One page essay discussing the importance of Logan Canyon to area residents through its many uses and the benefits of collecting oral histories, photographs, and other historic materials that document those interactions.;
Logan Canyon (Utah)--History; Land use--Utah--Logan Canyon; Land use--Law and legislation--Utah--Logan Canyon; Range Management--Utah--Logan Canyon--Research; Reclamation of land--Utah--Logan Canyon--Research; Utah Agricultural College--History;
Kennedy discusses his childhood experiences in nature and feelings toward nature. He talks about his professional career and relationships (with the Forest Service and as a professor at Utah State University), and how those have helped him form his...
Kennedy, James Joseph, 1940---Interviews; Kennedy, James Joseph, 1940---Childhood and youth; Kennedy, James Joseph, 1940---Family; Kennedy, James Joseph, 1940---Career in Forestry Education; Trapping--Pennsylvania--Montgomery--Anecdotes; Farm...
Mr. Kindred talks living in Logan Canyon at Beirdneau, his work with Thiokol as an engineer, his family activities up Logan Canyon, and his local history efforts.;
Ted Seeholzer is the owner of the Beaver Mountain ski area in Logan Canyon and talks about the history of Beaver Mountain (which has been owned by his family since its inception), and his varying roles with the ski resort – beginning in...
Janet Quinney Lawson talks about her childhood memories at her family's summer home at Bear Lake. She also talks of her childhood memories at family members' homes in Cache Valley, Utah. She talks a lot about skiing and sailing on/at the Wasatch...
Lawson, Janet Quinney, 1922-2008--Interviews; Lawson, Janet Quinney, 1922-2008--Family; Quinney, S. Joe (Seymour Joseph), b. 1893; Bear Lake (Utah and Idaho); Boats and boating--Bear Lake (Utah and Idaho); Vacation homes--Bear Lake (Utah and...
Fence corner cairn with triangular log container eight logs high, filled with stones for bracing; on one side barbed wire and post fence and the other side vertical lumber and posts.
Birch-bark carving of dove with initials "A.L.W." above it. For other carvings signed with the initials "A.L.W." see 020404, 020408, 020505, 020504, and 020508.
Names carved on trees -- Pictorial works; Tree carving -- Pictorial works; Bark inscriptions -- Pictorial works
Birch-bark carving of a woman's head and initials "A.L.W." in Cache Valley, Utah. For other carvings signed with the initials "A.L.W." see 020404, 020408, 020410, 020505, and 020504.
Names carved on trees -- Pictorial works; Tree carving -- Pictorial works; Bark inscriptions -- Pictorial works
Fence corner cairn with triangular log container that is six logs high and filled with stones for bracing. Original slide is very light, a little blurry, and dirty. Image has been darkened.
Pole and railroad tie fence at new dairy farm with implement and hay shelters; brick home, not visible in this view, can be seen at 250502. Image has been lightened.
Detail of uppermost plaque on the monument of Old Ephraim. It reads: "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...
Detail of lowermost plaque on the Old Ephraim monument. It includes a poem by Nephi J. Bott which reads: "Old Ephraim, Old Ephraim, your deeds were so wrong. Yet we build you this marker and sing you this song. To the king of the forest so...
Smithsonian tag on the skull of Old Ephraim. Tag reads: "Smithsonian Institution, United States, National Museum. 243406. Ursus horribilis, Utah : Logan Canon [Canyon] Geo [George] R. Hill, Jr., July 1922."
Old Ephraim (Bear); Grizzly bear--Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho); Skull; Smithsonian Institution Building (Washington, D.C.); Animal remains (Archaeology)--Utah--Logan Canyon
Frank Clark's story of Old Ephraim, as requested and transcribed by the U.S. Forest Service. It is transcribed directly as Clark wrote it, with misspellings, capitalizations, and locational names.
Grizzly bear hunting--Utah--Logan Canyon; Grizzly bear--Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho)--Folklore; Logan Canyon (Utah)--History; Old Ephraim (Bear); Clark, Frank, 1879-1960;
Chips, a Utah State University Forester's Club publication, reprinted the story of Frank Clark in their March 3, 1953 edition (Vol. XIII, no. 19). This version of Clark's story was printed a year prior, in the February 24, 1952 edition of the...
Grizzly bear hunting--Utah--Logan Canyon; Grizzly bear--Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho)--Folklore; Logan Canyon (Utah)--History; Old Ephraim (Bear); Student newspapers and periodicals--Utah--Logan; Clark, Frank, 1879-1960;
"Song of Old Ephraim," taken from the diary of George R. Hill, Jr., scoutmaster of the Logan Scout Troop 5, who unearthed Old Ephraim's remains and gave them to the Smithsonian.
Clark, Frank, 1879-1960; Hill, George R. (George Richard), 1884-1971; Grizzly bear hunting--Utah--Logan Canyon; Grizzly bear--Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho)--Folklore; Logan Canyon (Utah)--History; Old Ephraim (Bear)--Monuments--Utah--Logan; Old...
Typescript of an article in the Latter-day Saints' millennial star, vol. 46, no. 25 (June 23, 1884), in which they discuss the dedication of the Logan Temple on May 17, 1884. It includes a transcription of the dedicatory prayer given by Latter-day...
1859 - City of Smithfield - 1912: A Brief History of the Town from Pioneer Days until the time of 1912. Brief account of settlement of Smithfield, Cache County, Utah as well as Indian/Settler interactions
Smithfield (Utah)--History; Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho)--History;
History of Logan by Willard Conrad Jenson. A thesis presented to the Faculty of the University of Utah in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of M.A., 1927.
Logan Republican; Logan (Utah)--History; Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho)--History;
Historical Record of Mendon, 1857-1919 by Isaac Sorensen. In this handwritten account, Sorensen chronicles events in Mendon, Utah, many of which he witnessed firsthand. Isaac Sorensen was born on February 24, 1840, in Sjaelland, Denmark. He...
Sorensen, Isaac, 1840-1922; Mormon pioneers--Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho); Mendon (Utah)--History;
The Compton Studio collection in the Utah State University Special Collections and Archives division of Merrill Library houses over 100,000 glass-plate, nitrate and acetate negatives. Alma Compton started the Compton Studio in 1884 in Brigham City,...
Brigham City (Utah) -- Pictorial works; Portrait photography; Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho) -- Pictorial works; Landscape -- Pictorial works
Reuben Reynolds was a longtime Utah State University art professor as well as photographer and editor of the yearbook, the Buzzer. He took thousands of photographs of the campus between the 1920s and the1960s. His stylish and eye-catching...
Photographs; Utah State University -- Pictorial works; Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho) -- Pictorial works; Cities and towns -- Utah -- Pictorial works; Bear Lake (Utah and Idaho) -- Pictorial works; Utah State University -- Buildings -- Pictorial...