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Show '- . nL slGN.:Fl¢A~ce;:\}:::{:::::({({/II{\ i/:::::::}i: : ?t:I:tIft!::::;::::tf:tI::::;:::)}}:)){):\? ;::J:t:I::UmmUJt:{:JJtJ{:,:{:{:;Utit:,:,t'{::,/:t:ftti',}J::f:t)?:titttrm PERIOD (Chlfck One 0' Mo,e a. App,op,i.t.) o o Q9 Pre·Columbian o 15th Century o 16th Century o 18th Century 20th Century · ~ 19th Century 17th Century S;oECII"IC O .... TE!SI (ll Appllcabl. and Kno .....) AoRE .... S 0 ". SIGNIJI'ICANCE (Cheek On. Aboriginal j() Prehistoric XJ Hi~to'ic o o Ag,1cUI tur. A,ch itecture DArt o o o o o o o o 0' More Appropriate) Education o Politicol Enginee,lng o Religion/Phi- o Scie"c. o Sculptu,e Industry Iny.ntion Landscap. Archi tecture Commun ications o o Cons-rvation oMusic Comme,ce IJ. OU,bon Plonnino DOth •• (Spec/ly) losophy o Li te,otu,. Militory . Sociol/Humon- . Ito.ion o o Theote~ Tronspo,tation ·ST .... TEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE . On F.igh Up the surroundiItg' mountains there are plainly marked terraces that stand out ~ft~ as the light streaks against the blue backgrounq of the mountains. These were the shorelines of ancient Lake Bonneville y which . was a;ooo feet deep in places. Over the centuries the climate underwent a change from ~et to dry; the area covered by water shrank and the lake became increasingly salty. Great salt Lake is the present-day remnant of old Lake Bonneville. The flatland enclosed within 'the rim of the mountains · is the former floor .o f the .lake Bonneville.. This is tha. site of the Bear River. Refuge. l·!uch of the early market hunting took place on the Bear River Delta.. Huntel S gathered he=e to shoot waterfowl commercially for mid-western and eastern !:larkets. a01:l 1877 to 1900 more than 200,000 ducks were Killed .annually . en the Bear River marshes for eastern markets. The great flocks of waterfowl be~ t~ dwindle. The refuge is the site of most of th~ hunting grounds of early (Fremont Culture) I!l.dian inha1Jitants ·of this area. Scattered ar't ifacts have been' found on the refuge and vicinity~ consisting of arrowheads, manos~ knives, awls, pottery, etc. The Bear River Refuge is also widely known as an arena of research, especially on avian botulism. It was in the period 1909 - 1913 that major attention was first drawn to botulism and in 1910 nearly half' a. million ducks died around the Bear River Delta and Willard Spur area; During the 1940's a sustained program of research on avian botuliSm was started at the Bear River Refuge. In the course of time, nearly a soore of investigators have been stationed here and the results of their varied experiments have provided much of our present day knowledge of the disease and possible remedies. , . _...... . --_.--.---. -_.-. .. - ... --~--- - _._-----" |
