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Show Uintah Basin Historical Society meets Tne Uinian Basin Historical Society held their monthly meeting on June 12 at the Golden Age Center. The program for the evening was given by Ray Searle on the Diamond Mountain area. Mr. Searle was practically raised in that area along with his family. Diamond Dia-mond Mountain did not receive its name from the diamond hoax story, he stated, but from a man by the name of Jim Diamond who was one fo the first men from Ashley Valley to run cattle on Diamond Mountain. The diamond plant took place on Diamond Peak in Colorado, in the vicinity of Brown's Park. Mr. Searle told of the various men who ran cattle and sheep on Diamond Mountain, and how many of the areas received their names. Lycurgurs, Johnsons, Coltharps, and Sterling Colton were early cattle and sheep men. They would drive them in large herds to Maybell, Colo., for sale. Thirty-three dollars a head was a good price. The first sheep run on Diamond Mountain were owned bv Tom Caldwell. Cald-well. They were sold to Hatchs, and Ike Burton took sheep to Diamond Mountain in 1897. Walt McCoy came in 1888 from Texas with a cattle drive. He started to herd sheep and was in business until 1948. At one time there were 57 herds of sheep whose brands were listed. Now there are only 4 herds there. It was common to shear 100,000 head of sheep in one year up there in those early days. Mr. Searle told about the homesteading which took place there beginning in 1916. Many local people filed on land there. The June trip to Diamond Mountain will take place on Saturday, June 21. All interested can meet at the Golden Age Center at 9 a.m. Transportation will be provided for those not having any. Bring a picnic lunch and come prepared to spend a profitable day visiting the various sites on Diamond Mountain. The July meeting will be on Dowd Mountain July 8. This meeting will be started at 7:30 p.m. at the Golden Age Center. There will be election of officers of-ficers for the coming year. |