Scope and Contents From the File: Arrangement: Chronological per block or township, section and range Abstract books record all legal documents pertaining to property and real estate title. Tables list name of grantor and grantee, date, type of instrument and description of property. In the first 15 volumes, a plat may accompany an abstract to an addition. SPECIAL NOTES: Many of these volumes are in poor condition, having torn and loose covers and pages. Pages within volumes, particularly the early...

Scope and Contents School District Treasurers, 1890‑1915 Uinta County Library Assn. Treasurer, 1905‑1914 Sheep Inspector, 1891‑1897 Commissioners of Deeds, 1882‑1905 Game Warden, 1909‑1912 ...

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Arrangement: Numerical by recording number

These records are part Ancestry project. Digit images should be available on their website.

Original licenses filed with the clerk.

Scope and Contents These files contain some letters of resignation but mainly letters of application for county positions or county projects. While many of the applicants merely asked for the board's consideration on their appointment, others gave information about their experience or, during the depression years, personal reasons for applying. Requests to be an official depository provide information on the financial stability and resources of county banks. Petitions to the board for the appointment of an...

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Water rights issues (sampling), appointments, commissioners’ activities, and Smith's Fork Creek diversions.

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Courthouse construction, repairs and improvements (1873 1941), jail specifications (1885, 1887), poor and pauper supplies (1875 1881), and natural gas and electricity lines (1928).

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Arrangement: Chronological and numerical by case number.

The volume of the following records is only a sampling of petitions considered by the commissioners. Nonetheless, the applications for pension and reports of investigations are a valuable record on the plight of widowed, separated and divorced women in the World War I and post World War eras. See also Uinta district court probate records.

NOTE: RESTRICTED

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Arrangement: Chronological by election year

Itemized statement of contributions and expenses per candidate and sometimes per political party.

Scope and Contents State Examiner's audits on the record books and financial status of county officers. Reports may audit warrants or receipts or all accounts. Included in the files are listings of federal licenses for retail liquor dealers for 1895 1900, giving name, place of business, date of issue, date of expiration, and license number. Overall, these reports show in an indirect way changes in the activities of a public office. When necessary, the examiner prefaced his reports with critical comments on...

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Sampling of bills not allowed by the county commissioners. These records are being maintained to document to some extent public activities undertaken by public and private individuals and to sample letterheads of past businesses and professionals. Included are two liquor licenses from 1881 and 1882. It is not always clear why these bills were tabled by the commissioners.