Show 1 LETS LET'S GUARD WHAT IS LEFT By W W. Earl Rhinehart District Conservationist Soil Conservation Service X XIV k 1 1 P. P Ipson's Stor Story of 4 County Counts Continued y w ire s ot ab about lt 1 tS named for James ho was then president itch ch Stake It has a a. pop- pop approximately and andis is principally farming k t raising These people tamo amo difficulties of other t Chat of con- con he water When it rain rain- hoods l came cam their dams 4 and the town was left lefta a n. cupful of or water to his has now been cover cover- modern methods and ration laUon of or a water system and culinary pur- pur into Janto was wa first called galley alley 9 because of the tho wild found growing there antes ames ames' Andrus iri c- c passed fere ere on Jus his Green Ri River Rier er fn n. n Tho first settlement in 1875 by br a company Oll looking irmer climate Tho The town population op o laUon of 1000 and Is r community and stock center The file country ith coal and other ther min- min Thero are several good showings of oil and just now now ow I there thero are the development development development de de- of it Widtsoe now a ghost town was once a thriving It was first settled in 1876 and was known as Clover Flat Later it was abandoned then th the Campbell brothers John and Dr Moses Usher bought it out for fora a sheep ranch They both died and when the tho estate was settled It was was' sold to others Later a afew afew afew few families moved in calling It Winder In Jn honor of or John M M. Winder of tho the Mormon Church It was later given tho the namo name oi of Houston Ward in honor of James Houston who was at the time timo president of the tho Stake Later the namo name was changed to Widtsoe after aCter the great dr dry farmer of Utah as this place had a lot of arid land and it was thought to develop clop a dry farming industry Another group took over the job of resettlement tho they failed and during the the government government govern govern- ment moved them to more moro favorable favorable favorable favor favor- I able parts parts of the state For a number of years this group returned returned returned re re- re- re turned for a homo home coming but hut this practice has now ceased Antimony so named because of tho the large deposits of antimony oro ore in the mountains was first called Grass Valley because of tho abundant grass growing there thore and the first post office was named Coyote not Coyote as us commonly written This beIng being being be be- I ing an excellent country countr for cattle cattle cattle cat cat- tle raising tho the settlers engaged in the livestock lI industry It did I not have hao very rapid growth but hut has grown steadily to a population population population tion of about people with an i ecclesiastical ward organization I a city government and nd as a whole is a n thriving community Henderson now a ghost town was so named by the tho donor of ot tho the town site cite Wm J. J Henderson Hender Hender- son Jr This townsite was laid out in 1911 consisting of 80 acres of ground which were laid out in ill blocks and lots A few people built homes but later abandoned them It had a sufficient sufficient suf suf- amount of or water which was taken from a nearby stream Osiris a name taken from the Greeks was given to the post postoffice postoffice postoffice office which had been heen established by hy a Mr Holt who had great in III that section He Ill built builta a flour mill creamery and other Industries but they would not pay so Mr Holt Hol t sold ou out t his Interests Interests interests In In- and returned to Cali Cali- fornia This Tills was also a dry farming farming farming farm farm- ing community where turkeys for market marl and antI livestock were raised Boulder Doulder is the farthest east of or any town in Garfield County Count except Hite a mining dredge town on the tile Colorado River Boulder is at an ell elevation of feet with an abundance of clear water a good grazing country and was settled by stockmen from Escalante It has haR hasa haRa a p population of approximately people who havo have or organized an nn ecclesiastical ward schools etc ContIn Continued ed |