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C~ <br />s <br />from Meeker to Empire. The uprising was the result of extremely poor <br />• management on the part of the Indian Agent, Nathan Meeker, and cul- <br />urinated with what is presently referred to as the Meeker Massacre. <br />Meeker was the main target. After torture, he died from the insertion <br />of a long wooden stake down his throat. His family was held prisoner <br />for a few days but was not harmed. <br />Activity of white men in the Williams Fork Valley did not <br />significantly materialize until the late 1880's. The broad expanse of <br />the valley made the area desirable for ranching. In the early 1900's, <br />irrigation of the lower benches of the river brought some farming to <br />the area, and truck farming of high-altitude lettuce was marginally <br />successful during the 1920's. The 1924 U.S.G.S. map indicates four <br />one-room school houses within 10 miles of the Henderson mill site. <br />~• Small communities were built up around post offices at Scholl and Leal <br />based on lumber, grazing, irrigation and mining, Both post offices <br />closed in 1930, indicating a decrease in activity in the valley. The <br />additive effect of the great depression, remote location and very <br />severe winters seemed to take its toll. Several sawmills operated at <br />various times in the Williams Fork Valley; however, lumbering was <br />never very extensive because of the remoteness of the valley. <br /> <br />3-4 <br />