![]() Both groups used the substance now known as antimony (a very brittle, bluish-white metallic substance), which they extracted from the canyons around Grass Valley, for tools and weaponry. The more recent peoples of the region are linguistic relatives of the Utes, known as the Kaiparowits Band of the Southern Paiute. The item from the North Creek site that received the most acclaim was a wild potato this is the earliest documented use of potatoes in North America. Artifacts found at North Creek include stone tools, farming equipment, projectiles for hunting, pottery, and other common native objects. The site, used as temporary shelter by many generations of hunters and travelers, contains artifacts from the Paiutes and earlier native peoples. These ruins provide insight into the lives of the native peoples that inhabited the area before European settlement. Twenty-seven miles south of Antimony, at the ranch of Jeff Rex, archaeologists found ruins known as the North Creek Shelter Site. Previously, approximately 10,000 years ago, early native peoples, including the Fremont and Ancestral Puebloan peoples, inhabited Southern Utah. The primary native people of the valley were Southern Paiute Native Americans. This valley is covered in lush grass that is naturally irrigated by Otter Creek and the East Fork of the Sevier River. The latest name was chosen because of the abundant antimony mines in the canyons that surround Antimony and the mining industry that the mineral supported. ![]() The fertile valley of Antimony has been known by several names over the years: Clover Flat, Grass Valley, Coyote, and after 1920, Antimony. Much like the story of Utah at large, these groups consisted of Native Americans, early settlers from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (L.D.S.), and miners. The history of Antimony is a story of diverse groups making a home in a beautiful valley. (Courtesy of the Mayor’s Office – Antimony, Utah) Extended Research: A picture on the day of the dedication of the marker with Antimony townswomen – Amber Riddle and Maude Wiley on the left and Esther Mathews and Ethel Savage on the right. ![]()
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