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)
Vanez T. Wilson scrapbook no. 2: Bear River Bird Refuge. Mr. Wilson began his career in Department of the Interior in 1927, helping to survey and establish what was to become the Bear River Bird Refuge just outside of Brigham City, Utah. He was...
Wilson, Vanez T., 1895-1977; Bear River Bird Refuge (Utah)--Pictorial works; Ducks--Utah--Bear River Bird Refuge; Ducks--Diseases--Pictorial works;
Vanez T. Wilson scrapbook no. 1: Photographs, 1900-1975. Scrapbook I consists mainly of family photos of what appears to be the Budge family. Included are some Wilson family photos of vacations and gatherings as well as a photo of Vanez T. Wilson...
Budge family--Pictorial works; Wilson family--Pictorial works; Wilson, Margaret Ann Budge--Pictorial works; Wilson, Vanez T., 1895-1977--Pictorial works; Beery, Wallace Fitzgerald, 1885-1949--Pictorial works; Family vacations--West...
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...
Crews completing the first culinary water reservoir on Reservoir Hill just East of the cemetery, Brigham City, Utah, July 1892. Black and white photograph, 8 x 10 inches.
Compton's Studio; Reservoirs--Utah--Brigham City--Pictorial works
Wheelon Electrical Power Plant, Bear River Canyon, Utah, under construction, 1905. Black and white photograph, 5 x 6.75 inches.
Compton's Studio; Wheelon Power Plant (Utah)--Design and construction--Pictorial works; Hydroelectric power plants--Utah--Bear River Canyon--Design and construction--Pictorial works
Horse and buggy traveling along Box Elder Creek on Mantua Road, Box Elder Canyon, Utah, circa 1910. Black and white photograph (8 x 10 inches) mounted on board.
Horse and buggy traveling along Box Elder Creek on Mantua Road, Box Elder Canyon, Utah, circa 1910. Black and white photograph (8 x 10 inches) mounted on board.
Compton's Studio--Archives; Box Elder Canyon (Box Elder County, Utah)--Pictorial works; Horse-drawn vehicles--Utah--Pictorial works; Mantua Road (Utah)--Pictorial works
Wheelon Electric Power Plant, Bear River Canyon, Utah, during construction, circa 1905. Black and white photograph (6.25 x 8.5 inches) mounted on board.
Wheelon Power Plant (Utah)--Pictorial works; Wheelon Power Plant (Utah)--Design and construction--Pictorial works
Bridge spanning a river, probably the Bear River in northern Utah, Wasatch Mountains in background. Black and white photograph (8 x 10 inches) mounted on board.
Compton's Studio--Archives; Bridges--Utah--Pictorial works
View looking down Bear River Canyon, Utah, at lower falls of the Bear River, circa 1905. Black and white photograph (6.25 x 8.5 inches) mounted on board.
Compton's Studio--Archives; Bear River Canyon (Utah)--Pictorial works;
View of Bear River Canyon, Utah, looking up the Bear River into the canyon at Lower Falls, circa 1905. Black and white photograph (5 x 6.75 inches) mounted on board.
Compton's Studio--Archives; Bear River Canyon (Utah)--Pictorial works;
Wheelon Coffer Dam and head gate at West Side Canal. View is looking east, Bear River Canyon, Utah, circa 1905. Black and white photograph (5 x 6.75 inches) mounted on board.
Compton's Studio--Archives; Wheelon Coffer Dam (Utah)--Pictorial works; Dams--Bear River (Utah-Idaho)--Pictorial works
Old stone bridge over Box Elder Creek at North Main Street between 5th and 6th Streets North, Brigham City, Utah, circa 1916. Black and white photograph (8 x 10 inches) mounted on board.
Compton's Studio--Archives; Bridges--Utah--Logan--Pictorial works; Box Elder Creek (Utah)--Pictorial works
Man pulling nets at the Maple Spring Trout Hatchery, Mantua, Utah, 1908. J.S. Hull was proprietor. Black and white photograph (6.5 x 8.5 inches) mounted on board.
Compton's Studio--Archives; Maple Spring Trout Hatchery (Mantua, Utah)--Pictorial works
Box Elder Canyon view, looking toward Mantua from canyon mouth, circa 1910. Six people are included in the picture. Black and white photograph (8 x 10 inches) mounted on board.
Compton's Studio--Archives; Box Elder Canyon (Box Elder County, Utah)--Pictorial works
Box Elder Canyon view showing diversion headgate on Box Elder Creek at east end of penstock for Brigham City hydroelectric plant, looking downstream, circa 1910. Two women and part of a buggy are visible. Black and white photograph (8 x 10...
Compton's Studio--Archives; Box Elder Creek (Utah)--Pictorial works; Irrigation canals and flumes--Utah--Box Elder Creek--Pictorial works
Box Elder Canyon view showing diversion headgate on Box Elder Creek at east end of penstock for Brigham City hydroelectric plant, looking upstream, circa 1910. A woman is shown standing next to the headgate. Black and white photograph (8 x 10...
Compton's Studio--Archives; Box Elder Creek (Utah)--Pictorial works; Irrigation canals and flumes--Utah--Box Elder Creek--Pictorial works
Distant view of Southern Pacific bridge over the Bear River at Corrine, Utah, circa 1905, looking north. Black and white photograph (8 x 10 inches) mounted on board.
Compton's Studio--Archives; Railroad bridges--Utah--Corrine--Pictorial works
Bridge, possibly Southern Pacific bridge over Bear River shown in C-480, looking south. View includes homes and Lombardy poplars used as winderbreakers. Black and white photograph (8 x 10 inches) mounted on board.
Compton's Studio--Archives; Poplar--Utah--Pictorial works; Bear River (Utah-Idaho)--Pictorial works; Railroad bridges--Utah--Pictorial works
East Side Irrigation Canal in Bear River Canyon, Utah, circa 1905. Trestle of the Union Pacific Railroad Bridge is shown perched along side of canyon above the canal. Black and white photograph (5 x 6.5 inches) mounted on board.
Compton's Studio--Archives; Railroad bridges--Utah--Pictorial works; Irrigation canals and flumes--Bear River (Utah-Idaho)--Pictorial works
Wooden flume repair to washed-out section of Bear River Canal on the north side of Bear River Canyon, Utah, circa 1903. Black and white photograph (5 x 6.5 inches) mounted on board.
Compton's Studio--Archives; Irrigation canals and flumes--Utah--Bear River Canyon--Pictorial works
Large group of people gathered on the banks of the Box Elder Creek in Box Elder Canyon east of Brigham City, Utah. Black and white photograph (6.25 x 8.5 inches) mounted on board.
Compton's Studio--Archives; Box Elder Creek (Utah)--Pictorial works
Concrete bridge over Box Elder Creek at mouth of Box Elder Canyon leading to Mantua, Utah, 1913. Black and white photograph (8 x 10 inches) mounted on board.
Compton's Studio--Archives; Bridges--Utah--Box Elder Creek--Pictorial works
Concrete bridge over Box Elder Creek at mouth of Box Elder Canyon leading to Mantua, Utah, 1913. Black and white photograph (8 x 10 inches) mounted on board.
Compton's Studio--Archives; Bridges--Utah--Box Elder Creek--Pictorial works
Concrete bridge over Box Elder Creek at mouth of Box Elder Canyon leading to Mantua, Utah, 1913. Black and white photograph (8 x 10 inches) mounted on board.
Compton's Studio--Archives; Bridges--Utah--Box Elder Creek--Pictorial works
Last Chance Canal flume carrying irrigation water to the west side of the Bear River, Grace, Idaho, circa 1905. A boy is sitting atop the flume and a woman and girl are standing at the top of the hill. Black and white photograph (5 x 6.75 inches)...
Compton's Studio -- Archives; Last Chance Canal (Utah) -- Pictorial works; Irrigation canals and flumes -- Bear River (Utah-Idaho) -- Pictorial works
Flume of the Last Chance Canal Company near Grace, Idaho, circa 1905. The flume carried irrigation water diverted from the Bear River (in foreground). Black and white photograph (5 x 6.75 inches) mounted on board.
Compton's Studio--Archives; Last Chance Canal (Utah)--Pictorial works; Irrigation canals and flumes--Bear River (Utah-Idaho)--Pictorial works
Coffer Dam on the Bear River near Grace, Idaho, circa 1905. The dam was built to divert irrigation waters into the Last Chance Canal. Black and white photograph (5 x 6.75 inches) mounted on board.
Compton's Studio--Archives; Last Chance Canal (Utah)--Pictorial works; Irrigation canals and flumes--Bear River (Utah-Idaho)--Pictorial works; Dams--Bear River (Utah-Idaho)-- Pictorial works
Distant view of the Coffer Dam on Bear River in Grace, Idaho, circa 1905. Black and white photograph (5 x 6.75 inches) mounted on board.
Compton's Studio--Archives; Last Chance Canal (Utah)--Pictorial works; Irrigation canals and flumes--Bear River (Utah-Idaho)--Pictorial works; Dams--Bear River (Utah-Idaho)-- Pictorial works
Man bending over with a long tool working in a field with an irrigation duct that was dug out of the ground, ca. 1943. Black and white photograph, 2.25 x 4 inches.
Irrigation canals and flumes--Idaho--Franklin County--Pictorial works; Twin Lakes Canal Company (Idaho)-- Archives--Pictorial works
Open valley with a river running through it and two small buildings in the middle, with mountains in the background. Black and white photograph, 2.25 x 4 inches.
Irrigation canals and flumes--Idaho--Franklin County--Pictorial works; Twin Lakes Canal Company (Idaho)-- Archives--Pictorial works
Line of fence posts next to canal. Inscription on back of photo: W. Lat. Above H.G. 13 Cloud burst. ca. 1950. Black and white photograph, 4.5 x 6.25 inches.
Irrigation canals and flumes -- Idaho -- Franklin County -- Pictorial works; Twin Lakes Canal Company (Idaho) -- Archives -- Pictorial works
Five men and four horses at a bridge over the canal; the horses are harnessed to chains that are in the water. ca. 1950. Black and white photograph, 4.5 x 6.25 inches.
Irrigation canals and flumes--Idaho--Franklin County--Pictorial works; Twin Lakes Canal Company (Idaho)-- Archives--Pictorial works
View of north end of Cache Valley with a large muddy field in the foreground and a tractor on its edge. Inscription on back of photo: W. Lat. ca. 1950. Cloudburst, Lower end of Atkinson Creek. Black and white photograph, 4.5 x 6.25 inches.
Irrigation canals and flumes--Idaho--Franklin County--Pictorial works; Twin Lakes Canal Company (Idaho)-- Archives--Pictorial works
Winery and brewery owned by John Newman Barker in Willard, Utah. This photograph is from a glass copy negative made by Compton in 1904, the original photograph was taken by Jens C. Gasberg of Brigham City;
Row boat on undisclosed river, carrying several passengers. A couple of the passengers in the front are women, one seated at the prow wearing a poke bonnet. Date of photograph is not known. Photograph taken by W. L. Peterson. One black and...
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);
Irrigation pipe extending across the Bear River on a bridge and running up a hillside. Color snapshot 3 x 4.5 inches. Taken sometime between 1960? and 1990.
Irrigation canals and flumes -- Idaho -- Franklin County -- Pictorial works; Twin Lakes Canal Company (Idaho) -- Archives -- Pictorial works