Cemeteries in Fort Duchesne, Utah

Private Cemeteries in Fort Duchesne, Utah often have specific restrictions, such as religious affiliation or family connections. Military Cemeteries in Fort Duchesne, Utah are primarily for veterans and individuals who have served in the armed forces, and in some cases, their family members. Public Cemeteries in Fort Duchesne, Utah are open to the general public without any particular restrictions.

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Fort Duchesne was established by Major Frederick William Benteen on 20 August 1886, on a site selected by General George Crook, and General Crook soon took command of the new fort. Construction began in October 1886 and the reservation was officially designated by President Cleveland in September 1887.

The Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray reservation is located in Northeastern Utah (Fort Duchesne) about 150 miles east of Salt Lake City, Utah. The reservation is in a three-county area, known as the Uintah Basin.

Fort Duchesne was originally a fort, established by the United States Army in 1886 and closed in 1912. The community developed around it within the Uintah and Ouray Reservation, established in 1864. Several bands of Ute were forced on to the reservation about 1880.

One microcosm of Utah's range of cultural identities was located at Fort Duchesne on the Uintah and Ouray Reservation. As an American military fort built on a reservation, it was by nature an intersection of cultures. In the late summer of 1886, construction of Fort Duchesne began.