| Show A BRIEF HISTORICAL REVIEW OF tHE BASIN Arm AND ITS ifS PIONEERS t I W Without the pioneer history is im possible Equipped with hardiness and endurance he ho bl blazes z s the Ue way to mOl modern eln civilization with ith its comforts comforts comforts' comforts comforts' com com- forts forts' and luxuries at a which if depicted to him in advance w would uld mal make o him hesitate History ho however ever repeats repeals itself and the pioneer pioneer pioneer pio pio- neer of or the lie Uintah basin has repeated repeat repeat- ed the identical heroic feat Ceat which the early Mormon pioneers of 1846 accompli accomplished hed when they penetrated the vast wilderness lying IrIng between Kirkland Ohio and th the great Salt SaIL Lake valley wit with this one exception that the tine distance to civilization was less and hardships of or travel less I strenuous strenuous but but the conquest conquet of the soil solI nI and l the tile obstacles to tin agriculture and home building were equally equally The Mormon plo plo- neer leer of or 1846 has been beel commemorated ed Cl Clin in inn prose and poetry rip to the tho r rd homesteader r nf it f t U tJ e eUintah eUintah ein Uintah in tah basin reservation has been forgotten in the t wild s sera ul-io ul Cornew for Cor new and need progress I When Vien In in l this new new et en r. r of hu state tate had haul l Leen een set by o l-o ris as scaly J for far Federal government as ju ily ly r s 's settlement t which tl tine the opening I proclamation was vas still pending I Theodore Roosevelt then in the tine l i presidential chair with his liis characteristic charac- charac emphasis warn warned d the tine I charac-I that it was premature l p to occupy th this wild section an and advised delay I v grounds through the me press The Tho which he appealed to tho U pu putt pUi tic Ji ic were ere were perfectly y sound and fr if p io- n- n conditions avd I un under er similar circumstances would leave have been Deen l' l a.- a. by the tho great majority of o the tine 1 early settlers The grounds upon uron whirl the tine presidents president's warning was was' based was as fol follows basin 1 L Tho The topography of or the surrounded as it is on all sides sides by hy i high ligh mountain m ranges it would for I Isome some sonic time at least form an in immovable im- im 7 movable barrier arrier to c early transportation transportation tation and communication with other other other oth oth- er parts of the tine state which has inns beloved be- be true But nut our which has con come e president failed to loved oved former olmer mention the trucks as the tine fut future re substitute of or transportation area of mesa 2 The enormous I lands ands not included ded in the tine Irrigation area irea as outlined by y the Ule interior Indian In- In j In-j In-I In I dian dlan department and the tine great cost I work worle of oC ditches to of construction I plateaus which the more elevated either an imme- imme would woud necessitate i inot diate dl te bond ond issue or a federal help obtained I not s so sQ easily during the tine 3 3 Rivers and streams early summer summer shimmer liable to I I Ithe lowlands with n no bridges as yet ret tine the he 1 constructed How true 4 4 The Tine opportunity of f drawing I Ia to all a home tead and being open I Independent of creed cast ast or color would inevitably be embraced mainly main- main rather than the tine rich ly y by th the poor l J would re retard re- re Tome which thus h home seeker development of tine the tard indefinitely engender untold IH hardships hard hard- country and and iron the honn bom se urea uron ships h ps of abandonment even oven lead to the tine re result 10 and possibly many homesteadS poss slut sult In a taJ failure re of the th-e entire interest of the tine government prognosis by y the tho pr president si- si This early more more dent has in inn a measure come largo large are arc still or less true truo T There atter 20 year ears table lands a areas area's c a of hard without water for J of r hard irrigation l and while in s some me meas ure urea urea ure-a a s solution ution is within sight it will wil have been at the expense ex ex- pense penso of weary waiting and untold hal hardships hardships- and and at a cost which t to I many who wino chose their homestead homesteads I Ion on the tine mesas will be enormous and I Inot not within their means In many instances in instances instances in- in stances especially at tIle the opening o othe or of tine the reservation there were ere frequent and some sonic abandon abandon- ments of claims and th thousands thousand turned turne awa away away and back t without even eyen inspecting their holdings Bridges a across oss the leading streams stream's were built at the expense of th the gov gov- and overflows were were- prevented prevented prevented pre pre- vented by y straightening sharp river bends also at the expense of the government Without this material aid and without t the e construction of or I Indian ditches thi this new Eldorado would today have been been been-an an undesirable ble place to live Hye and which few ers woul would woula have cared to enter From the above picture it can be he readily seen soen that mt the tine early earh life of the early pio pioneer eer was not str strewn wn with roses roses that grit and asna persever perseverance perseverance persever- persever ance alice backed acl by tine the the harsh master master- necessity was necessity was needed to stick it out until l it pleased the tine government to issue the patents which in many instances were unnecessarily delayed delay delay- ed eel and in in some some- instances entirely withheld Th The to it I on the part of U tine the e early sett settlers s was I due to a vision of better beneI Bays cays aars He soon demonstrated ted that tine the hardships hardships hard harel- sh ships through which he must pass must eventually lead to better linings hence things hence the tine following ing was vas the the sum stump and anvil sU substance substance- of or his I I r 1 After all all all' allI I have en taken up upp up m my homestead in a section of the tine state stat e r which out classes a all other sections section a in its abundance of water supply which could redeem every every acre aCle o of p idle soil son not only in the entire basin hasin ba ha- asin a- a sin but in the tine valleys to the west where acres have already I been redeemed having plenty plent left for home use 2 I live in th tine the section of oC the state which can supply every in industry industry indus indus- us- us try in the tine the state with sufficient water waterpower waterpower waterpower f r power to keep its wheels In motion for all time to come I 3 3 I live Jive in a section of or the state stale which possesses within its boundary coal and hy hydro carbons ro in iu sufficient amount to supply ten states for years ears and which eventually must attract at attract attract at- at tract capital and transportation fa fa- fa 4 I live lire in a climate which equals any in the state state cool cool salubrious salubrious salubrious salu salu- summers and short winters 5 6 I live in a n section of the tine stale state which agriculturally is superior to lo many wind and inferior to none where none where pests are virtually unknown unknown unknown-no aio blights or weevils 6 G. Hills lUlls arc arc re clothed In grass and amI hill tops with cedars and pine pine- and the lofty mountain tops with snow the the air with sun sunbeams everyday 7 I live JIve in the tine section of the tine state whore the rivers and lakes swarm with the finny tribe and and the mountain streams with the speckled beauties beat Deer grouse se and other I game gamo abound in the tho canyons canyons but but the tine wolf and the coyote and the wild cat must go What more IsOn Is Js JsOn isOn I On Page |
