, 1924-05-29
HISTORY and NAMES IN
CARBON COUNTY
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Carbon County. Not until May.
1924. was the lower southwestern
portion of the county satisfactorily
adjusted, when the County Surveyors
Of Sweetwater and Carbon resurvey-
ed the boundary line to establish the
location of a highway road from
Wamsutter to Bags.
ALLEN-T. %, R. 10, a station
on the Union Pacific railway named
for William Allen. local engineer of
the road.
AERIAL TRAMwAY-(see Rail-
roads,.
ARLINGTON-T. 10, r. rs, on
Rock creek where the Overland
Stage and Express Trail crossed the
stream and by which went the Cher
okee Trail, in active operation as 8
stage station 1S62-1S68. Largely
abandoned in 1868 when the Union
Pacific Railway began to operate
just north of this locality. The town
now is a suElmer resort.
ARRASTER LAKE-T. 16, R. 80,
was so named because of an arraster
a crude dragstone mill for pulveriz-
ing ores, erected on the edge of the
lake and used in mining operations.
ASHLEY.-William, of St. Louis.
fur trader, in 1925 with pack train
from Missouri by way of South
Platte and Colorado reached the
Laramie plains, March 22 was at
the south base of Elk Mountain, and
on March 23, was just south of the
present day site of Walcott, thus
crossing the divide by a route paral-
leliug the Union Pacific railroad but
south of 1t. He doubtless camped
on Pass Creek, near where it and
Rattlesnake Creek unite. This route
in this locality of Carbon county is
approximately the trail of General
Fremont on his outgoing expedition
in 1S43. (See Fremont.
AURORA AND AURORA LAKE
(See Como. Why Aurora?
BAGGS-T. IL, r. 81. On Snake
River. established b o 1876,
named for George Bags. Original
ly the present town of Bags (north
side of the river) was called Dixon
after Bob Dixon. a trapper. In 1878
Charles Perkins had mail contract
to Meeker. Colorado, and then NOV
ed the Dixon post office TO his ranch,
west of the present site of Dixon.
Then later the post office was estab-
lfshed at Baggs. George Bags at
this time was the heaviest stock
owner in the Snake River Valley.
He finally left Snake River and has
not been heard of In many years.
BAKER. JAMES-(See Dixon and
Battle and Battle MountaIn).
BALD MOUNTAIN.-T. rs, r. 81,
In the Medicine Bow range, east of
Saratoga. so named because the
summit is quite regular in shape
and is devoid Of timber.
BATTLE.-Sec. 20, T. IA, r. SIS.
near the top of the Sierra Medre
mountain. In the early SOS two
Indian tribes had a battle at the
mouth of Battle creek. During this
battle their sQuaws were put on
SQuaw mountain, which is in Colo
RADIO. (See Dixon for description OF
the battle).
BATTLE CREEK AND NOUN
TAIN.-(See Battle). When the
early fur traders inc trappers first
came to Snake River, some sixty
a ago. 1t was inhabited by bands
OF Arapahoe and Ute Indians. 1t
WAS generally supposed that the first
white man in the country was Jim
Baker, whose name is known to all.
He with some companions, were
caught between the junction Of Bat
tie creek and Snake river by the
Indians and a fierce battle ensued.
The whites dug pits in the brush
on what Is known now as the Sails
bury ranch, and stood of the In
dams for two days. killing some OF
them as they rode on the surround
ing hills, and finally the Indians
abandoned them and they escaped