Utah S Counties Names

Naming the Utah Counties

Write the name of each Utah County by the riddles given.

1. I was named in honor of James A. Garfield, 20th President of the United States. ______2. I was named for Captain Daniel C. Davis of the Mormon Battalion. ______

3. Fur trappers and traders cached their furs and supplies in my valley. ______

4. My name came from Charles C. Rich, a Mormon apostle and leader who lived in my area. ______

5. I was named after the Great Salt Lake. ______

6. My name came from an American trapper who came into my area in 1825. His name was John Weber. ______

7. I was named for the Ute Indians that live in my area ______(same as our state name).

8. My name has changed two times before. 1st it was “Severo”, 2nd “Severer”, now it is ______.

9. I was named because of the bulrushes or tules that grow near the springs in my area. The first spellings were “Tuilla” and “Toohilly”. ______

10. Many colonies of beaver lived in my area in the early days. ______

11. I have large deposits of coal. ______

12. I was named in honor of Millard Fillmore, the 13th President of the United States. ______

13. My name came from the Grand River, since named the Colorado River. ______14. My name came from the Ute Indian word “yoab,” meaning “thirsty plain” or “level plain.” ______

15. My name came from the Duchesne River, possibly named after a French- Canadian trapper. ______

16. I was named because of all the box elder trees that grow in my area. ______

17. I was named after Jedediah Morgan Grant, a Mormon pioneer and leader. ______

18. I was named after the Paiute or Pah Ute Indians. ______

19. My name came from Willis E. Robison, member of the legislature, in honor of his son Wayne. ______

20. I was named after a Ute Indian tribe, the Uintats who lived in my area. ______

21. My name came from a Ute Indian word, “Wasatch” meaning a mountain pass. ______

22. I was named because the area occupies the summit of the watershed between the Green River drainage area and the Great Basin. ______

23. My name came from the San Juan (St. John) River, so named by Spanish travelers. ______

24. I was named in honor of George Washington, first president of the United States. ______

25. My name came from San Pitch, the name of a Ute Indian Chief living in my area. ______

26. I was named in honor of Col. Thomas L. Kane, who was friendly to the Mormons when they were having troubles with the federal government. ______

27. I was named after George W. Emery, the Territorial Governor of Utah 1875- 1880. ______28. I was named for Ellsworth Daggett, a surveyor of my area’s canal system. ______

29. My name came about because of the large deposits of iron ore. ______

How many county names came from:

1. Famous people ______

2. Indian Names ______

3. Natural Environment ______

4. Other ______