This monument is dedicated to the women and men of the Ute Indian Tribe who have served in the Armed Forces of the United States and for those in the future. They did their DUTY even in times when they were not considered citizens of this country. . . . — — Map (db m277136) WM
August 20, 1888, two companies of Colored Infantry commanded by Major F. W. Benteen and four companies of infantry under Captain Duncan arrived at this site to control the activities of Indians. There were three bands of Utes-uncompahcres, . . . — — Map (db m277135) HM
The first yearlong abode of white men in what is now Utah, was Antoine Robidoux's Indian and fur trading post (Fort Wintey or Uintah), which was built 8 miles north of here in 1832. It was on the trail from Taos, New Mexico to the Pacific northwest, . . . — — Map (db m277134) HM
Perhaps a thousand years ago, someone climbed to the cliff face above, a stone tool in hand. Selecting an area of the sandstone darkened by minerals, that person began to chip away at the rock. After hours of chipping and carving, the image of a . . . — — Map (db m114460) HM
Old homesteads are scattered throughout Dinosaur National Monument, each a memorial to hope and hard work. This cabin and the nearby structures are part of the homestead established by Josie Bassett Morris in the early 1900s.
Nearing 40 . . . — — Map (db m114454) HM
Aρo 1776
About four miles above this place crossed Green River -their San Buenaventura- on the sixteenth day of September 1776 the Escalante expedition
on the way from Santa Fe New Mexico to Monterey California
Composed of these persons . . . — — Map (db m276946) HM
Riverdale (Jensen) was settled by pioneers in 1877. Four years later, the first school was held in Riverdale in 1881. Miss Lydia Maria Chatwin (native born pioneer of 1868) was the first school teacher; she was 13 years old. Her father was an . . . — — Map (db m276947) HM
The first boat (framed together with wooden pegs) used for passengers and baggage was built and operated by Lars Jensen 2 ½ miles downstream from 1881 to 1909.
It was replaced by a cable ferry for wagons in 1885, and a larger boat in . . . — — Map (db m114450) HM
"No se puede pasar por otra parte que por el ϊnico vado que, segϊn nuestro gϊia, tiene en estas immediaciones, el cual estα a la parte del oeste del crestσn del norte. muy cerca de una cordillera de cerrillos de tierra suelta, de color . . . — — Map (db m276940) HM
Josie Bassett Morris made her home here until 1964. Today you're welcome to explore her homestead. Sit under the trees near Josie's cabin. She planted and nurtured them to provide fruit and shade. Walk the short trails to the canyons where Josie . . . — — Map (db m114453) HM
In August 1905 the Uintah Indian Reservation was opened to white settlers who came and built
homes. They organized Whiterocks Irrigation Company, built a canal and raised crops. In 1908 a
Post Office and store was built at Taft, one mile south of . . . — — Map (db m277129) HM
"Fort Scared-to-Death"
During the Meeker (Colorado) Incident of September 1879, provoked and infuriated White River Utes killed a dozen soldiers and Indian Agency employees. The incident so badly frightened the white settlers scattered . . . — — Map (db m279041) HM
The Ashley Post Office was established in the center of Ashley Town on December 27,
1878. At that time there were about 300 settlers in Ashley Valley. Wilbur Carlton Britt and Finley Britt used logs from nearby mountains, wooden pegs, and square . . . — — Map (db m277102) HM
What is now a vacant lot, located diagonally from you, was in 1930 the premium in elegance and service to the traveler.
The Cobble Rock Gas Station offered friendly service to your road-beaten auto and was touted to be the only women's restroom . . . — — Map (db m114424) HM
Cobble Rock Station
As manager of Vernal Auto Company, T.G. Alexander was responsible for constructing the Cobble Rock Station, a complement to the company's new
showroom, garage, and automobile storage facility, two doors down South
Vernal . . . — — Map (db m278826) HM
Diagonally across the street is the First Security Bank building. When it first opened on August 10, 1910, it was called the Uintah State Bank.
The local Mormon population did not like the loan policies of the Catholic-managed Bank of Vernal, . . . — — Map (db m114433) HM
He came by wagon train from Nebraska to Salt Lake City in - 1859
At his death he was the oldest Civil War veteran and oldest and longest LDS Member
Homesteaded in Ashley Valley 1883.
The first Physician in the Uintah Basin County . . . — — Map (db m276980) HM
"They didn't have a lot of money, but they
didn't know that they were poor."
-Rebecca Kunz's (1892-1985) impressions of the Great Depression
Built of concrete because it was considered fire proof, the building across from . . . — — Map (db m114423) HM
In 1861, President Abraham Lincoln established by proclamation the Uintah Indian Agency. Brigham Young held the office of Supt. Indian Affairs. Lieut. Pardon Dodds, civil war veteran, came to Utah Sept. 7, 1866 and in 1867 was appointed first Indian . . . — — Map (db m277103) HM
This rock building was erected in 1887 by Uintah Stake of the L.D.S. Church on ground
contributed by Jeremiah Hatch Sr. for $1.00. Men hauled rock from which Harley Mowery
and John Jacob Slaugh, experienced stone masons, constructed this office. . . . — — Map (db m277097) HM
Jeremiah Hatch came to Ashley Valley in 1878 as an Indian agent. Following the Meeker, Colorado massacre of 1879 he was instructed to build a fort as protection for white settlers. Their cabins, with cedar post buttresses between, formed part of . . . — — Map (db m114422) HM
Fort Thornburgh Military Reserve was located one half mile west and one mile north of this
marker and named in honor of Major J. N. Thornburgh who was killed in the Meeker Massacre in 1879. During the summer of 1881 the military troops were . . . — — Map (db m277128) HM
During the hard winter of 1879 flour was scarce in the valley. Flour was hauled from outside towns at great risk. A way to grind flour for the settlers was desperately needed. Two small crude burrs were hand hewn by Moroni Taylor for W. G. Reynolds. . . . — — Map (db m277098) HM
The prominent building located diagonally from you is the Zions First National Bank, originally, the Bank of Vernal. Did you know that this building was shipped to Vernal through
the US Post Office brick by brick?
All of the decorative brick, . . . — — Map (db m276970) HM
Diagonally across the street from you was the Ashley Cooperative Mercantile. It began in 1881 as a small, one-story log and rock building. By 1900, a new two-story general merchandise store with groceries, meat, dry goods, hardware, shoes, and a . . . — — Map (db m276976) HM
Constructed in 1912, the Manfred and Ethel Martin House is a 1-1/2 story
brick and wood-shingled crosswing-type house on a sandstone foundation with a
gabled roof. The house is significant as an early health care facility in Vernal and for
its . . . — — Map (db m286277) HM
The Shiner brothers, Deward and Alson, opened the luxurious Vernal Theatre, across from you, in March 1946. Patrons stepped on beautiful carpets as they chose between three sizes of "body-form" seats. Plush draperies hid the giant screen. A marimba . . . — — Map (db m276961) HM
Ashley Valley, settled in 1873, had its first postoffice in this structure, built in 1879 by Wilbur C. Britt, the first postmaster. Logs hauled from nearby forests were put together with wooden pegs and square nails to erect one large room. A . . . — — Map (db m277100) HM
September 1886 Samuel R. Bennion was sent here to establish a banking institution called the 'Ashley Co-op.' In 1903 the first pioneer bank was opened for business. In 1916 W.H. Coltharp erected this building with Salt Lake City brick. A full car . . . — — Map (db m114421) HM
In 1893 Ephraim H. Roberts, a war veteran, built a pottery here. He and his sons made churns, jars, jugs, and flower pots, which were exchanged for produce. Five hundred samples of clay were tried before a suitable one was found. Lead for glazing . . . — — Map (db m276951) HM
In 1860 Wm. G. (Bill) Reynolds and Moroni Taylor cut and faced two rough stone burrs which were set up in the "Old Fort" for mill purposes. They were turned by a horse attached to a sweep, later these burrs were used to grind feed for livestock. In . . . — — Map (db m277126) HM
The first business to occupy the corner across from you was Acorn Mercantile, a leading grocery and dry goods store.
In 1915 Acorn boasted a shipment to Salt Lake City of 12,000 fresh eggs, which provided a solid market for the Ashley Valley . . . — — Map (db m114440) HM
Built in 1901, St. Paul's Episcopal Church was the first building constructed in Vernal by the Episcopal Church and the second to be built in the Uintah Basin; the first was the Indian Mission church at Randlett. Designed by John P. Hill, an . . . — — Map (db m276972) HM
The Bank of Vernal was built with bricks
shipped from Salt Lake City to Vernal in
1916. Bank officials wanted hard-fired
bricks for their enduring building.
Because Vernal was in Salt Lake City's
second postal zone, mailed bricks cost
half the . . . — — Map (db m306719) HM
The Uintah Stake Tabernacle was built from 1898-1907 under the direction of Uintah Stake President Samuel R. Bennion and counselors Reuben S. Collett and James P. Hacking. The architect was T. T. Davies with William Cook as the builder. Fathers and . . . — — Map (db m276981) HM
"If the gable end of old Hell would blow out, it wouldn't melt the snow in six months!"
exclaimed a frustrated and tired U.S. mail contractor who was late with his deliveries during the hard winter of 1879.
His was the disagreeable job . . . — — Map (db m114428) HM
Built in 1887, the Vernal Tithing Office is historically significant as one of 32 well preserved tithing buildings in Utah that were part of the successful "in kind" tithing system of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) between . . . — — Map (db m277095) HM
Today it would be difficult, but in 1946 you could have ordered one of these soft drinks at a soda fountain. Vernal's most popular soda fountain was part of Vernal Drug which was located in the building across the street. At the marble counter, soda . . . — — Map (db m276978) HM
Former Pony Express rider and ferryboat operator William Ashton brought his family to Vernal in 1879.
William's sons and grandsons, all of whom engaged in retail trade, consolidated their businesses in 1922, opening Ashton Brothers Mercantile . . . — — Map (db m276963) HM
This tablet is dedicated to those who made the supreme sacrifice for their country in the World War
Raymond Bates
Herbert Burns
Alton Calder
Clive Couple
Fred Demming
Alfred Hall
Amos Hoeft
Seth McConkie
Ralph Perry
George . . . — — Map (db m276959) WM
This reservoir was named for Matt Warner (1864-1938), a complex figure of the American West.
Matt Warner was born Willard Erastus Christianson in Ephraim, Utah on April 12, 1864. Early in his life, he was forced to flee east towards Vernal . . . — — Map (db m264680) HM
The Uintah Valley Reservation
Upon the urging of Samuel C. Stanbaugh, Surveyor General of Utah, concerning the pending survey and settlement of the Uintah valley by white settlers, President Abraham Lincoln, on October 3, 1861, reserved "the . . . — — Map (db m277131) HM
