Show RECORDS DEPOSITED historical documents sealed scaled up in the will wall of u the court rouse hobie the county have fol followed loed a custom common in the erection of important public build al r logs ings by causing the construction construct ioa of a depository for historical historic nl data relating to uintah county tho the smooth dressed dons atone at tho the southeast south east out corner of the court house immediately above the foundation found ution has beon been hollowed out and made into it a box in it tho the first county record which has boon transcribed and a copy of it kept in the county clerks otha together eiith aith the following summary of the organization of the clio county and other historical inform information a has been deposited in the de depos po stol itoiz y where they will be preserved from destruction dost ruction by tho the elements elon ionta for a great many years it is possible that future gone generations rations may discover them and that they may be prized by them as aa are ancient records by the present generation the following jo id the historical summary that has been deposited OIl UTAH established b au an act of the legislature of the territory of utah feb 1880 boundaries commencing Common cing at the N E corner of utah territory on the colorado line thence west to the thence S to the main channel of green river thence don said river m or to the north line of emery county along blou said line to where it strikes the colorado line thence north along sold mid lino no to the place of beginning county seat at ashley ti IK in the first judicial Ds dis trick of utah names of first officers jeremiah hatch probate judge pardon dodds doddi isane isaac burton thomas bingham selectmen nien I 1 C C bartlett county clerk j william ashton assessor and collector I 1 measurer rea surer 0 C bartlett jos H black bupt supt of schools echo ola first election for public of ficera hold bald in august 1880 STATE OP OF utan HLAT HIAT VERNAL UTAH in the fourth judicial of said id state judge jude E H booth district attorney S A king coun county t y john G davis chairman 0 D allen alien and joseph A mckoe mckee county clerk and recorder poter peter hanson Hans treasurer john B blankenship sheriff william assessor herbert county attorney 0 1 P gable surveyor AL M duke superintendent of schools N G construction of court rt ahonso onre apan on the day of if fy ay A D 1900 contractors contractor grace broa nephi juab county utah sub contractors mason work holmes anti and watkins Wat kina provo utah superia of construction of court lan house john G davis date july ath 1900 |