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Show 10. Areas- The aroa of the entire Aa3in comprises about 5,000,000 acres of whioh 2,039,040 acres were originally included within the Uintah Reservation. Of the latter, 93,000 aoree are row oo^red by tho Uintah Irrigation Project, 80,000 acrea of which aro considered irrigable. An attempt la also mado "ay some thirty-five jri-rate Irrigation Companies-• to irrigate about 100,000 aoroa in addition. Population:- Sho population of tho Peserration portion of the Basin excluding Indians, la aoprosdmatoly 12,000. Tha Uto Indiana __na__tb.es?lag 1100 are divided into three bsnus, namely: White 2Ivcr, Uintah and tfneomrpahgra• The first; two Danda and a portion of the last ramad aro allotted on the Uintah Irrigation Project, -shila some of tha Unoompahgrea hava thair allotmenta along White Hisrar, rs?ir th. Eastern border of the Basin. These last allotments ara tmirrigateeU Tha Sasarvation portion of tha Basin is served by-several small toma, tha largest of 7/hiah is hoosevolt. It is located near the center of the Aasin„ and has a population of approximately 900*. Duchesne, the County Seat of Du ahe see County, near the western border odt the Basin baa a population of about 600, while Slyton, on the road to Price, near the southern "oordor has about tha same nuaber. In addition, jfort Duoheane, ono a an Army Post, now m iniian Agancy, Is located on the Uintah Hiver near the cantor of ths Paain; and Ouray a sub-agency Is located near tho eastern limit of the Basin, at 10 |
