The Uncompahgre Valley

by Royal C. 'Whitey' Huff Sr. and Theajo 'TJ' Davis

Book Overview

Settlers of European heritage arrived in the Uncompahgre River Valley after the Ute tribe was ordered to reservation lands in Utah by the federal government in 1881. The pioneers staked out properties and established covenants. The Uncompahgre River carried the usual annual melt from the San Juan Mountains through today's Ouray, Montrose, and Delta Counties toward its confluence with the Colorado River near Grand Junction. But the settlers' crops...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0738580716
• ISBN13: 9780738580715
• Release Date: May 2010
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.5" x 9.1"