| Title |
David Singer Presentation |
| Creator |
Singer, David |
| Publisher |
Utah Historical Society |
| Access Rights |
Utah Historical Society |
| Date Digital |
2024-05-02 |
| Spatial Coverage |
City of Vernal, Uintah, Utah, United States https://www.geonames.org/7174628/city-of-vernal.html |
| Subject |
Ashley National Forest (Agency : U.S.); Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints; Gilsonite mines and mining; Homesteading; Indian reservations; Native Americans; Personal narratives; Sanborn Map Company; Uintah Railway; Ute Indians; Dragon (Utah); Fort Duchesne (Utah); Mack (Colo.); Strawberry Reservoir (Utah); Uintah County (Utah); Vernal (Utah) |
| Description |
Presentation by David Singer about Vernal history from 1900 to 1930. Topics include: The Ute Indian Reservation and white settlement; How over two million acres were take from the Ute Indians for things such as Ashley National Forest, Strawberry Reservoir, mining claims, Fort Duchesne, and homesteading claims; The opening of the Uintah Basin to land claims by lottery drawing in 1905; The completion of the Uintah Railway from Mack, Colorado to Dragon, Utah for gilsonite mining; A toll road built between Dragon and Vernal; A building boom in Vernal, including a tabernacle for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, as well as a courthouse; department store, Methodist chapel, hospital, schools, and private residences; Use of Sanborn Fire Insurance maps |
| Collection Number and Name |
Mss B 1637 Uintah County (Utah) Oral Histories Collection, 1974-2002 |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
9 leaves |
| Language |
eng |
| Rights |
 |
| Source |
Mss B 1637 Uintah County (Utah) Oral Histories Collection, 1974-2002 |
| Scanning Technician |
Michelle Gollehon |
| Metadata Cataloger |
Amy Green Larsen |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6y4jj4x |
| Setname |
dha_uhsoh |
| ID |
2535953 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6y4jj4x |
