| Show vernal noted for sheep cattle mineral wealth dinosaur F ne fishing vernal ts s benl center er of worlds richest gilsonite industry thousands of head of sheep and cantlo ranged in area scenic highway to beautiful now completed from here vernal first named aihley was settled in the early by captain pardon dodds and others in the largest influx of settlers oc cuned mostly coming from froin salt lake vaclev ut uttus 1 alley ard ti 1 l bear lake k for or the most part vernal was settled by a fine tape of pioneers gooc goal homemakers and skilled in the of subduing new comi tiles irrigation systems built taking ziff gatei aiom ashley creek as it emerged from the canyon a few miles aniles to the north moie cr less of a frontier settlement vearial Ve art frial bial in the eaily days was tile the ien rendezvous lendez demous of cattlemen sheep men and often out outlaws las were ere either hiding biding out or on their way through the country to and hoin the liowns park regon region on green liver their stronghold chapters could be written of stories told 0 of f these earl earls day incidents bl bi old dimeis ano mete intimately acquainted with ith dutch butch cassidy mid ard hla his grazing on all sides side tte ite territory adjacent ad to vernal Is admirably adopted adapted tor for the raising of sheep and cattle the ashley national na tonal foiest the north and west and the public domain to tile the south and cast supplies fall and winter and and a nd sum mei forne forage abundant alf alafa and grain of all kinds ai ue e raised on oil the irrigated farms to supplement the public domain in furnishing feed fed and pasturage mole moie than helcz ot of sheep ai aie e oa owned ned by vernal vel sheep men producing annually 1800 pounds of N wool ool approximately 22 head of range cattle ate aie owned hy fly cattlemen of vernal while hile 4 36 per cent of the total dairy cows in utah are found in ah county dairy ing was handicapped lit hi the early settlement of the valley due to slow transportation and poor roads to market t but with alth the present day fast trucks and hard surfaced surf acea axe are put ort on tile the in less than six hours largist Dir deposits posits the worlds largest deposits of gilsonite are found in uintah coun ty southeast of vernal near watson goh and rainbow thousands of tons of this jet black dydio cairon are mined annually the potential tonnage of this product in county la Is estimated at 32 tons maikels aie found for gil in all parts of the world orld japan and Gei dennany inary hane hae been heavy users during the last fen fe eais shipments oie ale made on huge trucks ti acks aiom the mines and are loaded principally at watson foit duchesne Par parrotte mines and amton mi ton considerable quantities are ara trucked to lieber heber city utah ard claig colo for consignment to tad the pacific or atlantic coasts oil sonie is used for the manufacture of points paints varnishes telephone le ie belvels cel veis vels transmitters roofing anu vailous other oilier h are alkali and acid proof tabby Tabb ite and many other members of the hydro hydrocarbon carbon family are abw round found in iii large irge quan in tile the uintah basin it la Is aa said id thare i is ii i enough coal in ashley V valley al I 1 Y alone to lat last years it at the giesert rate pt pr consumption many round roand continued continue a en page rive VERNAL ERNAL RENOWNED bior FOR HER NATURAL continued from page one god conar end zinc c scovel ies have been made find and in some sections silver lion uranium and an adlum are found near jew jensen sen at bend a great amount of work has been done in placer mining but up to the pi besent tharp has been but little money made fortunes ale aie in stole stoie for the one aho ho perfects a p mess whereby A this flour gold found in laige quantities may be savea ale aie numerous vil oil structures tules in uintah county and immense deposits of rock phosphate asphalt rock n warble marble natural gas and silica sand natural gas is piped to vernal fi fiam oin a well ell six miles east and supplied to homes and industries vernal P fw F me first city in m the state of utah to be supplied with natural gas it is 0 estimated by the owners of thi system that there is sufficient gas in the present wells well to anyone interested in may find within a few villes miles of vernal r some ome of the most exten she e and interesting pictography pictographs n the t he world here there Is found wilting of at least three distinct periods which bilings back the old question of where here these people came frioli and what beeping beep me of them the th e tolly tourist beek becking ilig rest mccrea tion or the natural wonders onders a of great forests wonderful mountains with their gorges st streams reanis arld and beautiful lakes where fish and game abound can find full pleasure in this area located at an altitude of feet vernal boasts of a population of 1900 and a trade area population of cf five thousand within the immediate valley alley are half a dozen comm unities vernal Is served with two banks two drug stoles six sit service stations a 91 cleavery cie cle amery bottling L works ice cream plant news newspaper raPer seven general stores and fiscel ai LIML lead ad of MO si seen een leaving vernal went ment in foreground scene taken last 40 years while dozens of wells may be drilled on the structure at A the wells have a dally capacity of cubic feet dairy products provide an attractive income for the county more than pounds or carloads are shipped to the markets ets netting manually during an a average I 1 ear 1500 pounds of poultry are produced proc there are ol onles onies of bees producing 43 eaf toads of famous vena honey with alth cans per car each year more tharl than DW bushels of grain are produced pi deduced educed hogs head of cattle bushels ot potatoes and 50 carloads of fruits and vegetables six thou thousand zand cai loads loada of hay bay are produced while during former years 20 carloads ot of alfalfa heed were shipped to market annually dunmir monument near twelve elve rilles eust of vernal venial over a bcd highway is lo 10 located the dinosaur national monument and the fossil remains partly visible are of th greatest animals anI nials that ever ro aimed the earth specimens measuring more than feet in length have bae been viken from the quarry the smallest dinosaur mea measuring suling several everal inches and the largest dinosaur measuring in arre re than feet have been taken from the local quarry initial work is being can led on at present on a quarter million dollar museum chih will be built over aver the natural habitat of the huge animals to the north of vernal reached b a splendid highway I lies uintah range of mountains which supply iipp ly not a few of the great natural resource es that make the uintah basin so favored this is the only range of mountains in the united states due east and west est the highest pe iks in the site eite many reaching altitude s rf f more than 13 COO feet are found in this range their perpetual snow summits are mute evidence if the potential water nater and power i sources tour ces provi cec ec for the develop dev elop ment of cf the euintah tah basin imi abound the lakes and streams of tle the uintah mountains abound with alth the finest trout fishing in the deot et A few minutes drive will ill take vou iou I 1 ir r streams where native and rainbow trout may be found plentiful enough for even the amateur angler it if a lit littly tie more time can be aken diozt ns of beautiful moun tain aln lakes all veil mell stocked with trout may be reached some of hee bee lakes are accessible to automobiles but most of them are a short distance from the highway and make an interesting pack trip the streams and lakes ul the dis lica are stocked floal whiterocks Whlter ish hatchery hatcher hatch erv 3 which supplies about quarter of a mill million icil fish to our bleam ti earns and lakes annually for the monti at center of business laneous other ether institutions A num ilum of ct c t fine church buildings and school buildings have hale been co constructed here the sidewalks bide walks and streets are paved with native asphalt mined in ane hills seven niiles miles to thu tho west A journey of 20 miles vest on U S 40 brings us to the boundary of the uintah anu ana ouray indian reservation where more than 1600 indians reside many in their arx nithe ith e homes or living the life of nomads fort duchesne the historic military post of the reservation is five miles from gusher and on a blanch road to the south of the highway at this post in 1881 troops were sent to protect the white bite s aers of the basin bain from the inman uprisings the original arl ari ginal barracks supply houses mess halls and arbena are now used by the indian service I 1 Is at this place that the lintal basin industrial convention I 1 held each fall more than 10 people from all of the antei mountain mount aln country assemble foi c cans as of recreation and educational ansti instruction action k f 1 x axi i re 4 0 amton of gt n brer A bendid a ato rma ia to in ay iy et m paiit owye this canyon this point is 45 villes north cf I 1 ernal the verral I 1 |
