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James Reed was the son of Jim Reed, one of the first white settlers of the Uintah Basin, coming here before 1830 with his uncle, "Shambo Reed" and Dennis Julien and Archambeaux, French explorers.
They established a trading post near the site of old Ft. Robideau near Whiterocks. Jim Reed operated a trading post in Wyoming near South Pass for many years. It was here he married a Shoshone Ute woman. They moved to the basin the eartly eighties. Jim's youth was spent in trapping. He married Rachel Burson

He died Tuesday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Lillie Reed Wash. Among the children of his first wife living are Bill Reed, Lillie Wash and Lucy George of Ft. Duchesne and John Reed of Alaska.
Children by his second wife are Glenn, Charles, Louis, Wilson, Anita and Loraine. He has one sister, Mrs. Mary Harris of Ft. Duchesne and one brother, Charles Reed of Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Contributed by Lori Reynolds Weinstein

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