in charge of the tha forest with kith headquarters at provo prove the forest covers acres the wasatch Wasat lh national forest la named from the wasatch mountains moun taina which extend from north to south routh through utah this Is a ute or paint word the renning of which 1 not cnown I 1 acres are em embraced bractt in I 1 this forest which ta is under the ho man 1 gement of acting 1 F pk 10 cooles coole with headquarters nt st I 1 ake aha city t t |
