Duchesne, Utah Duchesne, Utah Location in Duchesne County and the state of Utah Location in Duchesne County and the state of Utah County Duchesne Named for Duchesne River Duchesne /du e n/ is a town/city in and the governmental center of county of Duchesne County, Utah, United States. The populace was 1,690 at the 2010 census, with an estimated populace of 1,801 in 2014. Duchesne is positioned just west of the junction of the Strawberry and 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 easterly 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 at Ouray, Utah.
Via highway, Salt Lake City is 114 miles (183 km) to the west, Vernal is 58 miles (93 km) to the east, and Price is 54 miles (87 km) to the south.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 2.5 square miles (6.5 km2), all of it land. 18 September 1776 The Dominguez Escalante Expedition came from the east where they crossed Blue Bench and descended into the valley north of the present-day town of Duchesne.
"We ascended a not very high mesa [Blue Bench] which was level and very stony, traveled about three quarters of a league including ascent and descent, crossed another small river [Duchesne River] which near here enters the San Cosme (Strawberry River), titled it Santa Caterina de Sena, and camped on its banks." From these French Canadian trappers the Duchesne River and ultimately Duchesne City received its name.
Myton to furnish pasture for sheep in and around where Duchesne town/city is positioned now.
"During the winter of 1901 - 02, he (Thomas) hauled supplies from Heber to the now Duchesne area, to the sheep herd camp of John E.
The indians had quite a village where Duchesne is now.
1905 1906 On June 7, 1905 the Secretary of the Interior directed the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to select one or more tracts of territory in the Uintah Reservation suitable for townsites, so they might be reserved as such under the statutes of the United States. Three sites were designated, which are the current sites of Duchesne, Myton, and Randlett.
60 citizens , 46 grownups and 14 kids settled on the townsite that is now Duchesne and called it by its first name, "Elsie" (Glen).
On September 15, 1905, Robert Duchesne Marsh was the first "white" child born in the townsite.
When spring came the high water of the Duchesne River overflowed its banks, flooding the town.
In 1906 the first bridge was assembled by Wasatch County athwart the Duchesne River in east Theodore.
In 1910 the populace of "Theodore" was 929. The town's first newspaper, The Duchesne Record, started printed announcement April 8, 1909.
The postal service kept the name "Theodore" until the town's petition to change the name was acknowledged on May 5, 1911.
On July 13, 1914, "Wasatch County was divided and Duchesne County was created." Duchesne was made the governmental center of county on Nov 5, 1914, by prominent vote of the people of the county. The name "Duchesne" is taken from the name of the river that runs through town and may have been titled by fur trappers in the 1820s with respect to Mother Rose Philippine Duchesne, founder of the School of the Sacred Heart near St.
Murdock Pioneer Supply Store and postal service at Theodore, Utah (which was positioned roughly where Kohl's Market stood in Duchesne in 1991) appeared in a postal history periodical in 1992. The Theodore postal service directed from 1905 through 1913, when it was retitled Duchesne. Duchesne Library Duchesne County Fair Grounds with veiled rodeo arena Duchesne County Centennial Event Center, 2000 seat indoor arena, multiple conference rooms with seating up to 300 Duchesne City and the encircling area plays host to some of the best camping, fishing, boating, hunting, hiking, water skiing, and ATV riding in the state.
4 miles (6 km) to the west of Duchesne town/city is Starvation State Park.
Starvation Reservoir on the Strawberry River was created as part of the Central Utah Project and is a great fishing and boating lake with stocks of rainbow trout, smallmouth bass, walleye, yellow perch, and Utah chub.
Other great stream fishing can be had on the Duchesne River and Rock Creek.
Duchesne sits at the junction of three wildlife management units and is home to world-class big game hunting.
Duchesne sits at the junction of U.S.
US-191 from Duchesne to Helper is designated the Indian Canyon National Scenic Byway. Duchesne Municipal Airport (Airnav U69) is positioned 2 miles (3 km) northeast of town on the Blue Bench.
The proposed Uinta Basin Rail universal would build a new barns line into Duchesne for transporting petroleum drilled in the area.
Research is underway that may prove that the Sundance Kid did not die in Bolivia in 1908 but returned to his family in Utah and bought and directed a farm 2 miles (3 km) east of Duchesne until his death in 1936.
He is buried in the Duchesne City cemetery.[clarification needed] Pope Museum: Home of Duchesne pioneers Fred and Marie Pope.
Early Duchesne Settlement Monument: 130 West Main on north side of the road War Memorial, World War I monument, World War II monument, Korean War monument, Vietnam War monument, Desert Storm monument: all positioned at 150 West Main.
Saint Rose Philippine Duchesne Monument: by front entrance of the Pope Museum.
Duchesne has one enhance elementary school and one enhance high school.
The schools serve all of Duchesne City as well as the communities of Bridgeland, Utahn, Strawberry, and Fruitland.
Duchesne has hosted grades 1 through 8 since 1905.
On May 17, 1931, Duchesne High School held a graduation ceremony for four pupils that composed the first senior class.
Utah State University provides onsite distance education classes at the school so all pupils have the opportunity to graduate from high school with an associate degree.
Duchesne High school colors are blue and white; the mascot is the eagle.
Duchesne High School sponsors a men's football team, men's and women's basketball teams, men's wrestling, women's volleyball, as well as a track and field team and cross nation team.
Duchesne High competes in the 1 - A division of the UHSAA.
The women's drill team, titled the Talons, has won fourteen (2003-2016) state championships in a row. Duchesne has sponsored athletes that have accomplished all-region, all-state, all-American, and even a finalist for the High School Heisman in 2007. Duchesne Elementary serves grades K 6.
Duchesne High School serves grades 7 12.
Duchesne town/city and the encircling area is served by three ordered churches.
Duchesne town/city is positioned in the region of vast petroleum and natural gas reserves spanning the northeast corner of Utah and extending into Colorado.
Currently (2009 2011) surroundingal groups have brought litigation against federal agencies slowing the award of leases on enhance land, slowing the evolution of petroleum resources and drilling, and affecting the economy of Duchesne and the encircling area.
Duchesne has benefited from the water resources of the Duchesne and Strawberry rivers that flow close to the town.
Duchesne is home to a number of heavy machine and steel manufacturers.
Agriculture has always been a mainstay for many Duchesne inhabitants and encircling communities.
Duchesne has always been rich in its rugged beauty and tourism.
Thousands are drawn amid and warmer months to appreciate boating on Starvation Reservoir, fishing on the Strawberry and Duchesne rivers, and camping in the High Uintahs.
Climate data for Duchesne, Utah (1981 2010) a b "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Duchesne city, Utah".
Bond Contributes an Early Story, Duchesne town/city Library[unreliable source?] The Duchesne Record, July 22, 1910, Pg 1, column 3, "The Work Starts in Theodore" The Duchesne Record, Sept 4, 1915, "Roll Call on the 10th Opening Anniversary" 16, 2008 "Is Sundance really buried in Duchesne" Historical marker positioned at 150 West Main Street, Duchesne, 4-inch (10 cm) round plaque on back of monument.
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