Settlement of Neola

Neola sits on land that was Ute reservation until 1905, when the federal government threw the Uintah Basin open to homesteaders. Mormon families from central Utah drew the parcels, first calling their townsite Packer, then in 1911 buying forty acres from a Ute man, Sam Ponowitz, and moving onto it for good. They took a Ute word for the name — Neola, 'move no more' — a plain wish for permanence after all the relocations. Poor soil and floods tested them. It endures today as a small farming and oil-patch community north of Roosevelt.

What the plaque says

Daughters of Utah Pioneers No. 163 Erected 1951 The Bell of Neola The first white settlers came to Neola in 1906. By 1912 a log school house had been erected which served for many years for all public meetings. The bell displayed on this monument was purchased by donation in 1916 and placed on the building to call the children to school and the people to church. Neola is an Indian name meaning: the last move. Neola Camp Duchesne County

Where it stands

More markers nearby

• Roosevelt — 10 mi
• Fort Robidoux — 12 mi
• Northern Ute Veterans Memorial — 12 mi
• LaPoint Post Office — 13 mi