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Show Contents PREFACE vii GENERAL INTRODUCTION xi INTRODUCTION Scratching the Surface An Overview of Happenings in Uintah County 1 CHAPTER 1 Trailblazers Path of the Ute Indians 18 CHAPTER 2 Daring the Green River Explorers-Trappers-Traders 777777". 53 CHAPTER 3 "Holding the World Together" Establishing Settlements 82 CHAPTER 4 "To Plow and to Sow-to Reap and to Mow" Agriculture and the Livestock Industry 107 CHAPTER 5 Booms and Busts Mining and Petroleum Exploration 130 VI CONTENTS CHAPTER 6 From Sagebrush to Shopping Centers Commercial Developments 154 CHAPTER 7 Hard Times, War Times, and Good Times Twentieth Century Events 174 CHAPTER 8 Horse Bits to Computer Bytes Transportation and Communications 190 CHAPTER 9 Prayer Rock to Temple Religious Organizations 229 CHAPTER 10 First Order of Business Education in Uintah County 248 CHAPTER 11 Life Blood of the County Water Resources 294 CHAPTER 12 "Flower in the Crannied Wall" Culture, Arts, and Recreation 334 CHAPTER 13 Silver Stars and Jailhouse Bars Law and Order 368 CHAPTER 14 For the Good of All Community Services 392 SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 421 INDEX 425 |
