Show historic ft duchesne BY MRS 0 fort port duchesne la is now an a indian agency where all lil the affairs and bu of these Indi indiana AnAl la Is taken cs of it ww was the army post established in IBM 1886 when the troops coming in from eort bridger over the taylor mountain through ashley valley to this place mistook the river to be the duchesne river and grid named the new poet post port fort Du duchenne Duc heene chesno the war department kept troops here bere until 1913 at which time it was abandoned as en an army post and the indian agency agy moved from whiterocks here in sketching the history of the fort duchesnau Du chesna indian agency one must go back to the time of the mormon mormons entering utah under the leadership of brigham young in 1847 1 when this of sturdy pioneers reached the belt like lake valley they found the indian indians roaming everywhere with chief walker at their head this mighty chief met and recognized the great chief breham becham young and loved this kindly white man and considered that he at the head of hia his people and brigham at the head of the mormon people were brothers and mid big chiefs they became inseparable inee pareble friends and conferred confer to aher on an the matter of n wrier ship of this great baale brigham young took it up with the government at washington D a 0 As result a certain portion of this great area was set aside and given to the indians as their own land to libeon live on roam over ver and da do es they pleased with under government control an f cent was stationed 9 ft t an agency with a staff of clerks and field men to attend to the governing of these indians the no first indian agency was established where the strawberry lake now I 1 out in alu strawberry valley later it was moved to or near the present site of fabiona tabiona Ta Tit biona on the lake pork river then in the early eighties or late seventies the agency was established it at whiterocks White captain pardon dodds since slue deceased was vas the first agent at this place at this time the nearest soldier post was at port fort thornberr Tho roben near uncle phil phu a farm r ar vernal in ashley valley in 1885 the soldiers eold lers came to fort duchesne and this was rw maintained as an army post until 1912 when it was abandoned and d the soldiers ere sent else elsewhere here jewel 0 D martin was as the tint indian agent he stayed until the auttumn of 1914 when A 11 kneale came he ile remained nine deurs u and was well liked by not only the indians but by his hils employees and the people IT in the surrounding country ifo ha unproved improved the roads and built hat Is known as the kneale highway to the regret of all an who knew him he received a transfer to shiprock ne new meu a L and his chief clerk fred A gross broune agent he served until the autumn of 1928 1926 when he was as transferred to wash ington state and Is now at fort hall near Blak blackfoot foot idaho it M mdell came that sear and nd AM here her we hae haie had many changes in physicians dr H B llord lloyd came from whiterocks when the agency was mova ed down here he lie stayed ten years and has ha ben gone eleven eleen years we have had nine doctors siro sir o then several ev changes made tn in the hospital but the indians receive good care and are now learning to como anfor in tor t featsent feat ment for all physical ailments our present physician is dr louis W the tarita tarm farm trig ta of the lands belonging to the indians is looked after by geo gee millot at myton uyton by hugh owens at randlett bruce maxwell at 91 fort duchesne they each have a district to look after the indians are am instructed how and when to plant and harvest their cropf those thise who do nob not care to turn farm their own lands can lease them our post POA office has changed hands several times our present postmaster Is george A duson this Is bis his sec cond time we have hare one of the best schools in the basin with lloyd aa as pal fred degg clegg bee jordon and belle angus teachers the enrollment is robert burns bums chief wei clerk in the government office Is chairman of the hed red crosa cross work here the uintah basin industry Indu strUl convention L la Is making history every year yea r every ever august we ue see its benefits and a growing tendency toward a permanent educational convention it brings all the people together helping them with their problem problems fort duchesne Is an ideal place for this convention everything can be nicely taken care of in a way that Is both pleasing and instructive to the tile thousands atten attending diric each year |