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Established in 1852, its county seat and largest city is Tooele. Covering vast amounts of the Great Salt Lake desert west of Salt Lake Valley, Tooele county is the second largest county in Utah and among the driest. The western Shoshone-speaking Goshute tribe claim the desolate lands as their ancestral home. The Goshute's traditional territory includes most of modern Tooele County. It is thought that the county name derives from an Native American chief. In 1849, the first whites, Latter-day Saints led by Ezra T. Benson established permanent settlement in the area. Building a sawmill, the settlement was called "E.T. City" after Benson. The territorial legislature first designated Tooele County—initially called "Tuilla"—in January 1850 with significantly different boundaries. Tooele was one of the six original counties in Deseret, which would become Utah Territory. By 1852, Grantsville, Batesville, and Pine Canyon (later named Lincoln) were settled. In 1855 the town of Richville was designated county seat, but it soon became clear that Tooele was much larger. In 1861 the territorial legislature allowed the county to select a new seat, and Tooele was selected unanimously. Cities and towns Grantsville -- Ophir -- Rush Valley -- Stockton Tooele -- Vernon -- Wendover ONLINE DATA BIOGRAPHIES BIRTHS CEMETERIES CENSUS DATA HISTORY MARRIAGES MILITARY DATA NEWSPAPER DATA OBITUARIES SCHOOLS Updates: June 2012: BIOGRAPHIES: Biography for Christopher C. Kearl submitted by Christi Boyer. February 2012: BIOGRAPHIES: Biographies for Hon. Peter Clegg, C. H. Plant, E. M. Orme, C. Alvin Orme, Alfred M. Nelson & Daniel Cooley submitted by Andrea Stawski Pack. MILITARY: Korean War Casualties submitted by Nan. January 2012: NEWS: Death Notices: Mary A. South, Lillian E. Vowles, Roscoe R. Howell, Archie Shields, S. D. Bates, Sadie Benedict Arthur and Matthew D. Ajax submitted by Marla Zwakman. CENSUS: 1883 List of Pensioners submitted by Richard Ramos. May 2011: OBITS: R. Maurice "Meece" BROWN; Wallace L. HIGLEY; Mary M. JOHANSON; Mary J. LEATHAM; Parley A. PETERSON. November 2010: OBITS: James P. HOWELL; Corinne Cosby DUNYON; News Articles:Anniversaries: DROUBAY. Mar. 2009: CEMETERY Index; WORLD WAR II Casualties; 1860 CENSUS of SHAMBIP COUNTY. Neighboring Counties Box Elder County, Utah - (north) Weber County, Utah - (northeast) Davis County, Utah - (east) Salt Lake County, Utah - (east) Utah County, Utah - (east) Juab County, Utah - (south) White Pine County, Nevada - (southwest) Elko County, Nevada - (west) Back to our Utah State Site   Subscribe to our Genealogy Trails Western Mailing List to get email notices when our county sites are updated. Our Western Mailing List covers the states of Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Utah,Wyoming Visit our National Site © 2012 Genealogy Trails Contributors retain all copyrights