NEW AT THE LIBRARY

A Brief History of Cache County
Chief Bear Hunter of Cache Valley Utah
Peter Christensen: Saga of Community and Family Pariah( this story would make a soap opera blush)
Automobile History of Cache County, Utah
Short Stories on Newton
• The Midnight Bell by various authors
Short stories on Clarkston, Utah
• Clarkston's Frankenstein Monster of the 1940"s by Dennis Griffin
• The Ringing of the Clarkston School Bell at Midnight by Dennis Griffin
The Life, Times and Riddle of Cache Valley’s Black Jack Nelson
All of these stories were made possible by Larry D Christiansen
History of the Barker Store 1869-2010 by Diane Barker Patton
These stories are made available for you to check out . They can be found in the history section (F832)
Sarah does a great job keeping our childrens , Teens and Christian fiction updated at the library.
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GREAT RESOUCES

Fur trade in early Utah -
http://www.media.utah.edu/UHE/f/FURTRADE.html

1857-58 – The Utah War -
http://www.media.utah.edu/UHE/u/UTAHWAR.html

1863 The Battle of Bear River in southern Idaho -
http://www.onlineutah.com/bearrivermassacre.shtml
-- Shoshoni version http://www.nwshoshone-nsn.gov/cylture/history/massacre.html
-- U.S. Army version http://www.historynet.com/wars_conflicts/american_indian_wars/3027481.html

1869 Completion of the Transcontinental Railroad -
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/tcrr/sfeature/sf_map.html

1873 the narrow gauged railroad into Cache County; then into Idaho and on to Montana –
http://www.utahrails.net/ogden/ogden-utah-northern.php

1882 James H. Martineau, "The Military History of Cache County."
Tullidge’s Quarterly Magazine Vol. 2 no. 1 (April, 1882): 122-131.

1888 the land grant agricultural college – Utah Agriculture College –
http://www.media.utah.edu/UHE/u/UTAHSTATEUNIVERSITY.html

Interesting Features:

Mormon Battalion Veterans - brief sketches on veterans

Early School Districts
schools.htm

Dams, Reservoirs and Lakes
a. Newton Dam (1872) & Newton Project Utah (1941-1946) - http://www.usbr.gov/dataweb/html/newton.html
b. Hyrum Project Utah (1933-34) - http://www.usbr.gov/dataweb/html/hyrum.html
c. Porcupine Reservoir (1964) - http://www.waterquality.utah.gov/watersheds/lakes/PORCUPIN.pdf
d. Lakes in Cache County - http://www.onlineutah.com/cachecountylakes.shtml

Lake Bonneville -
http://www.media.utah.edu/UHE/l/LAKEBONNEVILLE.html

Shoreline of Lake Bonneville -
http://www.bonneville-trail.org/geology.htm

Mountain Men Rendezvous Sites -
http://www.mountainsofstone.com/rendezvous_sites.htm

Bear River -
http://www.media.utah.edu/UHE/b/BEARRIVER.html

Early irrigation practices –
http://www.media.utah.edu/UHE/i/IRRIGATION.html

Development of dry-farming techniques –
http://www.soilandhealth.org/01aglibrary/010102/01010200frame.html

United Orders -
The United Order in Mendon and Newton with Insights on other Cache County Branches - by Larry D. Christiansen [Word doc with endnotes, new window]
http://www.media.utah.edu/UHE/u/UNITEDORDER.html

Old Ephraim -
http://library.usu.edu/Specol/ephraim.html

Individuals:

Jim Bridger - http://www.media.utah.edu/UHE/b/BRIDGER%2CJAMES.html

Henry Ballard - http://www.thecardonfamilies.org/Histories/Henry%20Ballard.htm

William Hyde’s Journal - Cache County period -
http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/People/William_Hyde/Journal/5*.html

John Jenkins - http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~archibald/jj-life.htm

Marriner W. Merrill - http://personal.atl.bellsouth.net/w/o/wol3/merrimw1.htm

Peter Maughan - http://www.media.utah.edu/UHE/m/MAUGHN%2CPETER.html

Charles W. Nibley - http://www.media.utah.edu/UHE/n/NIBLEY%2CCHARLES.html

Oliver C. Ormsby - by Larry D. Christiansen

Simon L. Smith - by Larry D. Christiansen

Hezekiah Thatcher - A Pioneer of Cache Valley Commerce

Moses Thatcher - http://www.media.utah.edu/UHE/t/THATCHER%2CMOSES.html
John A. Widtsoe - http://www.media.utah.edu/UHE/w/WIDTSOE%2CJOHN.html

Ezra T. Benson - http://etb.bensonfamily.org/histories/etb-alder.htm

William B. Preston - http://personal.atl.bellsouth.net/w/o/wol3/prestwb1.htm

Chief Washakie - http://wyoarchives.state.wy.us/articles/washakie.htm

Chief Bear Hunter - brief biography Cache Valley era

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