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An Early History of Cache County Index

Introduction Discovery of Cache Valley Jim Bridger & the Discovery of Cache Valley Hudson Bay Fur Company Visits Cache Valley Captain Charles Fremont Visits Cache Valley Cache Valley Explored by Captain Stansbury Cache Valley Ranching Period 1855-1857 First Cache Valley Settlement at Maughan’s Fort Organization of Cache County Utah War, Exodus South from Cache Valley 1857 to 1858 Cache Valley, Fall of 1858 and Winter of 1859 Maughan's Fort (Wellsville, Utah) April 1859 to 1869 Early Settlement of Providence, Utah Early Settlement of Logan, Utah 1859 to 1869 Early Cache Valley Irrigation Early Cache Valley Industries Early Cache Valey Commerical Institutions Early Logan, Utah City Government Early Churches, Schools and Dramatics Construction of the Logan Temple Construction of the Logan Tabernacle Early HIstory of St. John's Church Establishment of the Presbyterian Church Establishment of the Methodist Church Early Logan Public Schools Establishment of Brigham Young College Establishment of Utah Agricultural College Early Cache Valley Dramatics Early Journalism, The Journal The Nation and The Logan Republican Transportaton and Public Utilities, Railroads Cache Valley Telegraph Cache Valley Telephone First Electric Light Plant

Miscellaneous Cache Valley Animal Stories Mendon, Utah Spring of 1859 Richmond, Utah Fall of 1859 Smithfield, Utah Fall of 1859 Hyrum, Utah Spring of 1860 Pariadise, Utah Spring of 1860 Millville, Utah Spring of 1860 Early Settlement of Hyde Park, Utah 1860 Early Settlement of Clarkston, Utah 1864-1867 Last Testimony of Martin Harris Newton, Utah 1869 Lewiston, Utah 1870 Benson, Utah 1871 Trenton, Utah 1872 College Ward, Utah 1879 First Settlement in Idaho, Franklin, Spring of 1860 First Discoveries, Cache Valley in Idaho Franklin, Idaho— First Settlers Weston, Idaho 1865 Preston, Idaho 1877 Cache Valley Indian Troubles Indian Warfare at Battle Creek, Idaho Miscellaneous Indian Warfare in Early Days of Cache Valley Early Social and Domestic Conditions in Cache Valley Early Cache Valley Schools Early Cache Valley Mail Service Early Livestock Industry in Cache County Cache Valley Draft Horses Race Horses and Harness Horses Cache Valley Running Horses Early Freighting in Cache Valley Early Logging in Cache Valley Conclusion

I am extremely fond of this early history of Cache County and the greater Cache Valley, I have read and then reread it several times. I have an original typescript copy of all included here and it has helped to form the base of my understanding of early Cache Valley history. This history seemed to be well known by many local historians, but hard copies of same were not to be found, being published in the local newspaper, The Journal and not bound in formal book form. It was this lack of easy availability that prompted me to try and help out the local historical community. I first placed a long one-page html copy of “An Early History of Cache County,” by M. R. Hovey, on the Internet sometime in early 2000. Due to the sheer size of this tome, compiled by Merlin Ross Hovey, on the greater Cache Valley, I have broken the history up into its individual topics and or chapters, to facilitate your movement among the sections. The index below will serve as the main page at this time; I have placed foreword and back buttons on the pages to help move you to the next section and an index button to return you here.

I hand typed all of the text included herein and built all of the tables and etc., thus any mistakes are none other than mine. I release this as such, knowing though I have done my best, there will be some typos and or other such errors introduced. A work of this size, completed by only one person typing and proofing, even with a good spell checker, at times just lacks the perfection I seek and you need. If you the user will help alert me to the errors found, I will promise to promptly correct same. I hope to include some photographs and some graphics, charts and other enhancing elements or features over time. Regardless— I believe the work very serviceable as found, for current needs. As noted prior, it will only improve over time as serious students of Mendon and Cache Valley history use and help to improve it. Ultimately however I must bear the burden and responsibility for any errors alone.