LOGAN AND CACHE COUNTY I I 00 Coridcnscd Historical Sketch of Utnh Moot Beautiful Ni rA > I i Valloy II I I < 6 r > TNDING on the top 1 I 1 of the Temple in 10 < 0 Ran city the observer the gazes upon one of most beautiful landscapes land-scapes to be seen in I tlic interior of the Cz American I continent Spread out before him i like i I a Car pet is a vast 01 3 and verdant plain ilottcd by more linn I tttenly towns within easy rantc of his vision On every Bide of this landscape save the north I is a sharp horizon mule by the crests of n mountains that enclose the valley even at a walled City is enclosed en-closed by fortifications On the north the landscape is less distinctly defined li 1 > less precipitous undulations I undula-tions of the surface I Such is Cache valley the most beautiful of all the valleys that were taken possession of by the early settlers of this State It is called the granary of Utah because of its prolific crops of wheat and is undoubtedly an ideal farming region It seems strange in the light of valley what we know now that Cache the home of ley was not chosen as I many of the people who cattle to Utah ino the early days but it was ten years after Salt Lake 1 valley was settled before a crop was raised in Cache valley It should be stated here however tint during that ten years the climate there was much more severe than it has been during and naturally recent years people preferred to settle where the winters were not so cold nor so long hough permanent settlements were not made in Cache valley prior to 1857 its splendid resources were not entirely neglected as lircc I herds of stock were driven into it to feed and fatten upon its vast meadows In July 1855 Samuel Koskcllcy Andrew Mofhtt and Brigham Young Jr were sent from Salt Lake City toP to-P Cache valley by President Brigham Young to cut hay construct corrals and make other preparations for the care of live stock that were to be driven into the valley that fill to be wintered llryant btrinelnm joined the expedition in the interest of the Church I Steven Taylor I for Squire iells Seymour II Young for his father Hill 11 I Lyman Baker and his son Joseph for themselves These men Lamped on wlnt is now the Church firm and put up a Urge quantit of Ilay which was fed to stock during the winter but this could hardly be considered tin founding of a settlement settle-ment as their camp was only temporary tem-porary in its character Though the spent the hottest week of the summer in cutting hay one of the put Samuel Roskelle states there was not a morning when they could not get out and write their names in the frost upon the covers of their wagons or other smooth surf ices This fact compared com-pared with the temperature that now prevails in summer through Cache valley shows how wonderfully the climate has changed Peter MaiiLhan was the Pioneer settler of Cache valley Prior to July 1806 < he had resided in ooelc but in that month he removed to Cache valley persuant to the directions direc-tions of President 1 Brigham Young He was accompanied by William II 1 Maughan Ceo Bran John late Morgan Morgan md Zi11 Kiggs They first located upon the present site 01 Wellsvillc where they constructed con-structed cabins after which they returned re-turned to looclc for their finulies with whom they went back in Set tember prepared to remain In the spring of 1857 the settlement settle-ment of Wcllsiille was augmented by a number of finulies who joined j it and in April of that year Cache count vi as orjani7cd by the legislature legis-lature though there were at the time within Us borders Only a few score inhabitants Peter Mauchan was probate judge William Gardener Gar-dener Orange D I Thompson and John T Garr were selectmen Viii tarn Garr was sheriff I rmcis Gunnel was recorder and John Mauclian was treasurer The first regular term of the county court was hell 1 June first 1857 md another in Sep lember following I Then came the total depopulation of the atley on the occasion of the move but in 1859 the settlers returned re-turned ard resumed the work of redeeming the wilderness Some of those who hid at first settled at Wdlsville removed to Ihe present site of Logan I city where on the sist of June iSj9 the first settlers of Logan drew lots lor their land On July 3rd at a public meeting John B WriJht John Nelson and Irld I J Clark wire ippomted to apportion I tile lands to new settlers who hid I begun to come in quite rapid On October oth iSS a miss quorum Seventies wa4 Organized 1 I at LogIII I rovei the east s Idv 1 ol Cache allev anti I on N u vinber 14th 11 follow l mj i Logan 1 ual d w is olvan lied by Apostles Orson Ht I t md I I Ezra T 1 Benson and II h Peter 1 I I bill j ter Maughm enVII n II I i StOn was I made IJishop and LicorLe L arrel I I clerk At this meeting steps were taken looking to the organization of a Stake and immedi itel after the meeting General Chauncey W West of Ogden called the men toLClhci and ore inied the Logan I 1 Nie illor zej Clark is Major On November iSih was begun the erection of a log schoolhouse school-house the first building of Jut kind in Logan which was completed md occupied with meetings within less than month lIy I the opening of the ear iSGo I 6an had assumed the character of Opirithad it thrifty I and rapidly growing settle I mcnt and during tint rear the I number of inhabitants was grcatl tn I increased by new settlers During the year 1860 the settlers had some trouble with the Indians and several of both were killed By the spring of iS fit Logan had grown so large it was deemed advisable advis-able to divide it into four wards winch was done on the i < jth 01 April 1861 Benjamin M Leis I was chosen president ol the First 1 waul Henry Ballard of the Second John II Thatcher of the third and Ihomis X Smith of the Fourth In the following fol-lowing September the first a ncul tural fair ims held I in Logan which was an indication ol the rapidity with which the town had jiown md ot the proercssivcncss of the settlers During the rear 1859 on the return re-turn of the people of the northern part of the territory from the invc a number of different settlements settle-ments were found in various parts of Cache valley as its attractions were drawing large numbers of settlers and during the year i io anti sub e quent cars most of these settlements settle-ments grew rapidly and their inhabitants inhab-itants prospered rite 1 resources of the valley were of such I i chancier as to make it I compiritivcly 1 easyfor eto C the settlers to susla i n themselves I I and build homes and provide the necessaries of life On January 31st 1873 the Utah S Northern railroad was completed to Logan I and soon afterwaids railroad rail-road shops were established there The growth of Logan I prior to this lime had been rapid is well as sub stmtnl but the completion of the railroad to it gave to the town a I great impetus From I 1873 to about 1883 the advance in real estate v dues d-ues the commercial prosperity and the standard progress in many di lections were very cratifying ect YIfease ro During i this i period the increase of the i population was very rapid and inanv excellent public and private tcA h in rrc buildings were erected A rein irkably 1 irge proportion if the adult male inhabitants in-habitants of Logan wen employed on railroad contracts which had been taken by some ol the prominent citizens of the county their 1vages paid ill rash wire circulated in the lily making money more abundant and business livelier than it has ever i been since Logan I was incorporated by act of the legislature on J iniiary 17 ibfiG All I in i Crockett was the first major III March 1872 WilliimH Preston was elected major md served in that office continuously Mirch 1882 a period of twelve rears the dmunds 1 law diqualifying him from holding office longer During the veal 1882 Logan I city came prominently to the front as a temperance town making a record in this regard that was probably rever paralleled by any town of the same or greater size in America Previous to this jcir the city council had passed an ordinance absolutely prohibiting the sale of intoxicants rhis action was take in the belief that the city charter fully authorized it but in the year 1882 a number of men engaged in the illicit selling of liquor conspired to resist the en forccnint of the ordinance The city council were hesitating in regud 10 the adoption of stringent strin-gent measures that were necessary to suppress the traffic when prominent f r t ir c zciis caused to be circulated very urouchly tno petitions one asked the city council to grant licenses tor saloons and the oilier asked for the enforcement of prohibition As fir as practicable every citizen male or female of adult age was asked to sieii one of these petitions and a vcry large proportion of the adult inhabitants of the town expressed ex-pressed I their views upon the subject by bining one of them When the documents were pre > cnle1 1 to the cit tv council it w is found that forty to one were ill favor c If prohibition With such a I tremendous majorit in favor of f prohibition the city of hu lU could not do olhe wise than I respond to us demand rite 1 liquor dealers I were rested from time to time and a long and expensive war upon tin traffic w is inaugurated It continued for about Move irs when the supn re court of the Territory decided that the City council 1 of I Loan I did not have the power under its clurler to piss ihe prohibitir hpow 1 ordinance thereupon the city council granted licenses to saloons The liquor traffic however has neer be oniL in I ugan is A j t at in eVil I is it t has been elsewhere the prcva 1 ng sentiment of the town being strongly laira list it On May iSth 1877 the site forI I a I Temple in Login I was dedicated by President lirigliam Young and on the 17th of plember following the corner stones were laid On May way 1711 I I iSSj the sacred Structure was dedicated Its cost Was about Sooooooo and while the people ncre burdened in one sense by the Wavy Contributions they i mule yfot it ihey were more th in compensated by the increase of business md the large amount of employment resulting from the enterprise During recent years tile growth and progress of Logan I though not as rapid l as formerly have I been quite as solid and r permanent I The commerce com-merce of the town from the early dayl of W settlement has been of large volime and the manufacture bf Hour for which ihe town is noted has been 1 for man years an important impor-tant industry which has brought much means to the people The school sstem of Logan I including a inc set of school buildings is ex trcmcl credtible to the taxpayers ol ihe town In fact Logan I n already noted as an educational center being the sue of the 11 Y College and of the Agricultural College two of the most important institutions of learn ng in this inter mountain region The town is beautiful in elias e-lias a delightful climate and is mot desirable place to live in According Accord-ing to all appearances it has a bright future before it