Show THE GROWTH OF NEOLA this is no dream this is the real truth neola according to the government survey is situated on the seia of seia SE of S 31 T IN R IW of the uintah special meridian it was surveyed and piloted by mr nile hughel civil engineer of vernal neola is located in the center of the farming district directly north of roosevelt the town was named by mr W A kone the chairman of the neola townsite co and contains 9 blocks and 36 lots which are feet square the center canter streets are 66 feet wide and the out streets are 33 feet wide made so that any time annexes may be made without changing the plot neola was surveyed april 20 1912 miss alice the lady who taught the packer district school the winter of 1912 and spring of 1913 built the first dwelling house the winter of 1912 the neola amusement hall was waft built during the summer of 1913 also james barnes bames built his dwelling in august and september also a number of lots lota were cleared and some fine gardens were raised that same year the next year 1914 in the spring about half the lots were cleared and products raised mr J 1 L wilkerson having purchased a lot from mr george yack pulled his house over from packer and planked blanked it right down in neola and began to build additions to it during which time mr peter duncan erected his mansion during the early autumn george averett erected his neat cottage on the corner comer and john wilkerson completed his house about the same time or before also mr HC petty thrower his hia house up and during the building boom john keel melvin peterson J E peterson and con wilkerson all erected themselves suitable quarters for living pur poses there is much indian ground around neola which tells the home seeker that it is the best place for a home for every body knows who have been on the reservation that where the most allotments are there is the best part of the country wood is plentiful in fact one can get a good load in 5 or 6 hours and the purest of wa water ter flows from the uintah river through the uintah canal and the sophon lateral on the east side of town neola is with in one days drive of four saw mills where lumber can be purchased for from 15 to 40 4 0 dollars per thousand and cain can be hauled for 5 to 10 dollars per thousand no wonder neola is growing rapidly neola has a postoffice post office a grocery store well stocked and an amusement hall feet the largest hall north of roosevelt and a base ball diamond which is kep during the season neola is still growing an old subscriber |