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Daughters of Utah Pioneers
No. 368
Erected 1969
Roosevelt
In 1905 William H. Smart, Uintah Stake President, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, supervised the colonization of reservation homesteaders. Ephraim Lambert was appointed bishop. Dry Gulch Irrigation Co., organized, R.S. Collett, President. In 1906 townsite, in center of Uintah Basin, platted by Edgar F. Harmston, Ward E. Pack, and J.C. Holmes; Roosevelt Mercantile built, Joseph Hardy, Manager. School began 1907, N.C. Cable, teacher. First flour mill built by C.C. Larsen.

Roosevelt Camp

Marker Name: Roosevelt Marker Type: Roadside County: Duchesne City: Roosevelt Group Responsible for Placement: Daughters of Utah Pioneers Date Dedicated: 1969 Marker Number: 368 Addtional Information: Not listed Web link(s) for additional information: Not listed

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