Show SEVIER N at TER BRIG GEN SEA ae IER dear M mr B ackwith it Is a matter to find any positive information about the origin of the name sevier as applied to utah features the P W A writers project has written thousands of let trying to find out it Is thought by some that the lame comes from brig gen john sevier american frontier and indian tighter fighter 1745 1816 1815 he ile was rals rats ed in kentucky which then comaris ed also the territory that later be ame tennessee and he was the first governor So vernor of the latter state he was also a senator in washington D C and to inal bence appropriations fre mont named the sevier river tor for him and the name was later applied to other features this Is not positive information and has not been proved another belief bellet is that the name Is a corruption of the spanish rio se so brero J H belt |