History · Tabiona

Tabiona’s history is
mostly unwritten

The public archives hold only 2 old photos of Tabiona. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

1860established
2old images & papers
2need a date
Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, Jepp Thomas Canal, Duchesne, Duchesne County, UT · Library of Congress

The story

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Tabiona is named after Chief Tabby of the Shoshone-Timpanogos Nation of Utah, Formally known as Chief Tabby-To-Kwanah.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Start Tabiona’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Tabiona’s history is told.

0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo2 archive items have no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewIrrigation Canals in the Uinta Ba…: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
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By decade

Tabiona, decade by decade

Before
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Tabiona is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Tabiona has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Stockmore Ranger Station in Tabiona, 10.5 miles away.

Tabiona and the nearest listed places

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How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Stockmore Ranger Station’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Tabiona?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Tabiona’s story, or a memory of it.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, Jepp Thomas Canal, Duchesne, Duchesne County, UT and it appears here side by side.

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Stories next door

nearby towns’ history

From the Library of Congress (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.

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