22 Saturday Nov 2014
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Hyde Park was named for William Hyde, the first LDS branch president in the town. The first settlers were Latter-day Saints who moved from Lehi in 1860. Hyde served as branch president from 1860–1872 and then as bishop from 1872–1874, when he died.
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15 Saturday Nov 2014
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Clarkston is noted for being the last home of Martin Harris, one of the Three Witnesses of the Book of Mormon. He is buried in Clarkston and every other year a pageant commemorates his life.
The townsite of Clarkston was laid out in 1864. It was named for Israel J. Clark, who was an early settler and the first branch president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Clarkston.
17 Friday Oct 2014
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Bear Lake, Cache County, historic, Logan, Oregon Trail, utah
The first covered wagons came into the Rocky Mts. in 1830, they made their way as far west as Fort Washakie in Wyoming. Efforts were made to find passable wagon trails through the Mountains to the Pacific Coast, which goal was finally reached. At that time, the entire northwest Mt. area was known as Oregon Country & western travel was either to the “Oregon” or the “California” regions. While early maps give the probable location of the first Oregon Trail north of here, well marked wagon ruts & stories of Indians & Settlers indicate that the first wagon migration to “Oregon” followed the Southwesterly shores of Bear Lake. Leaving this valley through a canyon to the Northwest, then to the upper reaches of the Bear River. Additional color is given this belief because this was the site of an important trappers’ rendezvous as early as 1827, & well marked trails were followed for many years in & out of this valley.
20 Friday Jun 2014
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The Grave of a Giant Bear, the stone monument over the grave is as tall as he was ( 9 feet 11 inches ), he weighed 1,100 lbs.
In Memoriam
This rugged four and one half ton native stone is symbolic of a giant grizzly bear called Old Ephraim who ranged this area for many years killing sheep, cattle and game and was trapped, shot, and buried near here Aug. 1923 by Frank Clark of Malad, Idaho.
Standing upright he equaled the height of this monument (9 ft. 11 in.) and weighed about 1,100 lbs. Smithsonian Institute Washington D. C. has his skull.
06 Friday Jun 2014
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Originally called “Dry Town” then later named River Heights, this town overlooks the Logan River. The first settlers, arriving here in 1883, were the families of Anders Anderson, Mathias Lundberg, Hyrum Merrill, Christian Hansen, Knut Hansen, Peter Croft, Moroni Gudmundson, Alma Cummings, and the Croftmans. In 1887, the families of Lars Larsen and Eric Lehi Olson arrived.
The first bridge across the Logan River was built in 1891. On May 4, 1908, the River Heights Ward of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was organized, with Eric Lehi Olson as its first bishop. In 1910 the first chapel was built. The first school house was erected in 1912, with Loyla Raymond as the teacher. The first mayor was J. Karl Wood.
River Heights was incorporated October 31, 1934.
This monument rock was obtained from Dry Canyon, east of River Heights.
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05 Thursday Jun 2014
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Cache County, DUP, historic, Logan, utah
In 1880, Gustave Lundberg and Christian Carff, planing mill operators, set up a direct current electric light plant, probably the first in Utah. It was a small Thompson-Houston machine with a capacity of fifty arcs, providing five lights for Logan City at $15.00 per month per light. January, 1886, the Logan Electric Light and Power Company was organized, capital stock $5000, one-half subscribed by Lundberg and Garff and the balance by Logan City Commissioners. In 1888, the city acquired complete ownership and it became Utah’s first municipal electric light plant.
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29 Thursday May 2014
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In 1860 two grist mills were built and operated in this valley, one at Wellsville by Daniel P. Hill and the other at Millville by Esias Edwards and LeRoy Kent. The first burrstones obtained from Black Rock, Utah, proved to be too soft for grinding, so some were imported from France. The stones, embodied in this monument, were salvaged from the respective millponds by Nicholas W. Crookston in 1929 and given to the Daughters of Utah Pioneers.
This marker is located at the Logan Tabernacle in Logan, Utah. Check out all of the historic markers placed by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers at JacobBarlow. com/dup
28 Wednesday May 2014
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The Providence Players
Pioneer dramatic players entertained early Cache Valley audiences in this rock building. When erected, 1868-70, the only assembly hall in Providence, it had the finest dance floor, stage, proscenium, paintings, curtain, in the valley. Among the players were: Chas. and Joan M. Johnson, Harry Brown, Jessie Hammer, John Wilson, Alzina Hammond, Jas. Nye, Thos. Priday, Jos. A. Smith, Mary Naef, Lucinda Monroe, Wm. Reading, Jas. Fife, Ammon Harmon, Geo. and Mary Marler, Wm. W. Low, Henry Bullock, Lorin Bassett, and Rudolph Hugg.
Daughters of Utah Pioneers historic marker #143 located at the Providence Church at 10 South Main Street in Providence, Utah
22 Thursday May 2014
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In July, 1855, the first settlers in Cache Valley, 23 men and 2 women, under the leadership of Martin Ensign and Bryant Stringham, came to Willow Valley with about 2,000 cattle and established Elk Horn Ranch near Haw Bush Spring and built the first house. An early and severe winter killed most of the cattle; only 450 were alive in 1856. October 9, 1899, this property was deeded to Brigham Young College.
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21 Wednesday May 2014
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Pioneer Memories of 1866
In 1866 the Pioneers gathered the stones in this base, from the river channel and bench lands surrounding Logan, for the purpose of building a fort wall around the Tabernacle Square. Time proved that a fort was not necessary and the stones were built into a wall that surrounded the Logan Tithing Yard in 1870- therefore: in loving memory of the early builders,- we do, hereby, acknowledge our gratitude to our Pioneers by erecting this drinking fountain with the stones as above described. Our desire is that it may continue to be a wall of protection to the health and happiness of this community.
This marker is located at the Logan Tabernacle in Logan, Utah. Check out all of the historic markers placed by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers at JacobBarlow. com/dup
