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.

06/10/2026

We are still collecting your recipes! The Uinta Basin Recipe Collection: A Semiquincentennial Collection of Recipes and Reminiscences from the Families of the Uinta Basin will be available to view online before America's Potluck on July 5th. To have your recipe in this collection, please submit it to the Google Form by June 5th. You can fill out the form using the link below or by visiting our website and going to the community page!
https://forms.gle/SDBAkHzpb2zBJUB29

NOTICE: The Uintah County Regional History Center will be CLOSED next week on Monday, June 15, 2026, in honor of Junetee...
06/10/2026

NOTICE: The Uintah County Regional History Center will be CLOSED next week on Monday, June 15, 2026, in honor of Juneteenth.

Collecting America 250 pins? ✨ We still have supplies left! You can participate in one of two activities to earn it.Opti...
06/10/2026

Collecting America 250 pins? ✨ We still have supplies left! You can participate in one of two activities to earn it.

Option 1: Research a local history topic at the Uintah County Regional History Center. Visit us at 152 East 100 North, Vernal, UT. Hours are 8am to 5pm Monday to Friday. The center is closed on holidays.

Option 2: Bring in your local history photos to share with the Uintah County Regional History CenterUintah County Regional History Center! These photos don't have to be really old and historic. They can be photos of you visiting local landmarks or historic sites. Or they could be of you attending local events like Holly Days or the 4th of July Parade.

To submit photos, print and fill out the General Patron Content Submission
form that is located here on our website: https://history.uintah.gov/forms

Bring that form with you when you come to get your pin, or pick up a form in our office.

Email your photos, dates, and identification to [email protected]

Over 300 people turned out to visit Southern Uintah County's proposed White River Wilderness Study Area. Some of the vis...
06/10/2026

Over 300 people turned out to visit Southern Uintah County's proposed White River Wilderness Study Area. Some of the visitors included Ute Tribal Representatives, Congressman Chris Cannon, and Uintah County Commissioners.

This photo was taken in 1999.

06/09/2026

What is your favorite historical photo of Uintah County that you have seen?

Back before the age of computers, Tammy Tate and her fellow students gained valuable experience on the typewriter in thi...
06/09/2026

Back before the age of computers, Tammy Tate and her fellow students gained valuable experience on the typewriter in this 1960 Summer School Typing Class. ⌨ Have you used a typewriter?

Howard Ainge riding a horse named "School Girl" at the Jensen Rodeo in 1934. 🐴This photo is 92 years old! ...
06/07/2026

Howard Ainge riding a horse named "School Girl" at the Jensen Rodeo in 1934. 🐴This photo is 92 years old!

06/06/2026

This week, the Uintah County Regional History Center joined the Uintah County Library on the Uintah County Little Library Express in Dutch John, Ft. Duchesne, and Manila, Utah! A huge thank you to everyone who stopped by to talk local history with us. If you missed out this time around, don't worry—we'll be visiting again very soon.

Talk about an epic field trip! 📸 Phillip Johnson from the U.S. Forest Service took the Uintah School District Summer Cam...
06/06/2026

Talk about an epic field trip! 📸 Phillip Johnson from the U.S. Forest Service took the Uintah School District Summer Camp students out to Sheep Creek Canyon in 1973 for a hands-on geology lesson.

Were you or your kids ever part of this summer camp?

06/05/2026

For National Dinosaur Day, we're throwing it back to the summer of 1979, when an employee gave the giant Ornithomimus statue a cleaning in the Dinosaur Garden at the Utah Field House of Natural History State Park Museum in Vernal. 🦖

Many of the garden’s iconic dinosaur sculptures were created in the early 1960s by Elbert H. Porter, who taught art and sculpture at The University of Utah from 1947–1962. Although they were first displayed near Salt Lake City, the dinosaur statues were later purchased by the state and moved to Vernal.

Photo found in the Utah Department of Natural Resources records.

Address

152 East 100 North
Vernal, UT
84078

Opening Hours

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

Telephone

(435) 789-6275

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