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Whiterocks trading post records, 1878-1915

Overview of the Collection

Title
Whiterocks trading post records
Dates
1878-1915 (inclusive)
Quantity
37.5 linear feet
Collection Number
ACCN 0887
Summary
The Whiterocks trading post records (1878-1915) consist of six ledgers (1878-1898) kept by various Indian Agents on the Uintah and Ouray Reservation, eleven ledgers (1902-1915) kept by members of the R. L. Marimon family and clerks at the trading post on the reservation, one ledger detailing transactions at a Marimon family-owned trading post in Harrodsburg, Kentucky, and one volume with entries related to the Marimon ranch. Robert Lee Marimon took over the trading post from a Mr. Cardwell in 1902, bringing with him his wife, Nannie Forsythe Marimon, and their children Rose, Sarah, and Robert Lee Jr. The family lived at Whiterocks and managed the trading post until 1928, when it was sold to Oscar Lyman.
Repository
University of Utah Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City, UT
84112-0860

Telephone: 8015818863
special@library.utah.edu
Access Restrictions

Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.

Languages
English
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Content Description

The Whiterocks trading post records (1878-1915) consist of six ledgers (1878-1898) kept by various Indian Agents on the Uintah and Ouray Reservation, eleven ledgers (1902-1915) kept by members of the R. L. Marimon family and clerks at the trading post on the reservation, one ledger detailing transactions at a Marimon family-owned trading post in Harrodsburg, Kentucky, and one volume with entries related to the Marimon ranch.

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library’s Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.

Preferred Citation

Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.

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Administrative Information

Acquisition Information

On permanent loan from the Hoopes family, who bought the post and business at Whiterocks in 1968 where the records had been since their creation.

Processing Note

Processed by Karen Carver in 2005.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

  • Description: Uintah and Ouray Reservations Receipts and Disbursements

    Ledger kept by Captain William H. Beck and Major James F. Randlett.

    Dates: 1896-1898
    Container: Box 1, Volume 1
  • Description: Uintah and Ouray Reservations Receipts and Disbursements

    Ledger kept by Major James F. Randlett.

    Dates: 1893-1896
    Container: Box 1, Volume 2
  • Description: Volume 3, Uintah and Ouray Reservation, Receipts and Disbursements

    Ledger kept by T. A. Byrnes.

    Dates: 1889-1890
    Container: Box 2
  • Description: Volume 4, Uintah and Ouray Reservation, Receipts and Disbursements

    Ledger kept by Robert Waugh

    Dates: 1890-1892
    Container: Box 3
  • Description: Volume 5, Uintah and Ouray Reservation, Stores Issued
    Dates: 1878-1886
    Container: Box 4
  • Description: Volume 6, Uintah and Ouray Reservation, Stores Issued
    Dates: 1890-1893
    Container: Box 5
  • Description: Volume 7, Marimon Trading Post Records
    Dates: 1902-1904
    Container: Box 6
  • Description: Volume 8, Marimon Trading Post Records
    Dates: 1905-1906
    Container: Box 7
  • Description: Volumes 9-10, Marimon Trading Post Records
    Dates: 1908-1910
    Container: Box 8
  • Description: Volumes 11-12, Marimon Trading Post Records
    Dates: 1911-1913
    Container: Box 9
  • Description: Volumes 13-14, Marimon Trading Post Records
    Dates: 1914-1915
    Container: Box 10
  • Description: Volume 15, Marimon Trading Post Records

    This volume deals with transactions taking place in Harrodsburg, Kentucky.

    Dates: 1882-1883
    Container: Box 11
  • Description: Volume 16, Marimon Trading Post Records
    Dates: 1906-1909
    Container: Box 12
  • Description: Volume 17, Marimon Trading Post Records
    Dates: 1909-1910
    Container: Box 13
  • Description: Volume 18, Marimon Trading Post Records
    Dates: 1909
    Container: Box 14

  • Marimon Family Records

    • Description: Canyon Home Ranch

      This volume contains notations regarding Canyon Home Ranch, a one hundred sixty acre parcel homesteaded by the Marimon family when the Bureau of Indian Affairs withdrew reservation land to form the Uintah National Forest and opened some parcels for settlement.

      Dates: 1907-1912
      Container: Box 15, Volume 19
      Location: Marimon Family Records
    • Description: Department of Interior Map

      Department of the Interior, General Land Office, "Part of Uinta Indian Reservation to be disposed of under Act of March 3, 1905 and President's Proclamation dated July 14, 1905."

      Dates: 1905
      Container: Box 15, Folder 1
      Location: Marimon Family Records
    • Description: Department of Agriculture Correspondence
      Dates: 1908
      Container: Box 15, Folder 2
      Location: Marimon Family Records
    • Description: Weather Notations
      Dates: 1909
      Container: Box 15, Folder 3
      Location: Marimon Family Records

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Subject Terms

  • Trading posts--Utah--Whiterocks--History--Sources
  • Ute Indians

Corporate Names

  • Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation (Utah)
  • United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Uintah and Ouray Agency--Records and correspondence

Family Names

  • Marimon family

Geographical Names

  • Whiterocks (Utah)--History--Sources

Form or Genre Terms

  • Account books
  • Ledgers

Finding aid created by Karen Carver
2006 (last modified: 2018)

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