HISTORY LESSONS: U.M. Curtis, Pt 1

RBC | Uriah Martin Curtis was appointed government interpreter to the Utes by Agent Simeon Whiteley in 1863. Whiteley opened his agency for the Northern Utes at Hot Sulphur Springs, now in Grand County. The Utes had been camping there in the winter for many years. I am not sure if U. M. Curtis was involved with the 1863 Ute treaty, but he was instrumental in the 1868 Ute treaty. Curtis accompanied the Ute delegation…