"Uncle" Jack Robinson

John Robinson. The first man to make a permanent home in Uintah County. He was commonly called "Jack Robinson", and more familiarly "Uncle Jack". Robertson was a familiar character among the early trappers. He had come to the mountains with the Hudson Bay Company, and had later c...

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Language:English
Subjects:
Trapper > Hudson Bay Company > Black's Fork > Linwood
(Utah)
Hudson Bay
Hudson
Online Access:https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s62g15pc
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spelling ftunivutah:oai:collections.lib.utah.edu:ucl_vep/1093826 2023-05-15T16:35:18+02:00 "Uncle" Jack Robinson Vernal, (Utah) image/jpeg https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s62g15pc eng eng 0604-24 https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s62g15pc Digital Image, Copyright 2013, Uintah County Regional History Center Basic Photo Collection Uintah County Regional History Center 6cm x 6cm Trapper--Hudson Bay Company--Black's Fork--Linwood (Utah) Image ftunivutah 2022-12-15T18:33:39Z John Robinson. The first man to make a permanent home in Uintah County. He was commonly called "Jack Robinson", and more familiarly "Uncle Jack". Robertson was a familiar character among the early trappers. He had come to the mountains with the Hudson Bay Company, and had later cast his lot with the Ashley men. Having followed the roving life of the trapper for some years, in 1834 he built a cabin well up on Black's Fork of Green River and made it his home. Other trappers were soon attracted to the beautiful valley. John Robertson lived to be about eighty years old and died in 1882. NOTE: This is a cropped version of the photo. A more complete version of the photo can also be found in the Glade Ross Collection. Still Image Hudson Bay The University of Utah: J. Willard Marriott Digital Library Hudson Bay Hudson
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(Utah)
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(Utah)
"Uncle" Jack Robinson
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(Utah)
description John Robinson. The first man to make a permanent home in Uintah County. He was commonly called "Jack Robinson", and more familiarly "Uncle Jack". Robertson was a familiar character among the early trappers. He had come to the mountains with the Hudson Bay Company, and had later cast his lot with the Ashley men. Having followed the roving life of the trapper for some years, in 1834 he built a cabin well up on Black's Fork of Green River and made it his home. Other trappers were soon attracted to the beautiful valley. John Robertson lived to be about eighty years old and died in 1882. NOTE: This is a cropped version of the photo. A more complete version of the photo can also be found in the Glade Ross Collection.
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title_full "Uncle" Jack Robinson
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op_coverage Vernal, (Utah)
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Hudson
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Hudson
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Uintah County Regional History Center
6cm x 6cm
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op_rights Digital Image, Copyright 2013, Uintah County Regional History Center
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