
Roosevelt ~ 368
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N 40° 17.370 W 109° 59.906
12T E 585132 N 4460370
Quick Description: The town of Roosevelt was colonized in 1905 by members of the LDS Church.
Location: Utah, United States
Date Posted: 9/6/2013 8:22:52 PM
Waymark Code: WMJ0X2
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Long Description: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