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Show UIVUtUAiUVUli U V A V' 1 WASHAKIE VILLAGE IN BOX BRIGHAM HOTEL ELDER IS NOT RESERVATION Interesting Indian Community Has Own Church And School In the northeastern corner of Box Elder county, just off highway 191, is Washakie Indian village, one of Americas most lj ln The unique settlements of the descendants of he noble redman. It is not an Indian reservation, as Is commonly believed. Some of the Indians are successful farmers on lands they themselves own, others live on and till soil owned by the L. D. S. Center Of ohurch. At the time other American tribes were put on reservations, the Shoshone Indians at Washakie were far ahead. They already had homesteaded between 17,000 and 18,000 acres of land and, directed by the earliest of Mormon settlers, had improved the acreage and were making Jam City plenty parking space for your convQuiet, friendly atmosphere. beds. Stay at Brighams of free . . enience . Comfortable popular it produce. hotel. Some On Family Lands The late BRIGHAM HOTEL Brigham Yeagah Timbinboo, who died at the ripe old age of 89 in October, 1936, used to delight in telling many tales of Indians of his tribe plowing Box Elder county prairies while dressed in full war regalia, trudging behind their oxen and City 20. Write or wire for reservations. hi! i City stores and traded for merchandise much as local farmers trade butter, cream, eggs and other produce and in turn are sold by some of the stores. No Tribal Government No form of tribal government ponies, even as far back as 1855 exists at Washakie. Smal misand 1856. understandings usually are taA greater part of the farming ken before the bishop. Very litand grazing land at Washakie tle law enforcement is now belongs to the L. D. S. church and is cultivated by the During summer, some of the Indians, although many own members of the tribe travel homesteads handed around in the Western states, original down through the families for principally in the canyons of generations. Utah and Nevada, working only for food and Only a few more than 100 In- when necessary In their native dians now live at Washakie. clothing, living There used to be more than a tepees. During winter months thousand In early times. The they live for the most part in decrease has been caused, to a small shacks and homes at small extent, by more deaths Washakie. It is not uncommon than births, but, for the most for a large family to live in one part, it is the result of Indians or two small rooms, although a leaving Washakie and becom- few of the Indians have fine ing established on reservations. modem homes. Members Of Church During the fruit and berry Ail members of the tribe at seasons, many of the Indian Washakie are members of the families move to Brigham City, L. D. S. church. conduct They in a special camp camping church programs such as are for migrant provided held In other L. D. S. wards. ground The entire fruit hands. harvest Some of the Indians have fuloften will take employfilled missions for their church family ment picking fruit men, woto foreign lands. men and children. In general InPrincipal livelihood of the they are considered good workdians is from farm labor for ers in this employment. nearby white farmers. However, Have Own School some of the Indians themselves The Indian children attend are successful farmers. They their own school, by also make up a material amount the Box Elder school operated district like of buckskin articles such as any other rural elementary gloves, moccasins and jackets. school in the county. These are brought to Brigham Some visitors to Brigham City will drive the few miles off the . ,S3W highway to visit Washakie, and CL' to see the redman not as he is depicted in the cowboy and Indian movies and stories, but as he actually lives, surrounded by and, for the most part, white adapted to present-daThe men may be civilization. wearing buckskin shirts as their ancestors did centuries ago, or they may be dressed in denim work clothes just like their neighboring white farmers. Very likely the Indian men will wear their hair in long braids, and across the shoulders of the women may be the traditional Indian blanket But then again, i y Cor C l!1 V C0OXES it may be instead a tassled shawl, borrowed from an earlier white civilzation. fflc - ames you can trust 1 w 1 FOR 37 YEARS it has been our privilege to represent as distributors only those trade names that have been synonymous with qual- Is On Display In Court House few:--- : ity. In addition to the nationally-advertise- d trade names shown here, it is our privilege to serve the people of this community with dependable service. ) in products and in service has been our creed since 1914. INTEGRITY WIJ COAL and APPLIANCE Phone V "ONE" 68 North Main BRIGHAM Street CITY, UTAH jllMER IfLr. t rMMI Persona interested in antiques, In history, in learning more of the way people of the United States lived and settled the young nation 100 years ago, will enjoy a visit to the relic room, located in the Box Elder county court house in Brigham City and maintained and supervised by the Box Elder county chapter, Daughters of Utah Pioneers. Everyone who learns the story of the settling and building of the West, anyone who hears how Utah was changed from desert waste to a flowering garden, anyone who is told of the forefathers way our pioneer came to a strange and unknown land and wrested, in a few short years, homes and communities and a civilazation from the untamed wilderness must ask in wonder., How did they do it. Part of the answer is found In the literature they left behind. And another part of the answer, a part that can be grasped and understood with senses of eight and touch. Is in the things they worked with, the things they wore, the things they made and built, the things they had about them from day to day. Realizing this, the Daughters of Utah Pioneers secured space in the court house through the courtesy of the county commissioners and began their collection of historic relics. Untold hours of study, research and patient care have gone into assembling of this room. , morning mv&muu along ' wun Mrs.' Ueorge Hoages, - mr. mia Mrs. Hyrum Malmrose, Dr. and David Forsey were Marvin Mr. and Mrs. R. W. and E. W. Timberlake. - W Uieuiwu Ber-tos- h |