Uintah County Regional History Center, founded by Doris Karren Burton in 1982, has grown from a dream and a few file cabinets in a closet, to a modern spacious center. The center is dedicated to collecting, preserving, and making available biographies, histories, maps, local newspapers, and photographs that tell the story of the Greater Uinta Basin. The Regional History staff members include Ellen Kiever, Elaine Carr and Michelle Fuller. They are dedicated to sharing their resources with the public through publications such as this.
Gilsonite is a solid hydrocarbon mined in vertical veins in southern Uintah County, Utah. It is found in veins anywhere from a foot to twenty-two feet in width, and a...