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Show HISTORICAL RECORDS SURVEY ANNOUNCES COMPLETION OF CACHE ARCHIVES INVENTORY An inventory of, the public archives ar-chives "0T ;Cachc1 County Utah, which has been eagerly awaited by many records-users, has just been completed by the Historical Records Re-cords Survey, according to an announcement an-nouncement made Friday by Dr. Luther H. Evans, National Director.. Direc-tor.. The Survey, a unit of the Works Progress Administration, Division of Women's and Professional Profes-sional Projects, of which M!rs. Ruby Ru-by S. Garrett is Utah State Director, Di-rector, has similar inventories in progress in each of the 3,066 counties coun-ties in the country. The Cache County public records guide, which was started on May, 1936, is among the first to be completed complet-ed of the 29 volumes in the Utah series. A large number of copies of the inventory, which will be published shortly, will be distributed distri-buted free to State and local pub-he pub-he officials and to a number of libraries, historians and government govern-ment agencies outside the state. "The objective of the Survey in Utah", as stated in the preface to the volume by Maurice L. Howe, State Director, "has been the preparation of complete inventories in-ventories of the records of the State, and each county, city, or other local government unit. Although Al-though a condensed form of entry is used, information is given as to the limiting dates of all extant' records, contents ' of individual series, and the location of records in county courthouses and other depositories. The record titles are arranged under office of origin and by subject; in the index they are arranged alphabetically but with cross references. Preceding the record re-cord entries for each office is a brief statement as to the history, functions, and records of the office." of-fice." For example, a person desiring to make a study of governmental activity, development, and changes in. Cache county, upon referring to the inventory, would discover that entry 1, titled, "Commission- . (Continued on Page Eight) party made the first attempt to colonize the valley, settling at Maughan's Fort, which has been renamed Wellsville, In honor of the prominent pioneer, Daniel H. Wells. Cache County was created by following comment: "Religion has always been a subject of intense interest in the cultural sphere. From the scholarly mill continuously continu-ously pour forth new literary productions pro-ductions bearing current interpretations interpre-tations of the ageold subject which gains new accent with the changes of time, trends, and thought. the territorial legislature in an act, approved January 5, 1856. Peter Pe-ter Maughari, who was appointed first probate Judge of the territorial terri-torial legislative assembly, proceeded pro-ceeded to organize Cache County on April 4, 1857. The first court convened ' at Wellsville. "In the spring of 1858" states the Inventory, "the approach of United States troops during the now famous 'Utah War1, occasioned occasion-ed a general exodus from Cache Valley. Crops were left in the ground and some 1500 bushels of grain stored In houses. Several men returned in July to find the crops growing spontaneously, but all of the stored grain had been stolen." No attempt was made to resettle the valley until the spring Of recent years, American scholars, schol-ars, authors, historians, and researchers re-searchers have focused considerable consider-able attention on the Mormon religion re-ligion which has colored the history his-tory of our country ever since pioneer days, when the courageous land devout followers of Brigham Young conquered the' frontier of the Utah region. Aside from the historical sketch included in the Cache County inventory, the volume vol-ume bears many references, valuable val-uable to the student , of religion to the original records which pertain per-tain to the economic, political, and social existence of this Mormon-settled Mormon-settled locality." Dr. Evans acknowledged the contributions con-tributions of the following per- of 1859. Logan City, the present county seat, was located by Peter Mau-ghan Mau-ghan in 1859. The settlers there drew lots for ' their land. In the same , year, the first schoolhouse, a log building, was erected in Logan. Lo-gan. The Utah Northern Railroad, termed by the inventory, "a home enterprise", was completed to Logan Lo-gan on January 31, 1873. The settlers, who contributed both funds and labor for the construction construc-tion of the .railroad, became the stockholders of the company. "A rather interesting economic and social development in the lives of the settlers, was the establishment establish-ment pf the Order of Enoch, also known as the United Order. This organization had as a precept that members joining the trder would deed to the Church of Jesus Christ Of Latter-day Saints, Brigham sons who are largely responsible for the successful completion of the Cache County inventory: Hugh O'Neil, and his editorial staff; King Grant Wickwire, field supervisor, super-visor, who was ably assisted by Mae Spencer and Irene Clayton, field workers; D. J. Greenwell, State Administrator; Mrs. Ruby S. Garrett, State Director of Women's Wo-men's and Professional Projects, and her assistant, Mack Nickolay-son; Nickolay-son; as well as other WPA officials offi-cials who have given the project cordial support and assistance. He also expressed his appreciation to M. R. Hovey, Secretary of the Logan Lo-gan Chamber of Commerce, for the use of portions of the historical information contained in the sketch of Cache County. According to recent reports received re-ceived by Dr. Evans, work on other Inventories in Utah is pro- Historical Records Survey Announces Completion of Inventory (Continued From Page One) er's Minute Book" contains much valuable information. The entry reveals that the minutes, which are complete since 1857, are con-tniniKi con-tniniKi in thirteen labeled volumes, Young, Trustee in Trust, all property, pro-perty, personal and real, clothing, utensils and everything owned by thenv This property would be commonly owned and shared by members. After harvest the net proceeds were determined and each member was allowed a certain! amount for every day worked.! About one-third of the settlers ioined and it was tried for a year gressing at a favorable pace. Thus far, the records of 6 of the 29 counties of the state have been completely listed and draft inventories inven-tories having been prepared for Dagget, Davis, Salt Lake, Wasatch, and Weber Counties. In addition, the Morgan County inventory has already been published. The records re-cords of a number of cities and towns have been listed, as well as the records of 42 of the state's 650 churches. A large number of diaries of Mormon pioneer days have been copied. Persons desiring further information infor-mation concerning the Cache County inventory, should address their request to: -Maurice Howe, State Director. ; Historical Records Survey, 201 24th St. Ogden, Utah. each averaging 400 pages in length. These volumes, which are arranged arrang-ed chronologically and are in part handwritten and in part typed, are located in the vault of the county clerk. The entry further informs the consultant that the records themselves contain the minutes of the meetings of both the county court and the county commissioners, commission-ers, an account of appropriations, appointments of county officers, and the record of petitions and resolutions. The records of Cache County ere intricately bound up with the! colorful past of the locality. For this reason, a brief although com-J prehensive sketch, covering the major events in the devlopment of the county, is included in the volume. vol-ume. The 1,205 square miles of present pre-sent Cache County were originally original-ly included in the lands ceded to the United States by Mexico in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo Hi-dalgo in 1848. The county .derived its name from the French word "Cache", meaning a hiding place or more but was later abandoned and goods and chattls divided back among members." ' On January 29, 1863, at Battle Cree kon Bear River, occurred the deplorable slaughter ' of Cache Valley Shoshone Indians, when Colonel Patrick - Connor . (later General, killed nearly 400 of the dispossessed Indians on the pretext pre-text that they were stealing food and threatening- the settlers. -1 In the 1890's Cache County experienced ex-perienced a mining boom, when rich lead silver ore was discovered at LaPlata, on the headwaters of 'East of Paradise ; Creek, la the Wasatch Mountains. A boom town I of 5,000 persons grew rapidly, but soon disappeared after the ore I dwindled. I The first county courthouse was an adobe building, erected in Logan Lo-gan in 1860. The present courthouse court-house is the two-story red brick building, surrounded by handsome hand-some ground, at 179 North Main Street, in Logan. The new inventory inven-tory is concerned with the records housed in this building. for provisions or treasure. In the early (nineteenth centurfr, trap-1 pers "cached" their furs in the convenient clay banks near the Logan river. j Although trappers and explorers had traversed the county earlier, Cache Valley was not permanently settled by whites until after the arrival of Mormon pioneers in Salt Lake City in 1847. One of, the first visitors to the area was ! James (Jim) Bridger, who in 1824' made his famous voyage down the Bear River to the Great Salt; Lake and thus became famed as the first white man to discover that body of salt water. In 1856, Peter Maughan and his The courthouse, which is approximately ap-proximately 50 per cent fireproof, contains fireproof vaults which contain about 85 per cent of thej county records. The inventory recommends re-commends that county officials! having overcrowded vaults, should) consider the advisability of forwarding for-warding their obsolete records to , the State Capitol building for ! safekeeping and historical re-' re-' search. This would . eliminate the necessity for the enlargement of : existing vaults in some of the 1 counties. I Upon completing a review of the Cache County inventory. Dr. I Evans, National Director, made the |