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Show t , ' -ran IHr .. :U ... ,:, - wfv-'' ' -; y Wr ill; ,,.---;'(-. iA : -' ywr ----- ' .a; ------r IP I (1 : 1 12;., ' if"F-' jMp-:l..r "1 fill J.--'- f5?t: The Diamond Bar X Ranch in Woodland has an illustrious history. It was established by the Stewart brothers in 1902 and was recently nominated to the National Register of Historic Places. photo by Nan chaiat Ranch nominated to historic register by Nan Chaiat The Stewart brothers were among the first gentlemen ranchers in Utah. During the week they were citified professional profes-sional in Salt Lake City, but on the weekends they returned to a ranch in the foothills of the Uinta Mountains just east of Woodland. The ranch is one of three sites approved last week by the Governor's Historic and Cultural Sites Review Committee for nomination to the National Register of Historic Places. Descendents of the original four Stewart brothers own summer homes on part of the ranch, most of which is now owned by Ed Clyde and Arvin Anderson, who are active cattle ranchers. The Stewart brothers were best known for their careers in education, business and law in the Salt Lake City. William Stewart was the Superintendent of Salt Lake Schools in the 1880s. Samuel, Charles and Barnard Stewart were partners in a law firm in Salt Lake. Samuel served as chairman of the state Board of Corrections and Charles was active in the Utah Woolgrowers association. Barnard became the principal owner and operator of the ranch, which at its peak included 2,262 acres. In the 1800s the ranch extended into Pine Valley in the Uintas and stretched out on either side of the North Fork of the Provo River. The Stewarts helped to set a trend toward what the Utah State Historical Society calls "recreational "recrea-tional ranching." Similar operations opera-tions at the time existed at the Holiday and Pyree Ranees at the headwaters of the Weber River. Those ranches were subsequently divided up and are now popular summer home areas. But the Stewart Ranch, except for Barnard's home and the surrounding 25 acres, was passed along intact in 1926 to Lester Hewlett. Hewlett took the debt-ridden debt-ridden property and turned it into a profit-making venture until .1955. That year Clyde and Anderson brought 1,439 acres from the Hewlett family. Anderson and his wife Ardene live in the original ranch foreman's home, which was built in 1911. In all, eight historic buildings on the ranch are included in the historic nomination. |