A History of Utah’s American Indians, © 2000 “The Paiute Tribe of Utah,” pp. 123–66 Gary Tom and Ronald Holt Tabuts [elder brother/wolf] carved people out of sticks and was going to scatter them evenly around the earth so that everyone would have a good place to live. But Shinangwav [younger brother/coyote] cut open the sack and people fell out …
A History of Utah’s American Indians, Introduction
A History of Utah’s American Indians, © 2000 “Introduction,” pp. xi-xx Forrest S. Cuch The day will come, when a white people will set foot on the eastern shores and claim this land as their own. They will build a white house near the shore from where they will govern their people. Upon establishing their government, they will raise …
A History of Utah’s American Indians, Chapter 6
A History of Utah’s American Indians, © 2000 “The White Mesa Utes,” pp. 225–63 Robert S. McPherson and Mary Jane Yazzie Billy Mike, the oldest living resident of the White Mesa Ute community, sat comfortably and slowly ran his fingers through his silver hair. The thick glasses perched upon his nose served more as a token of past vision than …
A History of Utah’s American Indians, Chapter 3
A History of Utah’s American Indians, © 2000 “The Goshute Indians of Utah,” pp. 73–122 Dennis R. Defa A group of Goshute Indians, date unknown The Goshute Indians live in a little known and sparsely populated portion of the state of Utah. There actually are two Goshute reservations, the largest of which is the Deep Creek Reservation located on …
A History of Utah’s American Indians, Chapter 2
A History of Utah’s American Indians, © 2000 “The Northwestern Shoshone,” pp. 25–72 Mae Parry In early historic times the Shoshone Indians were a large nation of Indians who lived and traveled over an extensive territory that included parts of Idaho, Utah, Nevada, and Wyoming. Usually groups of extended families traveled together in varying numbers according to the season and …
A History of Utah’s American Indians, Chapter 1
A History of Utah’s American Indians, © 2000 “Setting the Stage: Native America Revisited,” pp. 3–24 Robert S. McPherson The writing of Native American history can be said to have started when Christopher Columbus first waded ashore on San Salvador Island in the Caribbean. It has continued ever since. What preceded his arrival–the prehistoric phase of Native Americans–has generally been …
Fayette
Adapted from: Antrei, Albert C.T., and Roberts, Allen D. A History of Sanpete County. Utah State Historical Society, 1999; Bartholomew, Martha Winch. “Early History of Fayette, Utah.” http://www.abcfamilytree.com/J_Bartholomew/Fayette_Early_History.htm. Accessed May 1, 2020. The location of Fayette was initially passed over by settlers from Springville on their way to Gunnison. The Melor and Bartholomew families came across a creek on their …
Enoch
Adapted from: Seegmiller, Janet Burton. A History of Iron County: Community Above Self. Salt Lake City: Utah State Historical Society, 1998; Webster, Richard M. “Enoch History Review.” https://www.cityofenoch.org/uploads/3/0/3/1/30314955/richard_webster_historical_account.pdf, accessed April 28, 2020. “A History of Johnson’s Fort or Enoch as it is Known.” https://www.cityofenoch.org/uploads/3/0/3/1/30314955/earl_olsen_historical_account.pdf, accessed April 28, 2020; “Roaring 2000’s.” https://www.cityofenoch.org/roaring-2000s.html, accessed April 28, 2020. Enoch was settled along a …
Chapter Two Bibliography
First Peoples Culture and community Allen, James B., and Ted J. Warner. “The Gosiute Indians in Pioneer Utah.” Utah Historical Quarterly 39, no. 2 (1971): 162-77. Ambler, J. Richard, and Marc Gaede. The Anasazi: Prehistoric People of the Four Corners Region. Flagstaff: University of Northern Arizona, 1977. Bancroft, Hubert Howe. History of Utah, 1540-1887. 1889. Beckwith, Frank. Indian Joe: in …
Jacob Hamblin
Jay M. Haymond Utah History Encyclopedia, 1994 Jacob Hamblin was born 6 April 1819 in Ashtabula County, Ohio. His parents were farmers, and he learned farming as a youth. In 1836 his family moved to Wisconsin Territory and homesteaded at a place called Spring Prairie. Hamblin’s father told Jacob when he was nineteen that he had been a faithful boy …