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...
Interview conducted by Barbara Middleton on March 26th 2008 with Thad Box about the bells of Africa. This is the first session in a four-part interview;
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...
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 --...
Mr. Hansen talks about growing up in Garden City, Utah, and his earliest memories of Logan Canyon; three years in the South Pacific during World War II; 18 years in highway construction with W.W. Clyde and Company over in Springville, Utah;...
Hansen, John K., 1924---Interviews; Hansen, John K., 1924---Family; Garden City (Utah)--History; Sheep ranchers--Utah--Garden City; Sheep--Utah--History; Sheepherding--Utah--Rich County; Sheepherding--Utah--Logan Canyon; Ranching--Utah--Garden...
Mr. Darrell Kunzler talks about his life-long career in the cattle industry as well as his roles in various organizations and associations. He discusses the year-long ranching cycle, and how he has come to grow his ranch (and is now handing it down...
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;
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...
A lecture presented by Thad Box given on October 28, 2009 at the USU Merrill-Cazier Library to open the Bells: Connecting Animals, People and Land Exhibit exhibit;
The legendary conflict between sheepherder Frank Clark and Old Ephraim the giant grizzly bear is one of the most widely-told stories of Logan Canyon. Voiced by David Sidwell. Part of the Stokes Nature Center's podcast series History & Lore of Logan...
The interview contains information on the career of Scott Bushman for the Forest Service. He was involved heavily in fire suppression and the Logan Hot Shot crew. He also discusses how he first got involved in Logan Canyon as a youth in the Youth...
Bushman, Jon Scott, 1953---Interviews; Bushman, Jon Scott, 1953--Career in Forestry; Forests schools and education--Utah--Logan--History; United States. Forest Service; Logan Canyon (Utah); Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest (Agency : U.S.). Logan...
Hearing before the Committee on the Public Lands, House of Representatives Sixty-Sixth Congress Second Session on S. 3016, an act to authorize the disposition of certain grazing lands in the State of Utah held January 5, 6, and 7, 1920.
Public lands -- Utah -- History; Pasture, Right of -- Utah -- History; Grazing -- Utah -- History
Mr. Kelly Kunzler is a fourth-generation rancher in Park Valley, Utah. He discusses his family sheep and cattle ranching operation, as well as his job as a Superior Auction representative. Interviewed by Brad Cole on January 26, 2011 in Park...
Mr. and Mrs. Wamsley discuss their ranching operation, raising their family on a ranch. Mrs. Wamsley talks about growing up on the ranch on which she still lives and has raised her own family. They speak about topics ranging from environmentalists,...
Wamsley, Stuart--Interviews; Wamsley, Diane--Interviews; Ranchers; Ranch Managers; Range management; Cattle ranchings; Hay--Harvesting--Equipment and supplies; Pasture, Right of; Pasture animals; Sheepherding; Beef cattle--Cow-calf system;...
Mr. Weston talks about his family history and how his ancestors came to settle in Rich County, Utah. He discusses his family ranch and how it’s been divided among family members over the generations. He also talks about his childhood through...
An Early History of Cache County or History of Cache County, as printed in Logan Journal, beginning August 4, 1923, compiled by M.R. Hovey, Secretary of the Logan Chamber of Commerce. The contents of this item were first printed in the Logan...
Thatcher, Moses, 1842-1909; Preston, William Bowker, b. 1830; Maughan, Peter, 1811-1871; Martineau, James H. (James Henry), 1828-1921; Card, Charles Ora, 1839-1906; Benson, Ezra T. (Ezra Taft), 1811-1869; Mormons--Utah--Cache County--History;...
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 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;
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 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
Interview conducted by Barbara Middleton on April 6th 2008 with Thad Box about the bells of Europe and modern bells. This is the third session in a four-part interview;
Interview conducted by Barbara Middleton on April 27th 2009 with Thad Box about the bells of Australia and Europe. This is the fourth session in a four-part interview.
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;...
Interview with Oren "Dutch" Kimber at his in Grouse Creek, 26 July 1985 (pt. 2): ranching; hunting; sheep herding and sheep herders: Basque and French; story of Indian Jim. Microphone handling noises at 21:30. Woman speaker is far off-microphone...
Kimber family -- Interviews; Kimber, Orin -- Interviews; Grouse Creek (Utah) -- Social life and customs; Ranch life -- Utah -- Grouse Creek; Ranchers -- Utah -- Grouse Creek -- Interviews; Hunting -- Utah -- Grouse Creek; Sheepherding -- Utah --...
Sheep grazing during the late 1800s led to the deterioration of Logan Canyon. Voiced by Elaine Thatcher. Part of the Stokes Nature Center's podcast series History & Lore of Logan Canyon where each podcast is linked to a specific site in Logan...
Grazing--Environmental aspects--Utah--Logan Canyon; Sheep--Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho)--History--19th century; Range management--Utah--Logan Canyon--History; Rangelands--Utah--Logan Canyon;
In the 1870s, Logan Canyon began to be used for recreation, a novel idea that led to the naming of one of the most well-known areas in the canyon, Tony Grove. Voiced by Elaine Thatcher. Part of the Stokes Nature Center's podcast series History &...
Recreation--Utah--Logan Canyon--History; Recreation--Utah--Tony Grove--History; Land use--Utah--Logan Canyon--History; Tony Grove (Utah)--Name; Tony Grove Lake (Utah)--Name; Tony Grove Creek (Utah)--Name;
In Bill Hurst’s first interview he discusses his experiences with the Forest Service: (father and grandfather both worked for the U.S. Forest Service in Utah), including Hurst's service in the Logan Ranger District and the Cache National Forest...
Hurst, William Daly, 1915---Interviews; Hurst, William Daly, 1915---Family; Hurst, William Daly, 1915---Career in Forestry; Logan Ranger District (Utah); United States. Forest Service--Officials and employees; United States. Forest Service; Hurst,...
Mr. Peterson talks about growing up in Hyrum, Utah; his father's ranching and farming operations; working with his families’ sheep ranching operation in Cache National Forest and in Box Elder County. He talks about getting out of the sheep...
History of Mendon : A Pioneer Chronicle of a Mormon Settlement by Isaac Sorensen. Also called Isaac Sorensen's History of Mendon. Edited by Doran J. Baker, Charles S. Peterson, Gene A. Ware ; introduction by Charles S. Peterson ; photographic...
Sorensen, Isaac, 1840-1922; Willie, James Gray, 1821-1897; Frontier and pioneer life--Utah; Mills and mill-work--Utah--Cache County; Cache County (Utah)--Diaries; Railroads--Utah--Cache County; Mendon (Utah)--History; Cache County (Utah)--History;...
