Show i J Legion Plans Museum as Tourist Attraction Research Unit Seeks I nj urination on Material and Owned Locally To aid in the work of promoting highway 40 as the most scenic and interesting western route and to further the development of local natural the American Legion has appointed a unit to study and assemble in a museum prehistoric material found in the Uintah M. J. Legion said this A museum containing some of the many evidences of early civilizations here would justify the efforts of the Highway 40 club in urging tourists to visit the community and to spend some time here and would provide another point of interest along the to Penfield we j have here hundreds of ruins of j prehistoric dwellers of the west- ern Most people think these are all of Indian but they represent many races who inhabited this area at widely separated dating back several thousand The exact j length of time since the first in-I habitants lived in the Uintah basin has never been definitely estan-I The information still lies I concealed in the data recoverable I among the ruins scattered I throughout this Plans for Project The research operating in the interest of education as well as of the community hopes to establish one of the most progressive and durable monuments ever erected in any community a city-owned and free to the First step is how much material there now on hand in this area can be loaned to the This will give an idea as to the size of building needed to begin with Penfield He also stated the building which houses the collection must be Any persons having in their possession material taken from ruins or gathered up around the Basin such as flint grinding bone ceremonial are asked to contact mem bers of the American Legion or r I civic clubs who are also interested tn learning the location of ruins j or indications of prehistoric lines and will appreciate any formation on this Persons interested in helping establish the are asked tc contact |