Inventory of the County Archives of Utah. No. 24. Uintah County (Vernal)
Ogden: The Utah Historical Records Survey, November, 1940. First Edition. 254pp. Quarto [27 cm] 1/4 brown cloth over brown printed wrappers. Very good. Item #7462
WPA work for this eastern Utah county. Ex-libris Dale L. Morgan with his signature at the upper right corner of the cover. Uintah County, particularly the Uinta Basin itself, was a fairly important area during the fur trade and was the setting of John W. Powell's important explorations down the Green and Colorado rivers. Largely comprised of the Ute Indian reservation, it was opened to white settlement in 1905. Saunders 10.
Dale L. Morgan (1914 – 1971), was an American historian, accomplished researcher, biographer, editor, and critic. He specialized in material on Utah history, Mormon history, the American fur trade, and overland trails. His work is known both for its comprehensive research and accuracy and for the fluid imagery of his prose.
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