Show MONUMENT TO TO ESCALANTE I IS UNVEilED HERE First White 1 Man In Basin Honored by Daughters Of Utah Pioneers Tribute was paid here Thursday Thursday Thursday Thurs Thurs- day to Father Escalante and his party who were the first white men to enter the Uintah Basin when a monument to his memory was unveiled by Daughters of Utah Pioneers of Duchesne coun coun- ty The monument was erected near highway 40 at the junction of the Strawberry and Duchesne rivers east of Duchesne where the Continued on Page 8 MONUMENT TO ESCALANTE IS UNVEILED HERE Continued from page 1 party camped in September 1776 Records left by the explorers say they came through the Canyon of the Swallows now the Strawberry Strawberry Strawberry Straw Straw- berry valley and came upon a Great Basin On September 13 1776 they camped on the Ule Green river and discovered the fertile Ashley Valley The bronze plaque on the monument tells the story of their trek through the Uintah Basin To Landscape Grounds The unveiling was performed by Mrs J J. J D D. D Wimmer Vimmer Mrs S Frank Hale of the Duchesne camp and Mrs Mary Maryl Orser of the Roosevelt Roosavelt Roosevelt Ro- Ro Camp Dedication was made by Bishop Levi J. J Anderton Anderton Anderton Ander- Ander ton of Duchesne Following the dedication Mrs G G. G V. V Billings captain of the Duchesne Duchesne Duchesne Du Du- Du- Du chesne camp told the story of Father Escalante's trip through the Basin and explained the plans for landscaping the grounds around around around a- a round the monument She expressed expressed expressed ex ex- pressed the gratitude of the Duchesne Duchesne Duchesne Du Du- Du- Du chesne county Daughters of Utah Pioneers to A. A M M. Murdock one of the first wl white te men In ithe the Basin Basin Basin Bas Bas- in who donated a man and team to prepare the ground for the monument He was assisted by Bishop G. G V. V Billings Mrs Homer P. P Edwards Roosevelt Roosevelt Roosevelt Ro Ro- Ro- Ro gave a tribute To The Pioneers History of Basin Given An accordian solo was given by Miss Phyllis Daniels of velt Mrs J. J P P. P Madsen of Duchesne Duchesne Duchesne Du Du- chesne read True y y a tribute to a pioneer by Grant A history of the settling of the Uintah valley was given by Thomas Thom Thom- as Bingham Jr who told of the first wl white te woman with a baby who came to the valley in September September September Sept Sept- ember 1876 He explained that wagon trains were sent to the railroad to bring the people into the ithe valley The last teams made the trip to the railroad In 1868 Mr Bingham sang The Boys o of Sanpete County a song he had heard around the campfires during during during dur dur- ing the early days which he later later later lat lat- lat lat- er had included in one of the early L. L D. D S. S song books A song by the congregation concluded the program which was held at atthe ithe the Log Cabin Inn near the site of the monument Representatives of the Roosevelt Roosevelt Roosevelt Roose Roose- velt Arcadia Neola and Duchesne Duchesne Duchesne Du Du- Du- Du chesne camp of the Daughters of oJ Utah Pioneers were present at atthe atthe atthe the unveiling and dedication |