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Show The Wilkins family fllmUy were wereamong wereamong among the first settlers to go 80 tc to to toDuchesne toDuchesne Duchesne after the opening openltig 01 of 01the ofthe oi the reservation in 1905 l00S : , home home- homesteading - . steading a ranch in Indian can- can canyon canyon canyon - - yon , which he kept unt111912 until 1912 1912Returning Returning to the freightinfi freighting freightingroad freightingroad road experiencesin . , Dad had many experlencei experiences in the early day days when freight freightwas freightwas was brought In from Cotton Colton by byteam b ) , team , and freighters had often oftento oftento otterto to build their own roads , fight fightheavy fightheavy fighheavy heavy snow drifts and sticky stickymud stickymud stick ) mud holes to get food stuffs stuf andmerchandise and andmerchandise ancmerchandise merchandise to the Basin Bash ' ! setlers set setlers setlers lersII lers lersAfter After following the freightingroad freightingroad freighting II IIAfter road with teams and later with withtrucks withtrucks withtrucks trucks Dad turned his attentiorto attentionto attention attentionIto Ito | to oil shale assessment work and andto andto andto to elaterite mining and even a'one aone at atone atone ' one time operated with his eldlest eld old eldlest oldest lest est son Ray Rey Roy a flour mill inDuchesne IrDuchesne IrDuchesneI in inDlchesne Dl\chesne Dl chesne Duchesne . \ : I I DuchesneLater Later years yeW's yeWs ' have seen Ijad'schief Dad's Dads Ijad's Ijads Dad'sIchlef Dad'schief Dadschief ' Ichlef chief interests turn to the great greatpleasures grea1pleasures : reel'land pleasures of the rod and reel'l reell reel reeland ' , and for many many years the openingday openin opening openingday day of the fishing season wouldalways would wouldalways always , } s find him in one of thechoice the thechoice thechoice choice spots in the Basin match matching matching matching ing his skill against tne the wily wilyI wilytrout wilytrout wilytrout I trout with the best of them EV'en EVen Eventhis Eventhis ' this summer when his failing failingstrength failingstrength failingstrength strength made it necessary forhim for forhim forhim him to be carried from his carto car carto carto to a boat he was still to be foundin found 10 in Lake Canyon pulling in some someof someof someof of fine bass to be found thereDad thereDad there thereDad Dad s body was returned to toDuchesne toDuchesne toDuchesne Duchesne Wednesday evening eveningwhere eveningwhere eveningwhere where funeral services were conducted con condueted conducted dueted ducted at 11 am a m Friday withBishop with withBishop withBishop Bishop Levi J Anderton Alnderton nderton can con conducting conducting ducting the services Interment Intermentwas Intermentwas Intermentwas was in the Provo City cemeteryBesides cemeteryBesides cemetery cemeteryBesides ! Besides his widow he is sur survived survived survived vived by six sons Ray Tucson TucsonArizomt TucsonArizona TucsonArizona Arizomt Arizona Dewey Salt Lake CityBarney City , , BarneYt BarneYtTucson Barney , Tucson Arizona WadeColorado Wade WadeColoraoo WadeColorado Coloraoo Colorado Springs Colo Tommy TommyBakersfield TommyBakersfield ' California two sis- sis sin- sin sisters sintern sis sisters Bakersfield California1 California1two , - - , ters tern Mrs Mamie Bird BirdVenice Bird Biro Venice VeniceCalifornia , , California Mrs Laura Deming DomingMidvale ' I Midvale and a brother Birah Blrah BirahWilkIns BlrahWilkins BirahWilkins WilkIns Oregon He had 14grandchildren 141 14 14grandchildren ) 141I 141gr&ndchUdren gr&ndchUdren grndchUdren grandchildren & and ond six greatgrand great greatgrand grand childrenUintah children -Uintah Uintah - Uintah Basinl BasinlRecord Basin BasinRecord ' Record |