Story of the death of Old Ephraim, a famous grizzly bear in Logan Canyon, and Frank Clark, the man who killed him, as told by Newell Crookston to a group of Boy Scouts in 1966.
Old Ephraim (Bear) -- Legends; Clark, Frank, 1879-1960; Grizzly bear hunting -- Utah -- Logan Canyon -- Folklore; Grizzly bear -- Cache National Forest (Utah and Idaho) -- History -- 20th century; Grizzly bear -- Utah -- Logan Canyon -- History --...
Story of the death of Old Ephraim, a famous grizzly bear in Logan Canyon, and Frank Clark, the man who killed him, as recorded on phonograph record by Reed Bullen at KVNU Radio; ca. 1950
Old Ephraim (Bear) -- Legends; Clark, Frank, 1879-1960; Grizzly bear hunting -- Utah -- Logan Canyon -- Folklore; Grizzly bear -- Cache National Forest (Utah and Idaho) -- History -- 20th century; Grizzly bear -- Utah -- Logan Canyon -- History --...
Story of the death of Old Ephraim, a famous grizzly bear in Logan Canyon, and Frank Clark, the man who killed him, as told by George R. Hill to his grandchildren on Thanksgiving evening 1954.
Old Ephraim (Bear) -- Legends; Clark, Frank, 1879-1960; Grizzly bear hunting -- Utah -- Logan Canyon -- Folklore; Grizzly bear -- Cache National Forest (Utah and Idaho) -- History -- 20th century; Grizzly bear -- Utah -- Logan Canyon -- History --...
Article on the return of the skull of Old Ephraim from the Smithsonian, printed in the Utah State University newspaper Student Life, vol. 75, no. 80, on May 17, 1978. The article was written by Peggy Boss, staff writer.
Smithsonian Institution Building (Washington, D.C.); Student newspapers and periodicals--Utah--Logan; Hatch, Orrin, 1934-; Old Ephraim (Bear); Skull; Utah State University
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...
Railroad station at Ephraim, Utah, 1911. To the left is a horse-drawn hearse waiting at the depot to pick up the body of a man killed in a mining accident. About twenty men in suits are standing expectantly awaiting the train. Light covering of...
"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...
A brief biography of Lincoln Ellison written by his daughter Liane with emphasis placed on his seven years as the director of the Great Basin Branch Experiment Station, a Forest Service Service research facility in the Wasatch Mountains above...
Ellison, Lincoln, 1908- ; Great Basin Branch Experiment Station (Utah)--History; Wilderness areas; United States. Forest Service; Forest experiment stations--Utah; Ecologists--Biography; Ellison, Lincoln, 1908---Bibliography;
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.;
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...
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;
Program of the 1912 Farmer's Special Industrial Train of the Utah Agricultural College. "Enroute by way of The Denver & Rio Grande Railroad," Feb. 20-March 12, 1912.;
Utah Agricultural College; Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company; Agricultural extension work--Utah--Pictorial works; Agricultural extension workers--Utah--Pictorial works; Home economics extension work; Railroad trains;
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...
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
Aerial photo of Old Ephraim's gravesite. Includes aerial view of Right Hand Fork of Logan Canyon, Wasatch-Cache National Forest, Cache County, Utah, 1981. Markings are not on original photograph. They were added in 11-2008 to the digital image.
Transcription of the diary of Albert F. Potter, former associate chief of the U.S. Forest Service, describing his activities to survey possible forest reserves in Utah, (beginning with the Cache County area), and noting the conditions of Utah...
Potter, Albert F. (Albert Franklin), 1859-1944; Cache National Forest (Utah and Idaho)--History; Forest reserves--Utah--History; Grazing--Utah--History; Forests and forestry--Utah--History;
The Cache County Township Plat book contains handwritten registration information for townships 8 - 15 in Cache County, Utah. For each township and range unit, ledger entries provide plat numbers, the names of the people to whom they are...
Landowners--Utah--Cache County--Maps; Land titles--Registration and transfer--Utah--Cache County--Maps; Real property--Utah--Cache County--Maps
Notes and excerpts from the annual report of W.B. Robins. Board of Directors and Sockholders meeting Utah Cooperative Association, November 10, 1962. ;
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;
Snow sculpture of Old Ephraim, the legendary last grizzly bear in Cache Valley, created by the Lambda Delta Sigma men for the Winter Carnival. Size of photograph: 4 x 6.5 in.
Utah State University -- History -- Pictorial works; Snow sculpture -- Utah -- Logan -- Pictorial works; Greek letter societies -- Utah -- Logan -- Pictorial works; Old Ephraim (Bear) -- Caricatures and cartoons -- Pictorial works; Agricultural...
"A" County Book of the County of Box Elder, Organized February 14, 1856. Meeting minutes of county officials for Box Elder County, Utah spanning from its organization in 1856 to 1878. Minutes begin with the organization of the county court on...
Box Elder County (Utah)--Records and correspondence; Box Elder County (Utah)--History--Sources; Brigham City (Utah)--History--Sources; Willard (Utah)--History--Sources; Mines and mineral resources--Utah--Box Elder County; Agriculture--Utah--Box...
"B" County Book of the County of Box Elder, 1878-1886. Meeting minutes of county officials for Box Elder County, Utah spanning 1878 to 1886. Minutes document all offical business for the county including establishing of school and irrigation...
Box Elder County (Utah)--Records and correspondence; Box Elder County (Utah)--History--Sources; Brigham City (Utah)--History--Sources; Willard (Utah)--History--Sources; Mines and mineral resources--Utah--Box Elder County; Agriculture--Utah--Box...
This is Box 4 of a 6-box collection of diaries written over the course of 56 years (1895-1951) by a farmer in Petersboro, Utah. Box 4 covers the period 1917-1926 and is organized into 13 folders:
Folder 1: Vol. 22, 1917 (bound vol. 5 x 7.75...
Peterson family--History--Diaries; Peterson, Oliver Larsen, 1879-1955--Diaries; Farmers--Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho)--Diaries; Agriculture--Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho)--History; Agricultural machinery--Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho)--History;...
The papers of the Logan Island Defense Committee represent an attempt by a grassroots organization in Logan, Utah, to stop the building of a hydro-electric dam (currently known as First Dam) on the Logan River, at the mouth of Logan Canyon. This...
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;...
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...
