Historical Markers of Mineral County
Location: Central Mineral County, Schurz Directions: Along US 95 in the Schurz County Park
N38° 57' 08.5" W118° 48' 37.8"
Date Conquered: 6/24/07 Quick Description: A unique marker noting one of the first reservations established in the West. Signed: Yes -- Signed on both lanes of US 95. Full Description: Exact description as reads ... Although the area around Walker Lake in the Utah Territory was set aside for "indian purposes" in 1859, it was not until 15 years later that President Grant signed the executive order formally establishing Walker River Indian Reservation, on March 9, 1874. Indian agent Calvin Bateman reported on August 31, 1874, that the reservation "is the home of at least six hundred Pah-Utes, who if absent at all, are only so temporarily. Here the government has promised them an abiding-place, and justice and honor demand that the compact remain inviolent. I am glad that the executive order .... reaffirms the obligation and sets at rest the question of perpetiuty." In 1974, over 500 tribal members lived on the reservation. The total land area, including the northern end of Walker Lake, exceeds 300,000 acres, as it did in 1874.
Full Description: Exact description as reads ... Although the area around Walker Lake in the Utah Territory was set aside for "indian purposes" in 1859, it was not until 15 years later that President Grant signed the executive order formally establishing Walker River Indian Reservation, on March 9, 1874. Indian agent Calvin Bateman reported on August 31, 1874, that the reservation "is the home of at least six hundred Pah-Utes, who if absent at all, are only so temporarily. Here the government has promised them an abiding-place, and justice and honor demand that the compact remain inviolent. I am glad that the executive order .... reaffirms the obligation and sets at rest the question of perpetiuty." In 1974, over 500 tribal members lived on the reservation. The total land area, including the northern end of Walker Lake, exceeds 300,000 acres, as it did in 1874.
Although the area around Walker Lake in the Utah Territory was set aside for "indian purposes" in 1859, it was not until 15 years later that President Grant signed the executive order formally establishing Walker River Indian Reservation, on March 9, 1874. Indian agent Calvin Bateman reported on August 31, 1874, that the reservation "is the home of at least six hundred Pah-Utes, who if absent at all, are only so temporarily. Here the government has promised them an abiding-place, and justice and honor demand that the compact remain inviolent. I am glad that the executive order .... reaffirms the obligation and sets at rest the question of perpetiuty." In 1974, over 500 tribal members lived on the reservation. The total land area, including the northern end of Walker Lake, exceeds 300,000 acres, as it did in 1874.
Indian agent Calvin Bateman reported on August 31, 1874, that the reservation "is the home of at least six hundred Pah-Utes, who if absent at all, are only so temporarily. Here the government has promised them an abiding-place, and justice and honor demand that the compact remain inviolent. I am glad that the executive order .... reaffirms the obligation and sets at rest the question of perpetiuty."
In 1974, over 500 tribal members lived on the reservation. The total land area, including the northern end of Walker Lake, exceeds 300,000 acres, as it did in 1874.
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