Show HISTORY OF EUREKA seventh grae 6 t ta te see tite the alanl oa on wh ch eh eureka now stands were two franciscan friars escalante and dominguez jhc pass ed through here in 1778 1776 77 seeking a direct route to th pacific later fremont the path finder passed near the pros preg at nt site oi of eureka a long tha the old spanish trail in 1841 shortly after the comma coming of the pio this part oi ox th country was used by catti rangers bangers who often came in conflict with th native indians under the leadership of chief after whom the district was named these indian indians were removed to the reservation in w 1887 1837 gochen delhi nei hi and layson I 1 ayson were all settled in the early party history of utah b tore fore the discovery 0 ore in the tintic gintic D str ct in the first prospect the sun bea n was staked near S iver city the sime saine year a party including mr air harman and mr Robert Ko bertson discover ed the mine which later la came the fa famous in ous eureka 1111 II 11 11 tha the next year the eureka hill bagan began work and another mm min tha bullion beck NN was as discovered by john U B ck ek around these two mines the f settlers located among whon who n were george buss russ john cro t david fults mose cliff n ng coltof and oscar wilkens the first houa housa was built of rock by I 1 leter eter co anover tents and dugouts served the pur pose of houses at first A saloon and grocery store w baila by mr baxter a lodging house was built by mr noon near th B ck ek mine and a butcher shop was kept by mr heightman under a cedar tree near the L D S church most of the old houses are no v und r th beck beek and be stone dumps damps when the first settlers settle rd located the land had not beeri surveyed ani for this reason when dr was sent to washington to obtain i a townsite it was not granted the town lots were ere held by slut s utters terl right until the a arvey was maj male by k J fate v art after bards judge ns gave deeds to p aple who bought their lots in a townsite of 50 was aias obtained lor many years the nt of edreka b ireka iab as slow becala of the poor means 0 transportation and the lack of good smelters in 1809 a snail smelter was built n m the gulch on main street but i as never a sue cess later ora ore nial wa haul i to the smelter west ineat of to in 1872 a smelter was bai t at homans ville the sla slag ore from this smelt er contained valuable vala able in gerals but as di discarded when th smelter clos ed it his b n sh aped recently by one of the mining companies of E reka for a number umber n of sears 3 ears the ore was haul d to salt lake val ley to be smelted in 1871 homans hilll canyon roal was built when J 0 freckleton i ani an mathew gard ner drove ox teams up the canon aiom geshn they had bid to cub willows from the creek bottom to 0 o get later i hen ben this road was completed atoll a toll gitel g itei N as kept by M A I 1 freckleton reck Leton and goshen people th s road was is as later given over to td the bointy after the building of the first rail road however th ton toan developed more rabidly the road then called the utah central was built in 1878 as a branch from ogden of the un A vs va 1 ill iCi jatoi abut five miles mile 3 rr ju h here er near ranch wag mas the first station later I 1 the tracks were ivere laid into eureka this was the only railroad until a twenty year franchis was granted to the D R G february 10 1893 twelve years after the them builds of the first rail railroad roal the town was in corp orated it was voted by the majority of thi th people at t regular advertised election to incorporate the city and the county commissioners granted the p for tor in corpora stion as a city ot ol the third class ahe next year the first a t of cers were installed on the second day of january 1893 the first mayor was captain huo Dep rezin and the members of the first city council veers C W dark clark M C bul sul ivan 1 van W 1 D myers pat donnelly and 11 F I 1 fullriede ull riede the same year may or del derezin rezin organized the first city fire department cureka unlike most in ning towns big nat not had a very verr lawless h story A small jail built of two by sixes erected in the early history of the to still stands behind Garr garety itys s barb r shop A jail 0 ened by tha the county serves the purpose of a city jail nov noar S nee the city has been incorporated several franchises have been granted to companies by the city council in the early nineties eureka still own ed a po ver plant which furnished the city lights but in la 19 a twenty five year franchise was granted to the erieka E hectric liht company th a franchise has b ea taken over b by y the utah po ver and light company A telephone franchis was granted october 27 1891 th year before this Fear february uary 10 1833 18 a twenty year franchise was granted to the denver and bia rio grande hai rai road corn com pany eureka is now ia its forty fourth year with a population of 3 it ranks ai as the a ath to in the state ahe 0 e tra fiefdom some 0 the chief mines of the tint D str ct le ke p fie tra ira ni nt ol 01 two tao railroads busy supported by these mines tt 1 I are a ra the centennial eureka eureka hit H 11 bul dul ion 1 on beck beek the gemini th cief and may aay eureka seems likely to re main the busy in dustral al cent r of the tintic gintic D strict S ened earns farris anorton morton maynard carter stewart udall lysle barson sarah dark clark |