Garfield County News | 1955-02-24 | Page 113 | However You Say it, It's a Mouthful

However You Say It, It's A Mouthful PANGUITCH. Utah-The name oL this southcentral Utah community of about 1,500 people is a little of a tongue twister to newcomers, but they soon learn it is Pan -goo-itch, a Piute Indian word meaning "big' or "heavy fish." Panguitch is the county seat of Garfield county and its history dates back to about 1863 or 1864 when the first settlers driven from Parowan by a drouth migrated Into the rich valley. Today, as through the years, agriculture and livestock are the chief mainstays of the economy. Nearby range lands are heavily stocked with herds of cattle and flocks of sheep. Potatoes constitute the principal agricultural crop of the Panguitch area with an average yield of more than 2,700,000 pounds. During recent years the dairy industry has grown in importance and one local creamery has turned out as much as 328,000 pounds of cheese in one year. Almost as important to the economy of the district are the stands ol Ponderosa pine on the plateaus nearby with elevations above 7, 500 feet. A number of lumber com- Sanles have contracted with the I. S. Forest Service to selectively harvest the timber annually, collectively producing an annual yield of about eleven million board feet of lumber.