Uintah Basin Standard | 1963-08-08 | Page 4 | Cong. L. Burton Suggests Name for Lake

L Burton suggests name for Lake WASHINGTON Following a meeting with Wyoming Senator Gale Representative Laurence J. Burton stated he had informed the Senator that he would not change his mind and accept as the name for the lake forming behind Flaming Gorge and would next Week introduce a Joint Resolution to designate the lake and the recreation area contiguous to the lake as Lake Recreation Area The meeting was held at the request of the Wyoming Senator who has sponsored a bill to name the lake in honor of the late Senator Joseph C. of Wyoming Henry Ashley was the first white man to fully explore the region to be covered by the waters of the the Utah Congressman was through his and business enterprises that this area was opened He was one of the founders of the Rocky Mountain Fur Company which first rendezvoused in the It was Ashley who first made the trip through Flaming a feat that few since have succeeded in acknowledge that Senator was active in helping to pass the legislation which made the building of Flaming Gorge Dam a but so were many other and to I feel would be an injustice to the others who worked equally hard for the I also feel it sets a bad precedent to name dams and other reclamation projects for individuals who have played some part in their authorization or Representative Burton people of Utah have objected strenuously to naming the reservoir the State Legislature has formally and I will continue to and will introduce and work hard for legislation which will name this important body of water which will lie mainly within Utah as