Lake Powell is the principal reservoir of the Colorado River storage project. It is located on the Colorado River and tributaries in northern Arizona and southeastern Utah. The reservoir extends 186 miles up the Colorado River from the Glen Canyon...
James Sherlock Cantwell's pioneer diary, 1813-1885, edited by Blair R. Holmes and continued by his son, James Cantwell, to 1917. Begun in 1869 as an autobiography, Cantwell continued it as a daily journal, making note of common occurrences in a...
Cantwell, James Sherlock, 1813-1887; Mormon pioneers--Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho)--Diaries; Frontier and pioneer life--Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho); Mormons--Diaries; Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho)--Diaries; Cache Valley (Utah and...
Journal of John Clarke Dowdle, 1844-1908. A typewritten transcription from the original. Original is in the possession of the Dowdle Family. Transcript includes Book I (1844 to Nov. 27, 1896), Book II (Jan. 27, 1897 to Feb. 11, 1907), and Book...
Dowdle, John Clark, 1836-1913; Dowdle, Mary Ann Chandler, 1847-1882; Dowdle, Orpha Warner, 1833-1913; Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho)--Diaries; Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho)--Biography; Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho)--History--19th century;...
The journal of John Clark Dowdle (Dec. 16, 1836, to [blank]) Covering the period 1844 to June 29, 1894. A typwritten transcription from the original. Original in the possession of the Dowdle Family. Volume VIII Joel E. Ricks Collection of...
Dowdle, John Clark, 1836-1913; Dowdle, Mary Ann Chandler, 1847-1882; Dowdle, Orpha Warner, 1833-1913; Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho)--Diaries; Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho)--Biography; Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho)--History--19th century;...
Transcript of the writings and journal of Kumen Jones. Inluded are family histories of Jones' parents, siblings, wives and children, as well as reminiscences about missionary work, farming and settlement in southern Utah and religious musings. ...
Jones, Kumen, 1856-1942--Biography; Pioneers--Biography--Utah; Missions--San Juan County; Polygamy; Bluff (Utah); Blanding (Utah); Cedar City (Utah); Navajo Indian Reservation; Navajo Indians; Indians of North America; Jones, Mary Nielson,...
Karen Margrette Chrestensen by Margaret N. Hogan. Karen Margrette Chrestensen was the wife of Knud Chrestensen Nelson (whose biography is also included in this collection).
Biography of Francis Wilson Gunnell with a brief mention of his parents and grandparents' birth and death information. Also included is a list of the birth and death dates of his five wives: Polly Ann Edwards Gunnell, Sarah Elizabeth Bickmore...
Gunnell, Francis W. (Francis Wilson), 1831-1889; Owen, Mary Walters, 1828-1888; Gunnell, Francis C. E. (Francis Christopher Edwards), 1853-1926; Gunnell, Sarah Ann Owen, 1854-1923; Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho)--Biography; Cache Valley (Utah and...
This item includes the transcriptions for the diaries and journals of Andrew Jackson Allen (1848-1884) and Henry Ballard (1852-1885). It is Volume I of the Joel E. Ricks Collection of Transcriptions. Published by the Library of the Utah State...
Allen, Andrew Jackson, 1818-1884; Allen, James; Allen, Lewis; Smooth, A.O.; Turnbow, Samuel; Allen family; Nauvoo Legion; Mormons--Diaries; Mormon Church--History--1844-1877; Frontier and pioneer life--Utah; Irrigation--Utah--Great Salt Lake...
Diary with biographical sketches of wives, 1839-1877. Pages 1-51 "Byography" and diary, page 52 "Sketch of the life of Johannah Adamson Bailey", pages 55-71 "Sketch of the life and trials of Susannah Hawkins Bailey written in an Epic Poem by...
Bailey, Charles Ramsden, 1839-1910; Bailey, Charles Ramsden, 1839-1910--Diaries; Bailey family; Bailey, Susannah Hawkins, 1847-1936; Bailey, Johannah Adamson, 1844-1914; Hawkins, Ann Sewell, 1806-1890; Wellsville (Utah)--History;
This Autobiography of Angus Taylor Wright is a transcription made from the holograph manuscript in the possession of Mr. Wright's daughter, Mrs. Robert W. Griffiths, Logan, Utah. by Utah State University Library, Special Collections, March 7,...
Journal of Ralph Smith, written between 1876 and 1878, but mainly focusing on his life between 1856-1878, and prefaced by an autobiography of Ralph Smith and biographical sketch of his father Thomas Watkin Smith. Ralph Smith discusses the settling...
Frontier and pioneer life--Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho); Mormon pioneers--Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho)--Diaries; Mormon pioneers--Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho)--Biography; Mormon cities and towns--Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho); Smith, Thomas...
This is the third part of the surgical portion of The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion (1861-1865) put together under the direction of Joseph K. Barnes, Surgeon General United States Army. This volume compiled by George A....
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Medical care; Surgery, Military -- History -- 19th century; War wounds
A History of the Wasatch-Cache National Forest / submitted to the Wasatch-Cache National Forest, September 25, 1980 ; by Charles S. Peterson, Linda E. Speth, Utah State University. The history of the forest falls into two major periods. The...
Cache National Forest (Utah and Idaho); Wasatch National Forest (Utah and Wyo.); Forest reserves--Utah--HIstory; Forest reserves--United States--History;
Nature's Second Course: Water Culture in the Mormon Communities of Cache Valley, Utah, 1860-1916 by Kathryn T. Morse. A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in History, Utah State University,...
Canals--Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho)--History; Canals--Utah--History; Water rights--Utah--Cache County--History; Water resources development--Utah--History; Mormons--Utah--Social life and customs; Logan River (Utah)--Water rights;
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;
Economic Impact on Box Elder County of Honeyville Dam and Reservoir : report / submitted to Box Elder County Economic Development, by John E. Keith. Issued 1995 or 1996.
Report to Bear River Compact Commissioners on Bear River Compact and Analysis of stream flow records, June 23, 1948 / prepared by W.V. Iorns, project engineer, U.S. Geological Survey. Includes tentative draft of Bear River Compact. Page 24 is...
Bear River Compact--History; Bear River Commission--History; Water rights--Utah; Water rights--Idaho; Water rights--Wyoming; Water resources development--Bear River Watershed (Utah-Idaho); Bear River (Utah-Idaho); Bear Lake (Utah and Idaho)
M.S. thesis by Hayden L. Street, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Environmental Planning, Utah State University, 1973. Typewritten, 135 single sided pages. Includes tables and maps.
Water quality--Bear River Valley (Utah-Idaho); Land use--Bear River Valley (Utah-Idaho)
Final decree issued subsequent to an earlier decree (July 14, 1920) providing supplemental detail and another Schedule of Rights distributing water from the Bear River and its tributaries to defendants in Utah such as the Lewiston-Bear Lake...
Water rights -- Utah -- Cache County;
Utah Power & Light Company;
Richmond Irrigation Company;
Smithfield Irrigation Company;
Smithfield West Bench Irrigation Company;
Smithfield North Bench Ditch Company;
Logan Cow Pasture Water Company;...
Describes the topography, geology, and history of prehistoric Lake Bonneville which once covered about 20,000 square miles in parts of Utah, Nevada, and Idaho. In addition to describing Lake Bonneville specifically, this detailed and beautifully...
Describes the physical setting, history, and legal controversies surrounding Logan River water rights, and how they were resolved. In his summary and conclusion, he identifies several important lessons learned from his study of water rights on the...
Irrigation--Utah--Logan River--History; Logan River (Utah)--Water rights; Logan River (Utah)--History; Water rights--Utah--Logan River--History
This 19 page report is an abstract describing the operations of the Geographical and Geological Survey of the Rocky Mountain Region. Organized into two sections according to the field seasons for 1876 and 1877, it lists each field party, its...
United States--Surveys; Discoveries in geography--American; United States--Discovery and exploration; West (U.S.)--Description and travel
This important early report on irrigation in the Western U.S. summarizes data on the western states as a whole and then looks at each state individually in more detail. Supplemented by many charts and maps, data covers farms, manner and amount of...
Meeting minutes of county officials for Cache County, Utah spanning from its inception in 1857 to 1877. Minutes begin with the organization of the county as of Ap-ril 4, 1857, delineation of its boundaries, and appointment of its administrative...
Maughan, Peter, 1811-1871; Preston, William Bowker, b. 1830; Cache County (Utah)--Records and correspondence; Cache County (Utah)--History--Sources; Logan (Utah)--History--Sources; Hyrum (Utah)--History--Sources; Paradise (Utah)--History--Sources;...
Drawing on information gleaned from many diverse sources and supplemented by interviews with people knowledgeable about the Bear River, this report describes the history and geography of the Bear River as it relates to navigation. Among the topics...
Bear River (Utah-Idaho)--History; Navigation--Bear River (Utah-Idaho)--History
This history of the Bear River Compact describes the negotiations that led to the 1955 Compact and its amended version approved in 1980. In the telling, it gives some background on water rights in Utah, Idaho, and Wyoming and relates the...
Bear River Compact--History; Bear River Commission--History; Water rights--Utah; Water rights--Idaho; Water rights--Wyoming; Water resources development--Bear River Watershed (Utah-Idaho); Bear River (Utah-Idaho); Bear Lake (Utah and Idaho)
Transcription of James Sherlock Cantwell's pioneer diary, 1813-1885, edited by Blair R. Holmes and continued by his son, James Cantwell, to 1917. Begun in 1869 as an autobiography, Cantwell continued it as a daily journal, making note of common...
Cantwell, James Sherlock, 1813-1887; Mormon pioneers--Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho)--Diaries; Frontier and pioneer life--Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho); Mormons--Diaries; Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho)--Diaries; Cache Valley (Utah and...
Autobiography and diary of Mary Ann Weston Maughan from 1817 -1898 . Also included is genealogical information of the Weston family, converstion to Mormon church, descriptions of the immigration from England to America and ultimately to Cache...
Mormon pioneers--Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho)--Diaries; Mormon women--Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho)--Diaries; Logan (Utah)--History--19th century; Cache County (Utah)--History; Maughan family; Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho)--History--19th century;...
This item includes the transcription for the journal of Henry Ballard (1852-1885). It is Volume I of the Joel E. Ricks Collection of Transcriptions. Published by the Library of the Utah State Agricultural College in Logan, Utah, in 1955. ...
Frontier and pioneer life--Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho); Mormon pioneers--Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho)--Diaries; Mormon pioneers--Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho)--Biography; Mormon cities and towns--Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho); Logan...