World War I Memorial

Erected by public subscription — the pennies of Uintah County's citizens and its schoolchildren — this tablet went up on Armistice Day, November 11, 1924, to name the county's dead of the First World War. Thirteen young men are listed on it, among them Evan and Alden Witbeck, who did not come home from a war fought an ocean away. For a remote basin that had sent its sons across the world, the monument was a small community's way of carrying their names forward. It still stands in Vernal.

What the plaque says

This tablet is dedicated to those who made the supreme sacrifice for their country in the World War Raymond Bates Herbert Burns Alton Calder Clive Couple Fred Demming Alfred Hall Amos Hoeft Seth McConkie Ralph Perry George Peters Leroy Shaffer Alden Witbeck Evan Witbeck This monument was erected by popular subscription of the citizens and school children of Uintah County November 11 1924

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Vernal — steps away
  The self-proclaimed Dinosaur Capital of Utah
• Utah Field House of Natural History — steps away
  A dinosaur museum with life-size replicas in an outdoor garden
• Steinaker State Park — 4.2 mi
  A warm-water reservoir popular for swimming in the desert heat
• McConkie Ranch Petroglyphs — 6.5 mi
  Massive Fremont-era rock art panels on private ranch land open to visitors

More markers nearby

• American Mother Veterans War Memorial — steps away
• Men of Courage Monument (WWII) — steps away
• Operation Desert Storm Memorial — steps away
• Spirit of the American Doughboy (WWI) — steps away