Show I I I II t r I i III ti I k J 4 H Service Club sang at the he DUP marker dedication Sat Sal They are back I row from left to right Mrs Ora Fay Oviatt director Renne Dow Colleen Brady Clara president Abplanalp Ellen Richardson assistant accompanist Elynn Kidd Dana Mansfield dent Loene Parks Lela Hacking Marilyn Hacking Lou Ann Ross Jane Williams and Mrs Amy Lube club leader and accompanist In the front row Lorna Pope Carol South am Dayle Sessions Peggy Hemstreet Sybil Gross Helen Huff Renita Risner Sharon barn Sharp and Ann Allred rr r tr si 1 h A b r x I L MARKER in old Ashley town erected in honor of the first log house built in the Uintah Basin by a white man This marker was dedicated Saturday afternoon at a program that took place at the site I First Log House Mai Marker ker Dedication IIi DUP Convention Sat The highlight of the Daugh of Utah Pioneers Conven tion held Saturday in Vernal was the dedication of the First Log House marker in the old Ashley town l I THE MORNING session of the convention was held in inthe II the auditorium of the county building DUP International President Mrs Kate B Car Car- Carter ter spoke to the group also three other national officers Mrs Holbrook Mrs Larson and Mrs Cuzzens also spoke I I These women are all from fromi j i Salt Lake City Mrs Ella Feltch gave a fin fin- financial ancial report and Mrs Enid Hatch reported on the years activities at the morning ses ses- ses session sion sian AT NOON the members of the DUP Camps cooked and I andI served luncheon at the coun ty building kitchen In the afternoon the con con- convention I I reconvened at the site of the old Ashley town I where Mrs Billie explained and presented the marker dedicated in honor of the first log house in Uintah Valley The marker was erected close to the site of the first log house erected in the val valley ley by a white man Pardon Dodds THE MARKER inscription reads No Erected 1963 First Log House in 1851 Pre Pre- President President Abraham Lincoln established by proclamation the Uintah Indian Agency held of of- of office Brigham Young the I fice of Supt Indian Affairs Pardon Dodds Civil War veteran came to Utah Sept 7 1866 In 1867 was ap ap- ap appointed pointed first Indian agent for forthe forthe the Uintah Basin by President Andrew Jackson after post post- posting ing a bond He arrived ed at Whiterocks Christmas 3 igie i r iii C Cw w j 4 J h I JOSEPH DODDS son of Pardon Dodds early Basin pioneer Day and served until 1873 when he came to Ashley Val Valley ley as stockman with Evans Evan s and Huffaker East of this th e monument they erected the th first log cabin built by white whit whitmen e men in Uintah Basin It served ed as home for the Dodds fam famIly ily until 1897 Uintah County Count y Utah The marker was built by b bAshel Ashel Manwaring The base bas basof e of the marker is native sand stone that weighs 1 ton that tha t was a sill in the cellar door doorway way of the old Dodds home HILDA MORGAN chair chairman man of the marker committee with the help of Oral Richer Richens s and Mrs Ruth Harrison pre pr e pared the program for th e dedication of the marker In the unseasonably warm weather Mrs Arthur Harri Harri- Harrison son read a history of the Uin tah Valley that will be pub pub- published in the next issue of this paper ARTHUR Harrison offered the dedication prayer and Mrs Carter spoke Lawrence Lee sang two solos Theres an Old Spin Spin- Spinning ning Wheel in the Parlor and Utah Trail accompanied ed cd by Mrs Lloyd Brady on the accordion The Chanson 4 H 4 H Service Club directed b by Mrs Ora Fay Oviatt sang They Call it I America and The Lord Bless You and Keep You Among the many people who attended the dedication n of the marker was the son of o f Pardon Dodds Joseph Dodds |