4,922 photos, negatives, and slides capturing the extensive research done on other living museums from across North America as well as historical photos of Cache Valley. There are also numerous images of the Jensen Farm featuring staff and students...
Agriculture and Natural Resources; Agriculture; Agriculture -- Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho) -- History -- Photographs.; Historic farms -- Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho) -- Photographs.; Historic farms -- Utah -- Wellsville -- Photographs.;...
Mr. Bart Argyle discusses his current occupation of raising sheep and cattle. He talks about growing up ranching, and his family history in the area, as well as with ranching. Interviewed by Randy Williams on January 10, 2012 at the Argyle home in...
Mr. Garth Baxter talks about his career in the Forest Service, then later as ranching on his family’s land. He discusses his family history in the Cache Valley, as well as his family history in ranching. Mrs. Maydene Baxter talks about her...
Baxter, Garth--Interviews; Baxter, Maydene--Interviews; Cattle ranching; United States. Forest Service; Teton National Forest (Wyo.); Humboldt National Forest (Nev.); Bridger National Forest (Wyo.); Challis National Forest (Idaho); Range...
This chapter from a Utah State University thesis on folklore in the Bear Lake Valley describes accounts related to the Bear Lake Monster, a local legend about a creature living in Bear Lake. Includes quotes from newspaper articles in Deseret News...
Bear Lake Monster--Legends; Bear Lake Valley (Utah and Idaho)--Folklore; Folklore--Utah; Legends--Utah
Betty Bear, and her daughter Paula Bear Wright, speak about their experiences ranching in Elko County. They also talk about their acquisition of Capriola’s store, saddle making, leather working and other details. Interviewed by Randy Williams and...
Mr. Maupin talks about his background working on ranches, including a career of being a ranch manager and a cow boss. He also talks about his post-ranching occupations of bronc saddle building and being a brand inspector. [Mr. Maupin received the...
The Nibley Family photograph collection consists of images of C.W. Nibley and his family during the late 1800s and early 1900s. There are also some photos of the Hatch family (from the Joseph Hatch and Florence Nibley line), and two VHS tapes...
Sam and Tawni Blanthorn talk about their experiences together, running a ranch as husband and wife. They also talk about past personal, individual ranching experiences. Interviewed by Elaine Thatcher and Lisa Duskin-Goede on November 8, 2010 in the...
Steve and Robin Boies talk about their ranching upbringing, the ownership and history of their ranch, and raising a family in Elko County. They also talk about their collaborative land management group, their philosophy on land management, and the...
Boies, Steve--Interviews; Boies, Robin--Interviews; Ranching; Range management; Hay; Alfalfa; Cattle ranching; Ranching--Water-supply; Water in agriculture;
History of the Cache National Forest / prepared by Supervisor's Office, Dec. 1940. This history has been prepared by the forest officers of the Cache National Forest for hte purpose of building up a train of events and conditions leading to the...
Cache National Forest (Utah and Idaho)--History; Forest reserves--Utah--History;
A Survey of the Waters of the Cache National Forest, Utah by C.J.D. Brown, Temporary Biologist, April 1935.
Cache National Forest (Utah and Idaho)--United States; Logan River (Utah)--Surveys; River surveys--Utah; Blacksmith Fork (Utah)--Surveys; Little Bear River--Surveys;
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;
Husband Jay Carter and wife Holly talk about raising their family on their ranch in Park Valley and the unique education they received; discussed grazing rights, branding, moving cattle to summer range, watershares, draft horses, breaking horses;...
Susan Glaser Church talks about growing up on a ranch, leaving the area and then coming back to her family ranch once she was grown, married and had her own family. She talks about ranching today in Nevada with her family in a family corporation....
Church, Susan Glaser--Interviews; Cattle ranching; Ranching; Pasture, Right of; Beef cattle—Cow-calf system; Farm equipment;
Mrs. Dalley talks about her life growing up on a ranch in Nevada. She speaks about the different duties and chores they all had to contribute, life with 12 siblings, housing the teacher for the area and more details of ranch life in the early...
Jay Dalton talks about ranching on the Dalton Ranch; his current roles in handling yearling operation and the feedlot on the ranch; as well as his musical endeavors. Interviewed by Randy Williams on October 30, 2010 at the Western Folklife Center...
Dalton, Jay--Interviews; Pasture, Right of; Cattle ranching, Beef cattle--Cow-calf system; Feedlots; Hay—Harvesting—Equipment and supplies;
Life History and Management of the Cache Deer Herd by Jerry William Hill. A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Wildlife Management, Utah State Agricultural College, Logan, Utah, 1952.
Deer--Utah; Wildlife management--Utah--Cache County; Range management--Utah--Cache County;
Mr. Ellison talks about his experiences ranching on the Ellison family ranch as a young boy during the summer. He talks about his family history, the history of the Ellison Ranching Company, and his past and current roles in the ranching company as...
The introduced Fishes, Game Birds, and Game and Fur-Bearing Mammals of Utah by Boris Hewitt Popov. A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Zoology, Utah State Agricultural College, 1949.
Fishes -- Utah; Game and game-birds--Utah; Mammals--Utah; Animal introduction--Utah;
Pat Turner interview by Rebecca Keyel, December 15, 2011, included in the Oral Histories: Scholars of Feminism collection compiled by the AFS Women's Section Oral History Project. This interview is available at the Minds@UW respository at the...
African Americans--Folklore; Urban folklore--United States; Quilting--United States--History; African American quiltmakers; African American quilts;
Polly Stewart's many contributions to the fields of both folklore and feminism have been made public through a series of edited works, essays, articles, monographs, and book reviews. In addition to expressing her folklorist opinion and experience...
Folklore; Feminism; Urban Pioneers Oral History project;
Preliminary report of Idaho's Bear River Basin Investigation, February 1970. Updates and continues the draft report issued Dec. 1968. The investigation of the Bear River Basin evaluated water and related land resources in the Basin to assist...
Water resources development--Bear River Watershed (Utah-Idaho); Water-supply--Bear River Watershed (Utah-Idaho); Water resources development--Idaho; Water-supply--Idaho
Provides results of a hydrologic study of the Bear River Basin in Southeastern Idaho begun in July 1967. This October 1969 report by N. P. Dion describes the distribution and availability of water resources, presents well data, describes water...
Water resources development -- Idaho; Water quality -- Idaho; Water-supply -- Idaho; Water resources development -- Bear River Watershed (Utah-Idaho)
Bear River investigations in Idaho, Utah, Wyoming, Status report, June 1970. Provides detailed findings from the Bureau of Reclamation's investigations on the Bear River Basin. Describes the Bear River Basin, including climate, land and water...
Bear River (Utah-Idaho); Bear River Watershed (Utah-Idaho); Water resource development--Bear River (Utah-Idaho); Water resource development--Bear River Watershed (Utah-Idaho);
Environmental Conditions Projections, a working paper, March 1977. This report written in 1977 forecasts environmental data for the years 1985 and 2020 for the Bear River Watershed. Work on this project was performed between July 1, 1974 and...
Bear River (Utah-Idaho); Bear River (Utah-Idaho)--Environmental conditions; Bear River Watershed (Utah-Idaho); Bear River Watershed (Utah-Idaho)--Environmental conditions
Economic Base Appendix Working Paper for the Bear River Basin Type IV Study Idaho, Utah, Wyoming, December 1976. This report is a reference on the population, income, employment, and agricultural base for economics in the Bear River Basin. It...
Bear River Watershed (Utah-Idaho)--Economic conditions--Statistics; Bear River Watershed (Utah-Idaho)--Population--Statistics; Agriculture--Bear River Watershed (Utah-Idaho)--Statistics
Recreation Working Paper for Bear River Cooperative Study Idaho, Utah, Wyoming, March 1978. This paper describes outdoor recreation activities associated with or influenced by USDA programs in the Bear River Basin such as picnicking, swimming,...
Outdoor recreation--Bear River Watershed (Utah-Idaho)
Summarizes about 22 reports prepared as the result of the cooperative study of the Bear River Basin in Utah, Idaho, and Wyoming in the mid-1970s. Describes the Bear River Basin and some of its problems in areas such as economics, recreation,...
Bear River Watershed (Utah-Idaho)--Statistics; Bear River Watershed (Utah-Idaho)--Maps; Land use--Bear River Watershed (Utah-Idaho); Water-supply--Bear River Watershed (Utah-Idaho); Bear River (Utah-Idaho)--Environmental conditions--Statistics;...
This study will examine the problem of compatibility of competing and conflicting uses of water resources and the social effects of changing uses of water held in a reservoir lake and its related land area. The area selected for this study is Bear...
Water resources development--Social aspects--Bear Lake (Utah and Idaho); Bear River Watershed (Utah-Idaho);
A Hydrologic Model of the Bear River Basin Research Project Technical Completion Report to the Office of Water Resources Research, Department of the Interior, August 1970, Washington, D. C., 85 pages. "Increasing demands upon the available water...
Hydrology--Bear River Watershed (Utah-Idaho); Hydrology--Mathematical models--Bear River Watershed (Utah-Idaho); Hydrology--Data processing; Hydrology--Electromechanical analogies;
Biennial report of the Utah State Agricultural College Power Plant, 1942-43 to 1943-44, includes cover letter with short history of the power plant, 1911-1944. Also includes Biennial report of the Utah Engineering Experiment Station for 1943-44.
Electric power-plants--Utah--Logan River; Hydroelectric power plants--Utah-- Logan River;
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)
West Cache Irrigation Company minute books: 1961 to 1976. Typescript with some printed items laid in. Founded in 1898, the West Cache Irrigation Company built a large irrigation canal system starting at Riverdale, Idaho and ending in northwest...
West Cache Irrigation Company (Utah)--Records and correspondence; Irrigation canals and flumes--Cache Valley--History;
West Cache Irrigation Company minute books: 1912 to 1920. Handwritten. Founded in 1898, the West Cache Irrigation Company built a large irrigation canal system starting at Riverdale, Idaho and ending in northwest Cache Valley in northern Utah.
West Cache Irrigation Company (Utah)--Records and correspondence; Irrigation canals and flumes--Cache Valley--History;
A management study of the Cache elk herd / by Norman V. Hancock. A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Wildlife Management, Utah State Agricultural College, Logan, Utah, 1955.
Elk--Utah--Cache County; Elk--Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho)--Management; Range management--Utah--Cache County; Wildlife management--Utah--Cache County;
Watermaster's report for District no. 5, Idaho, for the Bear River flow during the 1940 irrigation season.
Irrigation districts--Idaho--Statistics; Irrigation water--Idaho--Statistics; Irrigation water--Bear River (Utah-Idaho)--Statistics; Bear River (Utah-Idaho); Streamflow--Bear River (Utah-Idaho); Bear Lake (Utah and Idaho)
M.S. thesis by J.M. Crook submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, Utah State Agricultural College, Logan, Utah, 1956. Typewritten, carbon copy, 63 one-sided...
Streamflow--Idaho--Harer; Streamflow--Bear River (Utah-Idaho)
Watermaster's report, District no. 5, State of Idaho, for 1927, Bear River.
Irrigation districts--Idaho--Statistics; Irrigation water--Idaho--Statistics; Irrigation water--Bear River (Utah-Idaho)--Statistics; Bear River (Utah-Idaho); Streamflow--Bear River (Utah-Idaho); Bear Lake (Utah and Idaho)
Watermaster's report, District no. 5, state of Idaho, Bear River for 1943.
Irrigation districts--Idaho--Statistics; Irrigation water--Idaho--Statistics; Irrigation water--Bear River (Utah-Idaho)--Statistics; Bear River (Utah-Idaho); Streamflow--Bear River (Utah-Idaho); Bear Lake (Utah and Idaho)
M.S. thesis by Robert L. Nunan, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in the Department of Wildlife Sciences, Utah State University, 1972. Written under the direction of Professor William T. Helm....
Water quality--Bear River (Utah-Idaho); Bear Lake (Utah and Idaho)
M.S. thesis by Stanley K. Y. Loo, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Fishery Biology, in the Department of Wildlife Management, Utah State University, 1960. Written under direction of Professor William...
Fisheries--Research--Bear Lake (Utah and Idaho); Fishes--Vertical distribution--Bear Lake (Utah and 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)
Ph.D. dissertation by William C. Dunaway, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology, Utah State University, 1976. Typewritten, xii, 184 single-sided pages. Includes tables, charts, and maps. ...
Land use--Bear River Watershed (Utah-Idaho); Community power--Bear River Watershed (Utah-Idaho); Conflict of interests--Bear River Watershed (Utah-Idaho)
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
M.S. Thesis by G. Glayde Maw, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in the Department of Geology, Utah State University, 1968. Written under direction of Professor Robert Q. Oaks. Typewritten, 58...
Ph.D. Dissertation by Earl W. Smart, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Department of Wildlife Management, Utah State University, 1958. Written under direction of Professor William F. Sigler....
M.S. Thesis by Henry M. Reeves, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in the Department of Wildlife Management, Utah State Agricultural College, 1954. Written under direction of Professor Jessop B. Low....
M.S. Thesis by John William Sigler, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in the Department of Wildlife Resources, Utah State University, 1972. Written under direction of Professor Donald B. Porcella....
M.S. Thesis by William Merle Zarbock, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in the Department of Wildlife Management, Utah State Agricultural College, 1951. Written under direction of Professor William F....
M.S. thesis by R. Scott Wrenn, submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in History, Utah State University, 1973. Typewritten, 127 single-sided pages. Includes tables and maps. Also includes R....
Water resources development--Bear River Watershed (Utah-Idaho); Water-supply--Bear River Watershed (Utah-Idaho)--Management; Water quality management--Bear River Watershed (Utah-Idaho)
Study estimates underground water available in Cache Valley, Utah, comparing present flow (1944) with that of previous years; also investigates possible effects of a proposed raising of Cutler dam and extension of its reservoir. Compiles estimates...
Irrigation canals and flumes--Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho); Water-supply--Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho); Water-supply--Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho)--Maps; Water-supply--Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho)--Tables; Wells--Cache Valley (Utah and...
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)
