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Show HISTORIC PU\CE PI ace ~Iame :W~ ES, ASHLEY 1!;l,TIONI\L FOREST Stockmore Type of PI ace (i f r.ot inc i cated ty ncr~e) Co I I ected by Eldep R. l;,/ilckep Location: Place name - Once a t01m date_...-.l....9u7....1'--__________ sec. ---::....------, 19 ,1. 1 H. I R. Duchesne County, Uta.h era i na0.e 8 H. TJS11 ----------- Source Hriters father, George :0:. l;lilcken, Pioneer, 3uilder. Homesteader, 1880-1960. Telling of early history of COunty from 1896 through 1920. Or i 9 in of name is: stockmore is combined names of stockman and Elore, who founded the town of stockmore in Sec. 29, TnT, R8vl. According- to father, the two men hired a returned. Klondyke prospector to tl accidentallyll let nugge ts of Gold. oe E(~ e:o in his pouch, in a saloon in Salt Lake City. He Has "'Ioasted" by saloon patrons until he let the secret slip, and told them, "stockmore, just below the forks of the Duchesne River". (It was all a hoax, but, carefully planned to sell lots to the unsuspecting gold seekers.l A rush of prospectors bought lots and began prospecting for Gold. Town grew to contain blacksmith shop, livery stabel, Hotel and cafe, Boarding house, General store, 4 saloons and:- . Numerous houses. In Nov. 1906, George vlilcken and John Toops rode horseback to Vernal to the land office to file their homestead claims. Stockmore town was holding election to elect Nayor and l1arshall. I'lhile at Land office Wilcken remarked aboltt the election tanng place in stockmore and that the town was really growing. Federal Land Officer questioned \>/ilcken and Toops about .t~1.6 town and its locationand checked his maps. "There is no such town listed here, legally," He told the men. 1rihen Toops and lofilcken got back to stockmore results of election had just been anno:unced and a grand party was just getting underway. ~{i th news of illegal townsite spreading fast, Stockman and Hore left in the ' night, persued next da;y by the Federal . O! ·-1600-17. (Marshall. '..Ii thin a very short time thereafter, no community was left. The only remaining indication is the stock~ore Guard tt~~~~~ Station i mile west of the original town site. |
