Uintah County Regional History Center

Uintah County Regional History Center The history center is a source for three photo collections, Thorne, Vernal Express and Basic Photo. See more at history.uintah.gov

Also, Vernal Express newspapers, yearbooks, biographies, oral histories, cemetery records, history books, and magazines.

On October 19, 2026, the Regional History Center will be joining the Uintah County Little Library Express in Manila, Uta...
10/18/2026

On October 19, 2026, the Regional History Center will be joining the Uintah County Little Library Express in Manila, Utah! Stop by the Daggett County Courthouse to explore awesome local history, check out library books, and hang out with us. We will be there from 3pm to 5pm.

What is your favorite memory from the Hotel Vernal Haunt? 🎃
10/15/2026

What is your favorite memory from the Hotel Vernal Haunt? 🎃

What is your favorite piece of folklore or urban legend from the Uinta Basin?
10/15/2026

What is your favorite piece of folklore or urban legend from the Uinta Basin?

Have you ever heard of the Moon Lake Monster? What began as a Native American legend has turned into a full blown lake m...
10/15/2026

Have you ever heard of the Moon Lake Monster? What began as a Native American legend has turned into a full blown lake monster.

If you would like to read more about the Moon Lake Monster, check out the article “The Moon Lake Monster” by Cristina Bailey in the Winter 2004 edition of the Outlaw Trail Journal. đŸ‘»

On October 15, 2026, the Regional History Center will be joining the Uintah County Little Library Express in Dutch John,...
10/14/2026

On October 15, 2026, the Regional History Center will be joining the Uintah County Little Library Express in Dutch John, Utah! Stop by the Dutch John Fire Station to explore awesome local history, check out library books, and hang out with us. We will be there from 3pm to 5pm.

10/14/2026

Halloween Costumes of the Uinta Basin: 1920s-1980s!

The Uintah County Regional History Center is closed today, October 12, 2026, in observance of Columbus Day and Indigenou...
10/12/2026

The Uintah County Regional History Center is closed today, October 12, 2026, in observance of Columbus Day and Indigenous Peoples' Day.

One night in 1966, a local family’s home began filling with smoke. The refrigerator motor in the home of the Bath family...
10/11/2026

One night in 1966, a local family’s home began filling with smoke. The refrigerator motor in the home of the Bath family burned up, placing them in danger. Luckily, the family dog, Peanuts, came to the rescue. Peanuts woke up the Baths’ son Vincent, who alerted the rest of the family. Pictured here is Vincent Bath holding Peanuts. Good boy, Peanuts! đŸŸ

Strange noises and the sound of footsteps echo in its halls
 The Roosevelt City Hospital, pictured here, was originally ...
10/10/2026

Strange noises and the sound of footsteps echo in its halls
 The Roosevelt City Hospital, pictured here, was originally built in the 1940s. The building later became Roosevelt’s city administrative offices, including the police department and jail.

The building gradually gained a reputation of being haunted. Dispatchers working in the building reported feeling drafts of cold air. Other times they heard unexplained sounds. The building’s basement, where the former morgue and jail cells were, reportedly gave some employees an “eerie feeling.”

Today, the building is home to the Uintah Basin Home Health Agency. But do ghosts still roam the building? If you would like to learn more about this supposedly haunted building, you can read the Uintah Basin Standard article “Ghostly phenomena help to contribute to Halloween spirit” (October 1, 2000) at the Uintah County Regional History Center, located at 152 E 100 N, Vernal. đŸ‘»

Did you know the U.S. mail used to be delivered to the Basin on horseback? Before modern highways and delivery trucks, g...
10/09/2026

Did you know the U.S. mail used to be delivered to the Basin on horseback? Before modern highways and delivery trucks, getting mail into the Basin was an adventure! Early mail carriers like Lou Woodard, Joseph Dudley and Alfred Billings originally braved the journey on horseback all the way from Rock Springs, Wyoming.

Later, delivery upgraded to a four-horse coach traveling from Price through Nine-Mile Canyon into the Basin, expanding further into Rangely by 1892. Over time, the route shifted to bring mail into the valley from Price, through Indian Canyon, heading into Duchesne, and finally reaching Vernal!

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152 East 100 North
Vernal, UT
84078

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 5pm
Tuesday 8am - 5pm
Wednesday 8am - 5pm
Thursday 8am - 5pm
Friday 8am - 5pm

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(435) 789-6275

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