Show myton pioneers recall early days in n thriving t frontier town by mrs airs R C walker in 1905 myton mylon was the center of a vast unconquered territory y over which the indians roamed very freely this was the uintah basin the largest white population of eastern utah had settled in myton and in 1905 the firu government govern men t townsite was put up bp for sale the town was name named myton after captain IT II P myton 1 indian agent before the opening in of the reservation captain myton now lives at the elks club in salt lake city the next few years were very prosperous ones for I 1 myton which was the first town in the uin uh itah ah basin to attain a taxable N valuation of the steel bridge over the duchesne river at my myton y on was as constructed in 1910 and in 1911 building projects include including n the government buildings the 11 bank the stores of calet and nd waugh and others amounted to I 1 the population at that time was myton was incorporated in 1912 and haydon calvert was the first city mayor with B L dart S A wells george mulvey and J 0 halin hahn acting on 01 the city council indian scares i I 1 1 in contacting a few of the early settlers of myton the incidents they recall as most excitable wl ware re indian scares one day in the autumn of 1905 fenno an indian I 1 who was intoxicated rode into myton and threatened to kill mrs haydon calvert william howo saw the indian approach entered the cabert store and asked the clerk k billie muse aluse for a gun muse who was a good shot replied that lie would take care of the situation himself in the meantime fenno continued to threaten with ili his gun any wh ahta person he saw 3 his next two victims were gecox george philipps and the barber who w were punching a bag in front of the barber shop ithen they saw the indians gun pointed at them they slid behind a tree just then billie muse armed with a gun and followed by william william gentry and A al todd who were in the store emerged fenno turned and saw them lifting his gun he cried ill kill you billie muse but lie he was too late A bullet from the gun of billie muse aluse had alre already 11 dy pierced his heart and he fell from rom his horse dead seek re revenge enge news quickly spread among the indians that a white ma man had shot fenno and angry utes orom rom all the surrounding country rode into myton seeking revenge united states marshal haywood had taken billie muse to fort duchesne for protection and many of tho the other residents of tile the town gat matheia ga theiA heica in Ca calverta Calver lverts ls store which they used as a fortress they had but one size shell and could only find three sins guns in which it could be used three thice guns were not much protection against a horde of red men cent bent on oil revenge word was sent to captain hall in ill charge of the troops at fort folt duchesne asking for help hut without permission from washington D C lie he could do nothing however a crew of government surveyors were stationed in myton the in man an in charge of them ahei n requested aid for U S employees ees and it was granted A troop was to be immediately dispatch rd cd from fort duchesne but tile hie licurs hours awaiting the arrival of the gol soldiers diers wore were arima anxious az ones for the people who remained huddled together listening to the shrill war cries and mourning chants of the indians in the distance a bugle was heard the ears of the indians pricked up and by the time the soldiers reached the bridge there was vas not an indian to bo be seen in tile the town of myton ordered home A little later the indians gath acied in the brush on the river ann ana the lieutenant in charge of the troop through an interpreter cecil calvert tallied talked to the indians and ordered Z aern to return to their homes while the soldiers stood with raised guns soon the indians began eding away in many direction but chief red cap stood his ground and encouraged cou raged a few of the bravos braves to defy the government when he could see he was losing ground he too loo got on his horse and rod ax away ay the soldiers remained in myron tor for two days and then returned to fort duchesne leaving myton once more a peaceful village eillie billie muse was called to haoar city to stand trial for the death of fenno at the county seat scat my aly |