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Uintah Basin
The Uinta Basin (also known as the Uintah Basin) is a physiographic section of the larger Colorado Plateaus province, which in turn is part of the larger Intermontane Plateaus physiographic division. It is also a geologic structural basin in eastern Utah, east of the Wasatch Mountains and south of the Uinta Mountains. The Uinta Basin is fed by creeks and rivers flowing south from the Uinta Mountains. Many of the principal rivers (Strawberry River, Currant Creek, Rock Creek, Lake Fork River, and Uintah River) flow into the Duchesne River which feeds the Green River—a tributary of the Colorado River. The Uinta Mountains forms the northern border of the Uinta Basin. They contain the highest point in Utah, Kings Peak, with a summit 13,528 feet (4123 metres) above sea level. The climate of the Uinta Basin is semi-arid, with occasionally severe winter cold. History Father Escalante's expedition visited the Uinta Basin in September 1776. 1822–1840 French Canadian tra ...
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Uinta Basin Map
Uinta or Uintah may refer to: People *Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation, Utah Places * High Uintas Wilderness * Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation, Utah * Uintah County, Utah * Uinta County, Wyoming * Uinta Mountains, in the state of Utah * Uinta National Forest * Uintah, Utah, a town located in Weber County Other * Uinta chipmunk The Uinta chipmunk or hidden forest chipmunk (''Neotamias umbrinus''), is a species of chipmunk in the family Sciuridae. It is endemic to the United States. Formerly known as ''Tamias umbrinus'', phylogenetic studies have shown it to be sufficie ..., a species of chipmunk, in the family Sciuridae * ''Uinta'' (moth), a genus of moth * Uinta Brewing Company, a craft brewery located in Salt Lake City, Utah {{disambiguation ...
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Indian Reservation
An Indian reservation is an area of land held and governed by a federally recognized Native American tribal nation whose government is accountable to the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs and not to the state government in which it is located. Some of the country's 574 federally recognized tribes govern more than one of the 326 Indian reservations in the United States, while some share reservations, and others have no reservation at all. Historical piecemeal land allocations under the Dawes Act facilitated sales to non–Native Americans, resulting in some reservations becoming severely fragmented, with pieces of tribal and privately held land being treated as separate enclaves. This jumble of private and public real estate creates significant administrative, political and legal difficulties. The total area of all reservations is , approximately 2.3% of the total area of the United States and about the size of the state of Idaho. While most reservations are small c ...
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Ute Tribe
Ute () are the Indigenous people of the Ute tribe and culture among the Indigenous peoples of the Great Basin. They had lived in sovereignty in the regions of present-day Utah and Colorado in the Southwestern United States for many centuries until European settlers conquered their lands. The state of Utah is named after the Ute tribe. In addition to their ancestral lands within Colorado and Utah, their historic hunting grounds extended into current-day Wyoming, Oklahoma, Arizona, and New Mexico. The tribe also had sacred grounds outside their home domain that were visited seasonally. There were 12 historic bands of Utes. Although they generally operated in family groups for hunting and gathering, the communities came together for ceremonies and trading. Many Ute bands were culturally influenced by neighboring Native American tribes and Puebloans, whom they traded with regularly. After contact with early European colonists, such as the Spanish, the Ute formed trading relatio ...
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Ute Tribe Of The Uintah And Ouray Agency
Ute or UTE may refer to: * Ute (band), an Australian jazz group * Ute (given name) * ''Ute'' (sponge), a sponge genus * Ute (vehicle), an Australian and New Zealand term for certain utility vehicles * Ute, Iowa, a city in Monona County along the Soldier River * Ute Mountain, Colorado * Ute Mountain, New Mexico * Ute Pass, a mountain pass west of Colorado Springs * Ute people, a Native American people * Ute dialect, spoken by the Ute people * 634 Ute, a minor planet orbiting the sun * Holden Ute, an Australian coupe utility * Utah Utes The Utah Utes are the intercollegiate athletics teams that represent the University of Utah, located in Salt Lake City. The athletic department is named after the Ute tribe of Native Americans. The men's basketball team is known as the Runnin' ..., the University of Utah athletic teams * UTE (Usinas y Terminales Eléctricas), Uruguay's government-owned power company See also * Utes (other) {{disambiguation, geo ...
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Uintah And Ouray Indian Reservation
The Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation (, ) is located in northeastern Utah, United States. It is the homeland of the Ute Indian Tribe (Ute dialect: Núuchi-u), and is the largest of three Indian reservations inhabited by members of the Ute Tribe of Native Americans. Description The reservation lies in parts of seven counties; in descending order of land area they are: Uintah, Duchesne, Wasatch, Grand, Carbon, Utah, and Emery counties. The total land area is with control of the lands split between Ute Indian Allottees, the Ute Indian Tribe, and the Ute Distribution Corporation. The tribe owns lands that total approximately of surface land and of mineral-owned land within the reservation area. Other parts of the reservation are owned by non-Ute, as the tribe lost control of much of the land during the allotment process. As of the 2000 census, a population of 19,182 persons was recorded as living on the reservation. This is the second-largest Indian reservation in land are ...
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Tabiona, Utah
Tabiona ( ) is a town in Duchesne County, Utah, United States. It is eighty-six miles southeast of the Salt Lake City metropolitan area. The population was 171 at the 2010 United States Census. History Tabiona was named for a Shoshone chief, Chief Tabby-To-Kwanah. http://www.blackhawkproductions.com/facts.htm Education Because of its small population, Tabiona houses all 12 grades in the same building. Classrooms serve students from kindergarten through 12th grade, though grade school students attend classes in a separate wing of the school building. Tabiona High competes as a 1A school in athletics and the school mascot is the Tiger. The school colors are purple and white. Tabiona has a rich tradition in basketball. Both the boys' and girls' teams have enjoyed success under coach Lee Gines winning region and state titles. Tabiona was crowned 1A champion in girls basketball in 2007 and won its most recent 1A titles in boys basketball in 1997 and 1999. Tabiona also competes in s ...
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Altamont, Utah
Altamont is a town in Duchesne County, Utah, Duchesne County, Utah, United States. The population was 225 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census, an increase over the 2000 figure of 178. History The town was settled in the 1930s as a central location for a new area high school. The school was finished in 1935 and named ''Altamont'', combining the names of the area villages of Altonah, Utah, Altonah and Mt. Emmons, Utah, Mt. Emmons. The community grew gradually and petitioned to incorporated town, incorporate as a town in 1953. In 2012 the newest addition to the school was finished. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.2 square mile (0.4 km), all land. Climate Altamont has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen climate classification, Köppen ''BSk'') with cold winters and warm summers. Demographics As of the census of 2010, there were 225 people in 83 households in the town. The racial makeup of the town was 96% ...
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Roosevelt, Utah
Roosevelt is a city in Duchesne County, Utah, United States. The population was 6,046 at the 2010 census, with an estimated population of 7,070 in 2018. The proper pronunciation of the city's name is based on how President Theodore Roosevelt pronounced his name: according to the man himself, "pronounced as if it was spelled 'Rosavelt.'" Geography The city is on the eastern edge of Duchesne County, adjacent to the border with Uintah County. The town of Ballard borders Roosevelt to the east. U.S. Routes 40 and 191 pass through Roosevelt as Main Street, leading east to Vernal and west to Duchesne. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city of Roosevelt has a total area of , all land. Climate According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Roosevelt has a cold semi-arid climate, abbreviated "BSk" on climate maps. The hottest temperature recorded in Roosevelt was on July 18, 1998, while the coldest temperature recorded was on February 6, 1989. Dem ...
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Duchesne, Utah
Duchesne ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Duchesne County, Utah, Duchesne County, Utah, United States. The population was 1,588 at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. Geography Duchesne is located just west of the junction of the Strawberry River (Utah), Strawberry and Duchesne River, Duchesne rivers in the Uintah Basin of northeastern Utah. The Duchesne River drains the southwest slope of the Uinta Mountains, and the Strawberry river drains the eastern slopes of the Wasatch Range and is connected to Strawberry Reservoir. The two rivers combine at Duchesne, and the Duchesne River continues east to join the Green River (Colorado River), Green River at Ouray, Utah. Native stands of Populus sect. Aigeiros, cottonwood trees and willows grow along the river banks, while sagebrush and rabbitbrush fill the unirrigated bench tops. Alfalfa is the main cultivated crop of farmers in the area. Via highway, Salt Lake City is to the west, Vernal, Utah, Vernal is to the eas ...
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Vernal, Utah
Vernal, the county seat and largest city in Uintah County is in northeastern Utah, approximately east of Salt Lake City and west of the Colorado border. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 9,089. The population has since grown to 10,370 as of the 2018 population estimate. History Vernal, unlike most Utah towns, was not settled by Mormon Settlers. Brigham Young sent a scouting party to the area Uintah Basin in 1861 and received word back the area was good for nothing but nomad purposes, hunting grounds for Indians, and "to hold the world together." That same year, President Abraham Lincoln set the area aside as the Uintah Indian Reservation, with Captain Pardon Dodds appointed Indian agent. Dodds later built the first cabin erected by a white man in the Uintah Basin around 1868. Settlers began to filter in after that, and built cabins in various spots on or near Ashley Creek. In 1879 many came close to perishing during the infamous "Hard Winter" of that same year ...
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Uinta Piceance Basins Geologic Map
Uinta or Uintah may refer to: People *Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation, Utah Places * High Uintas Wilderness * Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation, Utah * Uintah County, Utah * Uinta County, Wyoming * Uinta Mountains, in the state of Utah * Uinta National Forest * Uintah, Utah, a town located in Weber County Other * Uinta chipmunk The Uinta chipmunk or hidden forest chipmunk (''Neotamias umbrinus''), is a species of chipmunk in the family Sciuridae. It is endemic to the United States. Formerly known as ''Tamias umbrinus'', phylogenetic studies have shown it to be sufficie ..., a species of chipmunk, in the family Sciuridae * ''Uinta'' (moth), a genus of moth * Uinta Brewing Company, a craft brewery located in Salt Lake City, Utah {{disambiguation ...
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Uinta Mountains
The Uinta Mountains ( ) are an east-west trending chain of mountains in northeastern Utah extending slightly into southern Wyoming in the United States. As a subrange of the Rocky Mountains, they are unusual for being the highest range in the contiguous United States running east to west, and lie approximately east of Salt Lake City. The range has peaks ranging from , with the highest point being Kings Peak, also the highest point in Utah. The Mirror Lake Highway crosses the western half of the Uintas on its way to Wyoming. Etymology The name "Uinta" derives from the Ute word ''Yoov-we-teuh'', meaning "pine forest" or "pine tree". Geology The Uinta Mountains are Laramide uplifted metasedimentary rocks deposited in an intracratonic basin in southwest Laurentia during the time of the breakup of the supercontinent Rodinia. The marine and fluvial metasedimentary rocks in the core of the Uinta Mountains are of Neoproterozoic age (between about 700 million and 760 million years old ...
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