So did the pioneers. By 1859, cattle, sheep, and horses grazed much of the Goshutes' ranges. Attempts to relocate them to the Ute reservation in the Uinta Basin fell short, too. Goshute Genevieve Fields still hikes through the Deep Creeks collecting wild carrots, potatoes and onions. She also gathers pine nuts.
Tobacco grows there, too.
My parents and grandparents would dry these plants. It was their winter food. I don't think the younger people do this anymore. But the older people do. I take my grandson up when I go picking, because if I don't show him, he will never know.