Ibapah in Tooele County, Utah — The American Mountains (Southwest)

Goshute Tribe

June 9, 2014

1. Goshute Tribe Marker

Inscription. Goshute people were one band of many Shoshone Indians
living in the Great Basin Region

The term "Gosiute" means "Kusiutta" describing their original dusty, well-traveled look. Goshute people inhabited the lush riparian areas of the region including Deep Creek Valley long before the coming of settlers. Other tribes conducted raids on the Goshutes to acquire slaves for trade, which contributed to the depiction of the Goshute's deprived state.

In this environment, Goshutes were resourceful and cunning. Living in small family groups, they ate berries, pinenuts, pickleweed, insects and small game, and lived in roofless, brush windbreaks or cedar bow wikiups. Clothing was scarce, consisting of fur pelts made into capes, breech cloths, leggings or moccasins, and woven fiber skirts for the women. By the 1860's, the Goshutes were seriously threatened by an influx of settlers which diminished their food resources. The Indians eventually adapted many of the white man's ways on government and church farms established to teach them. A Goshute reservation and school was established in Deep Creek Valley in 1914. Today, the Goshutes have tribal government promoting various forms of industry.

Early Goshute heads of families - Chief Antelope Jack, Annie's Tommy, Wes Johnson, Wilson Bonnemont,

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Alex Clover, Commodore, Tommy Muggins, Johnny Pete, Webb Pete, Johnny Syme, Trim Thicket, Egan Jack, Sleepy Jim, Tom Egan, Dick Egan, Joe Lucky, Chief White Horse, Chief Tonobuka, Fish Springs Charlie and Joe Trim.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Indigenous Peoples and Communities. A significant historical year for this entry is 1914.

Location. 40° 2.255′ N, 113° 59.03′ W. Marker is in Ibapah, Utah, in Tooele County. It is at the intersection of BIA Highway (Highway 1) and Old Lincoln Highway, on the right when traveling south on BIA Highway. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Ibapah UT 84034, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Utah’s Wasatch Front,

in the West Desert,

and in Greater Salt Lake.

It is also in the American Mountain West

and in Colorado Plateau.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Rocky Mountains,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain

and also Mexico’s Alta California.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 10 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: The Lincoln Highway (here, next to this marker); Early Settlers of Ibapah (here, next to this marker); Deep Creek Station (here, next to this marker); a different marker also named Deep Creek Station (approx. 0.6 miles away); Central Overland Trail - Deep Creek Summit (approx. 7 miles away); Burnt Station (approx. 7.8 miles away); Eyewitness Accounts (approx. 9½ miles away); The Crowds Cheered On... (approx. 9½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Ibapah.

Photographed by Jeremy Snow, June 23, 2024

2. Goshute Tribe Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on June 30, 2024. It was originally submitted on June 10, 2014. This page has been viewed 1,954 times since then and 170 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on June 10, 2014. 2. submitted on June 24, 2024, by Jeremy Snow of Cedar City, Utah. • Syd Whittle was the editor who published this page.

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