I feel those of you who took the time and effort to come to this blog are in for a real treat. I was able to find the article that mentions Joe Curtis on the net. Utah Historical Quarterly, Volume 79, number 1, p. 27. (Winter 2011)
First go to http://www.history.utah.gov/
Then click on the Learn & Research tab
It will bring up a drop down menu
Click on Publications
You can now do a search
Search the Utah Historical Quarterly
Search for "Joe Curtis"
It brings up about 182 hits
The first one is the one we want
Just click on it and you are there
You may have to navigate to the article about Range Creek
Joe Curtis is mentioned on page 27.
Here is the paragraph that mentions Joe Curtis.
When Allen departed, Wing took over managing the ranch as well as overseeing the farming tasks near the ranch headquarters. His cousin Charley Wing, who arrived in July 186, ran the cattle operation while Joe oversaw the farm near the ranch headquarters. Besides building a cabin, a corral, a blacksmith shop, and a chicken coop, Joe Wing and his ranch hands were heavily involved in alfalfa farming. At first the men tried clearing the native greasewood and sagebrush with hoes--backbreaking work--but ranch hand Joe Curtis showed them how to hitch a big roller to a team of horses and break the brush. The large piles of it were then burned.
Footnote: Joseph B. Curtis testimony, Heirs of Joseph E. Wing.
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