A series of turnovers and missed rotations allowed the Nuggets to claw back from 24 points down. The Jazz, as might be expected with a young team with 10 new additions, nearly unraveled after leading comfortably most of the game. I think the mentality was that we didn’t know what to do,” Jokic said. “Even when we provided open looks, we didn’t shoot those. Nikola Jokic scored 27 points and Aaron Gordon had 22 for Denver but they weren’t happy with their first game. Rookie Walker Kessler had 12 points and 10 rebounds, and the Jazz shot 50.6% from the field. Rudy Gay scored 16 points, Malik Beasley had 15 and Conley, the lone returning starter from last season, had 13 as Utah had seven players in double-figure scoring. But in this league you can’t pick and choose when you play.” “We looked like a different team, felt like a different team (int he second half). “In that first half (the Jazz) outworked us and I think to a man everyone in (our) locker room would agree,” Denver coach Mike Malone. It was a surprising result for a Denver team built for a title run and the Jazz, who are rebuilding after trading cornerstones Donovan Mitchell and Rudy Gobert. He’s given a lot of guys a lot of confidence to go out there and play the right way,” Mike Conley said. His players celebrated the victory with a water bottle bath and presented their coach the game ball as he got emotional. “There’s a real camaraderie with this group even at this early stage because I think all of our guys understand that none of them can do it on their own,” Hardy said. New Jazz coach Will Hardy, a former assistant with the Boston Celtics, won his first game. Sexton scored 20 points, Lauri Markkanen added 17 and the new-look Jazz beat the Denver Nuggets 123-102 on Wednesday night in the season opener for both teams. Everyone here wants to show people that we’re a tough team,” Colin Sexton said. SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Nobody is expecting much from the Utah Jazz. The Bear River Massacre: A Shoshone History.Utah Jazz guard Collin Sexton (2) reacts after making a 3-pointer against Denver Nuggets forward Aaron Gordon (50) during the first half of an NBA basketball game Wednesday, Oct. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press. Utah Place Names: A Comprehensive Guide to the Origins of Geographic Names: A Compilation. The History of Smithfield: Cache County, Utah. Logan, Utah: Deseret News Publishing Company. The History of a Valley: Cache Valley, Utah-Idaho. ^ Ricks, Joel E Cooley, Everett L, eds.^ "The early Bear River fur trade: Bear Lake And Cache Valley" (PDF).United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. This is still the largest massacre of Native American peoples by the United States government today. Officially, numbers of Shoshone dead have varied, but estimates settle around 400-500 dead, including hundreds of women and children. ![]() On January 29, 1863, an expedition from Camp Douglas, Utah to Cache Valley, the United States Army at the request of Cache Valley settlers attacked a Shoshone village in the early morning at the confluence of the Bear River and Beaver Creek (now Battle Creek) in what became known as the Bear River Massacre. Men from the various towns in Cache Valley nicknamed "minute men" volunteered to drill, serve as watchmen, and to ride to the aid of other communities at the news of attacks and skirmishes. A Mormon settler group led by Peter Maughan arrived via Box Elder Canyon (commonly referred to as Sardine Canyon) in July 1856 and additional settlers arrived on September 15.Įarly Anglo-American settlers of Cache Valley were able to defend themselves from the threat of Native Americans by creating the Cache Valley Militia. Prior to the Mormon selection of the Salt Lake Valley, Jim Bridger had recommended Cache Valley due to its relative abundance of fresh water. ![]() Mormon William Gardner became the first Anglo-American permanent settler in 1852. The use of caches was a method used by fur traders to protect their goods from theft and damage. The name "Cache Valley" was derived by the fur trappers who hid their trading goods in caches in that region. ![]() Many of the trappers who worked in the valley came from the Hudson's Bay Company, the Northwest Fur Company, and the Rocky Mountain Fur Company. The valley was subsequently used for the second of the annual gatherings of mountain men. View across Cache Valley from North Logan, Utah, June 2009Īlongside habitation by the Shoshone and other indigenous peoples, European explorer Michel Bourdon discovered Cache Valley c.1818 during a MacKenzie fur expedition.
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