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Show How Communities In County Received Names By Mrs. Goldie Wilcken EDITOR'S NOTE: The following fol-lowing articles on how some of the communities in Duchesne County received their names have been prepared by Mrs. Elden El-den R (Goldie) Wilcken. news editor of the Uintah Basin Record Rec-ord at Duchesne. ARCADIA Red cap was the first name given to this agricultural community com-munity located in the heart of Duchesne County's dairy industry. indus-try. Namesake for Red Cap was an Indian chief of the Ute Tribe whose home, or wickiup, was built near' the Lake Fork River, which is a mountain stream that flows through this area and empties into the Duchesne River. Riv-er. In September, 1917, the North Midview Branch of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, was organized as a ward and dedicated with the nam "Arcadia," after the ancient Arcadia Ar-cadia in Greece, which means land of flowers and beauty. This name was suggested by Wm. H. Smart, then president of the Duchesne Stake. A unanimous unani-mous vote of the people for this name change was recorded. Later Lat-er the Red Cap post office wis changed to Arcadia, also. The Arcadia Ward now has a membership of more than 250 men, women and children. UPALCO Upalco was first known as Lake Fork because of its proximity prox-imity to this Duchesne County river which bears this name. About 1913, a power plant was constructed on this river near the townsite. Electricity to serve Lake Fork, Roosevelt, and Myton was furnished from this plant which was built by the Uintah Power and Light Company. A company building belonging to this concern housed the first post office to serve the community; consequently, the post office was identified by a combination of the first letter of the firm's name "U-P-A-L-C-O." Later this name was established estab-lished for the townsite. TALMAGE This thriving community located lo-cated in Duchesne County's "Upper "Up-per Country," north of Duchesne Du-chesne City, was so named ;n honor of an apostle of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. '"" Until 1914, this pioneer settlement set-tlement had been identified as "Winn' by postal authorities. The community of Talmagn and the Talmage Ward, are the namesakes of ' Elder James E. Talmage who attended churrh conference sessions in this remote re-mote area during the pioneer days. |