Uintah County Regional History Center

Uintah County Regional History Center The history center is a source for three photo collections, Thorne, Vernal Express and Basic Photo. See more at history.uintah.gov

Also, Vernal Express newspapers, yearbooks, biographies, oral histories, cemetery records, history books, and magazines.

BIGGEST BOOK SALE OF THE YEAR! Available at the Uintah County Library Regional History Center and the Uintah County Heri...
07/07/2025

BIGGEST BOOK SALE OF THE YEAR! Available at the Uintah County Library Regional History Center and the Uintah County Heritage Museum.

06/27/2025

Have you been curious about the history of the Uintah Basin? Visit the Regional History Center with the link below or visit them in person at 152 East 100 North from 8 AM- 5 PM and browse through a treasure trove of local historical documents.
https://history.uintah.gov/?browseCategory=uintah_dinosaurs

06/13/2025

If you ever wonder what the best ways to support your local museums (and us) are, here are some ideas! Comment if you have any other ways you like to support your museums.

06/12/2025

Visit the link below and find several of the Uintah County Library's e-resources pertaining to reference and research. Explore Gale articles, Digital photos from the University of Utah, and so much more!

We hope you dive into this summer and remember the Vernal Outdoor Swimming Pool! It was located near 200 East 100 North,...
06/12/2025

We hope you dive into this summer and remember the Vernal Outdoor Swimming Pool! It was located near 200 East 100 North, Vernal, UT. Do you have any fond memories of the pool?

Photo Credit to Uintah County Library Regional History Center, all rights reserved.
▪️"Vernal Swimming Pool," Bravery is shown as a young man jumps off the high dive in the adult pool in Vernal.
▪️"Vernal Swimming Pool Fun," A boy dives into the refreshing water during a summer day at the Vernal Outdoor Swimming Pool, 1975.
▪️"Vernal Swimming Pool Fun," Vernal youth enjoy cooling off in the Vernal Outdoor Swimming Pool, 1975.

06/06/2025

What is your favorite edition of the Outlaw Trail Journals?

Children participated in the Uintah County Summer Reading program. From left, back row, Nicky Wilt, Brian Wilt, Leon Row...
06/04/2025

Children participated in the Uintah County Summer Reading program. From left, back row, Nicky Wilt, Brian Wilt, Leon Rowley, Brent Rowley, Sylvia Schirmacher. Second row, Joanne Goldenstein, Mrs. Tom Sevy, Judy Freestone. Leora Jacobe, Jackie Wall, Barbara Schirmacher, Jeanne Hunsaker. First row, Debbie Wall, Tracy Wilkins, Mark Karren, Valerie Murphy, Erick Wilt, and Ann Caldwell.

The Uintah County Library still has an amazing summer reading program called "Color Our World" that started yesterday, June 3rd.

For more photo archives, visit https://history.uintah.gov/history

Can you help identify the people in these photos?
06/03/2025

Can you help identify the people in these photos?

NEW PUBLICATION AVAILABLE NOW FOR FATHER'S DAY! The latest Outlaw Trail Journal Summer 2025, AVAILABLE NOW! Just in time...
05/30/2025

NEW PUBLICATION AVAILABLE NOW FOR FATHER'S DAY!

The latest Outlaw Trail Journal Summer 2025, AVAILABLE NOW! Just in time for Father's Day! Make all your history buffs happy with a copy of the Outlaw Trail Journal or a yearly subscription! Get a copy at the Uintah County Library Regional History Center, 152 E. 100 N. Vernal, Utah, or you can call 435-789-6275 to order over the phone. We also have them available at the Uintah County Heritage Museum, located in the old library.

05/30/2025

📚 : "GILSONITE COUNTRY" published in association with the Uintah County Regional History Center.

Read more 👉🏼 https://sut.pub/Gilsonite

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 depth of a few feet up to 2,000 feet.

The black shiny mineral is not commercially mined anywhere else in the world and only found in a few other places. Following discovery, miners began working the gilsonite mines in the late 1800s. With the remoteness and distance to the mines, mining camps were set up at the various mine sites.

The Uintah Railway was built from Mack, Colorado, over Baxter Pass, to transport gilsonite and eventually passengers and freight to and from the mining communities. Families joined their husbands and fathers at the camps. Communities sprang up, namely the communities of Dragon, Rainbow, Watson, and Bonanza, along with others.

Stores and boarding houses were opened to accommodate the miners and their families and schools were built for the children to attend. The rich history left behind from the gilsonite mining communities gives an understanding of those that worked and lived there and certainly deserves its place in history.

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05/30/2025

Have you ever visited the Regional History Center in Vernal, Utah? What is your favorite resource we have?

Address

152 E 100 N
Vernal, UT
84078

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 5pm
Tuesday 8am - 5pm
Wednesday 8am - 5pm
Thursday 8am - 5pm
Friday 8am - 5pm

Telephone

(435) 789-6275

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