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Memories of early days in the Cache la Poudre Valley
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Rare Books
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Rare Books
33610
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Manuscripts
Typed history of Cache County, Utah, compiled by M.R. Hovey between 1923 and 1925. Topics covered include the discovery of Cache Valley and the trapping period, Jim Bridger's involvement in 1824, the Hudson Bay Fur Company's visit of 1833, the visit of Captain Charles Fremont in 1843, its exploration by Captain Howard Stansbury in 1849, the ranching period, the colonization period and Maughan's Fort, the organization of Cache County in 1857, the Utah War, resettlements in the late 1850s, the early settlement of Logan in 1859 (including irrigation, industry, government, etc.), newspapers in Cache County, the development of transportation and pubic utilities, and the histories of schools, mail services, livestock, freighting, and logging. Also included are histories of the early settlements of Mendon (1859), Richmond (1859), Smithfield (1859), Hyrum (1860), Paradise (1860), Millville (1860), Hyde Park (1860), Clarkston (1864, including testimony by Martin Harris), Newton (1869), Lewiston (1870), Benson (1871), Trenton (1872), College Ward (1879), Franklin, Idaho (1860), Weston, Idaho (1865), and Preston, Idaho (1877).
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