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The Fremont people leave petroglyphs at what is now Dinosaur National Monument. -
Fremont Culture - Dinosaur National MonumentFremont peoples leave petroglyphs at what is now Dinosaur National Monument
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Utes acquired horses from the Spanish by 1680. Especially in the eastern areas, horses increased Ute mobility, allowing them to focus on big game mammals and adopt Plains Cultural elements.Horses allowed the Ute Indians to move around more.
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The first Caucasians to explore this area were Franciscan priests Atanasio Dominguez and Silvestre Velz De Escalante who stopped on the Green River in 1776. The first caucasians arrived in our area in 1776.
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1825 American trappers affiliated with William H. Ashley and led by Johnson Gardner and Peter Skene Ogden of the rival Hudson's Bay Company, a British outfit, met imperviously at Mountain Green on the Weber River.William H. Ashley arranged for his men to meet at Henry's Fork of the Green River for what became the first annual rendezvous. The next three rendezvous were held in Utah--one in Cache Valley and the next two on the south end of Bear Lake.Early trappers and mountain men criss-crossed the area in search of beaver (which paid $8.00 a pound). One of these, William Henry Ashley, left his name on the valley and its main creek.
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With this report, Young decided not to send settlers here.The people Brigham Young sent reported that this area would not be favorable to settle, so they did not settle it.
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On February 14, 1873, Pardon Dodds and others entered the valley to raise livestock. They settled in Ashley, Uintah County's first county seat.With animals and other people, Parson Dodds settled in what is now Uintah County.
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Uintah County was organized on February 8, 1880Our county was officially organized in the year 1880.
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Although the LDS Church helped set up Vernal as a town in 1884, the town wasn't incorporated until 1897.Vernal officially became a town.
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In 1948 Vernal had its first oil boom. From that time on it has been a boom and bust townThe first oil boom Vernal had was in 1948.
