Wealth of the Uintah Basin, Utah, and automobile guide .. . tile Co. : ESTABLISHED 1894: We Lead in Prices and Quality GROCERIES. DRY GOODSBOOTS AND SHOESFURNISHING GOODSMENS and BOYS CLOTHINGJOHN B. STETSON HATS LADIES 1 COATS MISSES SUITS CHILDRENS DRESSES We are Competitors of Catalog Houses W. p. COLTHARP MERC. , UTAH REVISED EDITION Wealth of the Uintah Basin, Utah and Automobile Guide CONTENTS Fage Wealth of the Uintah Basin 15 Physical Features of Uintah Basin lit How to Get In 25 Precious Metals and Coal 27 Dairy Farming 31 Timber in the Forest 33 Hydro-Carbons 37 Alfalfa and
Wealth of the Uintah Basin, Utah, and automobile guide .. . tile Co. : ESTABLISHED 1894: We Lead in Prices and Quality GROCERIES. DRY GOODSBOOTS AND SHOESFURNISHING GOODSMENS and BOYS CLOTHINGJOHN B. STETSON HATS LADIES 1 COATS MISSES SUITS CHILDRENS DRESSES We are Competitors of Catalog Houses W. p. COLTHARP MERC. , UTAH REVISED EDITION Wealth of the Uintah Basin, Utah and Automobile Guide CONTENTS Fage Wealth of the Uintah Basin 15 Physical Features of Uintah Basin lit How to Get In 25 Precious Metals and Coal 27 Dairy Farming 31 Timber in the Forest 33 Hydro-Carbons 37 Alfalfa and Sweet Clover Seed 40 Oil in the Basin 41 Story of Wolf River Apples 43 Map of Uintah Basin 44 Indians and Indian Land 47 Hunting and Fishing- 48 Hints to Homeseekers 49 Schools and Churches 50 The Honey Industry 53 Sheep. Horses and Cattle 55 Hogs and Poultry 58 Towns, and Territory Tributary to Each 59 Map of Auto Highway 70 Log of Auto Highway ^2 Facts About Uintah Basin 74 Miles of Canals 75 Facts About Utah 76 COPYRIGHTED 1914CjI B. cook, vernal, UTAH. \^ <^ V^^^ JIJN 12 1914 #.^ Wealth of the Uintah Basin Readers of George Barr McCutcheoiis Graustark have won-dered if he visited Northeastern Utah before he wrote thatwonderful novel, telling of a beautiful country and a happy andprosperous people. The Uintah Basin is the biggest and richestundevelop country in the West, and offers the homeseeker andinvestor the most flattering opportunity. Land is cheap, wateris plentiful and climate is perfect. Mountain and plain holduntold mineral wealth. The fame of the Hydro-carbon and oilfields has spread abroad. The timber in the forest is abundantand valuable. The estimated area of land is 5,376,000 acres, of which .540,-000 acres is tillable. The portion not tillable is divided intograzing, timber, oil. mineral and bad lands. Of the tillable landthere is probably 100,000 acres under cultivation. The generalslope of the country is east and southeast, with a fall just r
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