Huntsville settlement begins in fall of 1860; Settlers find the Indians "very troublesome" and disposed to "steal stock, and plunder, and harass"

Copied from Tullidge’s Histories, Volume II, 1889, pg 52.

HUNTSVILLE.

1860.

The settlement derives its name from Captain Jefferson Hunt, who, with his sons, Charles Wood, and a few others, located in this section of country in 1860. The valley embraces about seventeen thousand acres of tillable and pasture land, is situated at an elevation of 660 feet above Ogden, and is about twelve miles nearly due east of that city. Captain Hunt and sons arrived early enough in the fall to cut hay upon which to winter stock. They found the Indians very troublesome and disposed to steal stock, and plunder and harass the new settlers.

Documenting the Weber Utes

Huntsville settlement begins in fall of 1860; Settlers find the Indians “very troublesome” and disposed to “steal stock, and plunder, and harass”

A collection of documents, excerpts, and photographs relevant to the so-called Weber Ute people of Northern Utah. Not a complete history — research aid only.