Show brief history of lapoint by RUSSEL HARRISON lapoint is abe largest town in uintah county except the county seat vernal it is situated on the eastern easte rai rim of the uintah indian reservation and has a population of nearly people this includes all who live in the entire voting precinct el net the history of the settlement clates back to the opening of the reservation in 1904 at that time the tree free land was speedily takei take i an and 1 settlers ol of a sturdy character coming in mostly from vernal later as the farming land became beca me cultivated tiva ted and split up other settlers came in looking tor for homes these later settlers came from central ana southern utah thus lapoint has a variety of home makers people pi ople tram rom various sections have conic come to lo make their home here the first store and post office was located one mile south of the present townsite on the now wm win davis tarna farin bailies sprouse was evoner and proprietor ebor later the store was run by bert lloyd who owned it until J C hacking purchased it I 1 in 1916 mr hacking built th taj building now clow occupied by the lapoint drug company and moved the store to the present lapoint townsite within two or three yerra itom iio u then them two other store buildings were ivere built we now have three general stares one drug store one gabage ga afie ana general repair chop with ga sas gaa a ceat c tiit and connections ions h i connector connect oi int nf pool hall iii aa three cream stu 1011 our school is organized in the grammer grade and junior hegh with eight teachers employed our farming tar nUng land is very fertile and the leading crops 0 of the basin flourish here some 0 of the land Is still held by the indians wild and can be leased on moderate terms the gavern government ment water system covers about half of the farms with the whiterocks Whlter irrigation company covering the bala balance ince the government claim i is ia a a primary right and the whiterocks White are constructing a storage in paradise park which I 1 is a large enough to make their system very dependable A completely organized L D S ward ha handles milles the church work and most of the amusements own one of the best halls in the basin built for this purpose the lapoint club handles the civic side of the community fred jensen and buss eldredge of roosevelt visited at the home of mr air and mrs frank jenkens friday from the hills with wood an oli old time dance was given fri jay A very good time was reported principal J al reese made anade a trip to vernal last saturday on oil school business lloyd gunes glinea of 0 vernal wa was at the home of T T Rasmus seni wilelle they were in remnal with their little girl tor for treatment clarence killian of mt alt home was here friday of last week to get his father who has been here lor for some time looking after hla his pro petry interests te rests mrs margaret harrlson entertain ed recently at it dinner in honor ot of he daughter mrs larin williams and family ot of vernal mr air wid and mrs harmon mullins of roosevelt were isit ln relatives he here re last sunday su L 11 woodard of vernal was in town last week albert daniels h has started to haul coal for the government he has pu put t on a four horse outfit lee returned to the nyberg saw mill where he is employed emp loye after a few days with his wife several stockmen stoc kmen have recently shipped cattle to the railroad floyd perry and C A thompson sold old at kamas clarence guy and charles burton barton sold in ia denver roy taylor was appointed board member tor for this thia district by the board of education at vernal la in the regular meeting monday of last week several people from frain here attendee the dance da ace at bearett inett last saturday night mrs minnie reynolds with her children left for provo last saturday where she will make her home her mother mrs elvira bigelow will join limp later floyd warburton was in last week from little emma mine where he is employed I 1 T R blackburn left recently for kamas going with cattle tor for X bellon weston justice son eon of harrison justice suffered a broken arni arm last week he was cranking a car when it back tired fired throwing the crank against his hia arm |