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...
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;
Report submitted by R. C. Anderson titled: Historical Data on Grazing in Intermountain Region as Obtained from Original Users and Others. Includes receipts and profits in early days compared to present (1940s) conditions.
Cache National Forest (Utah and Idaho)--United States;
Report to the Forest Supervisor submitted by R. C. Anderson, Forest Ranger, regarding a sheep and cattle operator named J. W. Thornley of Kaysville, Utah. Information about the early livestock industry and stockmens' attitudes toward the forest...
Cache National Forest (Utah and Idaho)--United States;
Memorandum for Forest Supervisor sent by Fred Sargent regarding additional data submitted by Elmer S. Merrill, supplemental to previously distributed memorandums.
Cache National Forest (Utah and Idaho)--United States;
Report submitted by R. C. Anderson titled: Historical Data on Grazing in Intermountain Region as Obtained from Original Users and Others. Includes receipts and profits in early days compared to present (1940s) conditions.
Cache National Forest (Utah and Idaho)--United States;
Report submitted by R. C. Anderson titled: Historical Data on Grazing in Intermountain Region as Obtained from Original Users and Others. Includes receipts and profits in early days compared to present (1940s) conditions.
Cache National Forest (Utah and Idaho)--United States;
Report submitted by R. C. Anderson titled: Historical Data on Grazing in Intermountain Region as Obtained from Original Users and Others. Includes receipts and profits in early days compared to present (1940s) conditions.
Cache National Forest (Utah and Idaho)--United States;
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;
Mostly correspondence and reports. Topics covered include the Engineering School's active role in Depression era and World War II educational programs on campus.; Folders have been organized alphabetically by subject.; Historical Note; Agriculture,...
Education; Colleges and Universities; New Deal, 1933-1939--Utah--Logan.; Military education--Utah--Logan.; USU--History (Engineering); USU--History (Faculty and staff); USU--Faculty and staff.
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...
This report dated May 1982 identifies water resource development opportunities on the Bear River below Cutler Dam in Box Elder County. Data provided supplements that of previous reports and covers various alternative reservoir storage projects and...
Water resources development -- Bear River Watershed (Utah-Idaho)
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);
Working Paper: Existing and Potential Lakes and Reservoirs, Bear River Basin, Idaho, Utah, Wyoming, February 1976. Made for the Bear River Basin Type IV Study, this report describes existing and potential reservoir sites in the Bear River Basin....
Lakes--Bear River Watershed (Utah-Idaho); Reservoirs--Bear River Watershed (Utah-Idaho)
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
This study of the social impacts of Water Reclamation was directed toward determining some of the non-economic effects of a major water
project on the social well being of both urban and rural areas, and the identification of methodological...
Water resources development--Social aspects--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 assessment of the prehistoric cultural resources in the marsh areas between Salt Lake City and Brigham City, Utah was prompted by the historic high reached by the flooding of the Great Salt Lake in 1987. In the aftermath of the flood,...
Archaeology--Utah--Great Salt Lake; Archaeology--Bear River (Utah-Idaho); Great Salt Lake (Utah); Bear River (Utah-Idaho); Great Salt Lake (Utah)--Antiquities; Bear River (Utah-Idaho)--Antiquities;
"The purpose of this study is to construct a quantitatively descriptive model of the sewage system and its receiving environment by utilizing observations on the patterns of flow, water chemistry dynamics, bacterial activity and distribution,...
Water quality--Research--Utah--Logan; Water quality--Research--Utah--Logan River; Groundwater--Utah--Logan River--Quality--Research; Sewage--Analysis;
"Hyrum Reservoir, Utah, was studied for one year and then for a year following the initiation of artificial destratification. The redistribution of dissolved oxygen to the lower depths of the reservoir significantly increased the amount of habitat...
"The purpose of this study is to construct a quantitatively descriptive model of the sewage system and its receiving environment by utilizing observations on the patterns of flow, water chemistry dynamics, bacterial activity and distribution,...
Water quality--Research--Utah--Logan; Water quality--Research--Utah--Logan River; Groundwater--Utah--Logan River--Quality--Research; Sewage--Analysis;
Concentrating on the Cutler Plant Reservoir in Cache County, Utah, and with a concern that future development be in accord with the concept of environmental stewardship, a proposal was submitted by Utah State University to Utah Power and Light...
Ecological surveys--Utah--Cutler Dam; Reservoirs--Bear River Watershed (Utah-Idaho);
Water Quality Working Paper for the Bear River Basin Cooperative (Type IV) Study Idaho, Utah, Wyoming, December 1976. This report assembled and evaluated data pertaining to the water quality of the Bear River Basin. Specific objectives included 1)...
Bear River (Utah-Idaho); Water quality--Bear River Watershed (Utah-Idaho)
This conference in the matter of pollution of the interstate of the Bear River involving the States of Idaho, Utah, and Wyoming, is being held under the provisions of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, Section 8. Under the terms of that Act,...
Water--Pollution--Bear River (Utah-Idaho); Bear River (Utah-Idaho)--Environmental conditions;
A report of water quality investigation based on sampling conducted in 1967-1968 in various sites throughout the Bear River basin in Utah, Idaho, and Wyoming. Printed on 2 large sheets 40 x 52 inches, the report consists of text, tables, figures,...
Water quality--Bear River Watershed (Utah-Idaho)--Measurement; Hydrogeology--Bear River Watershed (Utah-Idaho); Bear River Watershed (Utah-Idaho)--Maps; Irrigation--Bear River Watershed (Utah-Idaho)
Discharge measurements and charts, correspondence, reports, and blueprint corncerning construction, maintenance, and repairs of the Utah Agricultural College Power Plant from 1918 to 1941.
West Cache Irrigation Company minute books: 1923 to 1938. Handwritten with some typed pages 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: 1976 to 1991. 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;
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;
1930 Watermaster's report, District no. 5, Bear River, Idaho. The record embodied in the following pages is compiled from data obtained by meter measurements taken during the past season, together with results of stream flow calculations for the...
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)
Ph.D. dissertation by James Lane Gillings submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology, Utah State University, 1969. Typewritten, 126 single-sided pages with interview schedule in...
Bear River Project (Utah-Idaho); Water resources development--Social aspects--Bear River Valley (Utah-Idaho); Bear River Valley (Utah-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 Michale R. Sterling, submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Wildlife Resources, Utah State University, 1970. 121 single-sided pages, with one 4x5 in. b&w photograph of the bottom...
Waterfowl--Food--Utah--Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge; Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge (Utah); Sago pondweed--Utah--Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge
Ph.D. dissertation by Nicholas J. Chura, submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Wildlife Biology, Utah State University, 1962. 121 single-sided typewritten pages with 5 illustrations pasted in...
Mallard--Food--Utah--Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge
M.S. thesis by Nancy A. Erman submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Aquatic Ecology, Utah State University, 1968. Tyewritten, 72 one-sided pages. Includes tables and charts. Also includes...
Freshwater invertebrates--Utah--Logan River; Ecology--Utah--Logan River
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 Stephen V. Goddard, a thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Wildlife Biology, Utah State University, 1962. Typewritten, 107 single-sided pages with 2 folded maps pasted...
Waterfowl--Utah--Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge; Waterfowl shooting--Utah--Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge;
M.S. thesis by Kenneth A. Mangelson, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in the Department of Civil Engineering, Utah State University, 1968. Written under direction of Professor Cleve H. Milligan....
Streamflow--Utah--Logan River; Streamflow--Utah--Blacksmith Fork River
M.S. Thesis by Larry W. McClurg, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Department of Geology, Utah State University, 1970. Written under direction of Professor Robert Q. Oaks. Typewritten, 84 single-sided...
Geology--Bear Lake (Utah and Idaho); North Eden Creek (Utah)
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...
M.S. thesis by Robert Leon Craner, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Wildlife Biology, Utah State University, 1964. Written under direction of Professor Jessop B. Low. Typewritten, 110 single-sided...
Sago pondweed--Utah--Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge; Waterfowl--Utah--Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge
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 Louis S. Pechacek, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in the Department of Fishery Management, Utah State Agricultural College, 1950. Written under direction of Professor William F. Sigler....
Fishing--Utah--Logan River; Fish stocking--Utah--Logan River
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)
Investigates the chemical, physical, and bacteriological quality of the Lower Bear River and its tributaries based on fieldwork done November and December 1955. Provides background data from two earlier reports from 1952 and 1955. Includes map...
Water quality management--Bear River (Utah-Idaho); Factory and trade waste--Research--Idaho--Franklin County; Factory and trade waste--Research--Utah--Cache County; Pollution--Bear River Watershed (Utah-Idaho); Water--Pollution--Bear River...
