History of Timber Resource Use in the Development of Cache Valley, Utah

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A History of Timber Resource Use in the
Development of Cache Valley, Utah
Douglas M. Bird
Utah State University
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1be1ter Be m ledges his indebtedness to the sa ' institution
sooieties, and lndi Vidual persons who contributed to the Qcntento of tlrl
paper: among these are t' e latt L"lt& ArchiW'es within the Church
Riot ians Offie , tho reference terials furnished by J .1.,. . ontroee f
Log OJ Utah, and the llba iea of the Utah Histrical Society.
Acl owledg uent 1s also made to t e membe 8 of the writer' ote ta
Committee, Dr. S. Geor.. Ellsworth, Dr. Fran · K rns, and eepecle . . t o.
ean J. 'ihitnoyFlo for h1s pers rverance and patience. i thout their
ble asaistanc and f <prbearanc.e., th1$ l" would ever have toiallzed.
Tho writer lao wishes to thank his wi£e, Elaine, t or h 8es1sta · os
in prepar the manusc 1pt.
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LIST OF TABLES • • .. • • • • • • • • • • • • tjI • v
LIST OFFI~ • • " • • • • • • • • .. • • • • • vi
I r.c tOOUCTI - .. • • • .- • .. • • • • • • .. • • • 1
Physical Description
B1ol.og1ca1 c:ript1on
General Hiat017
NIsro OF THEWMaER IDUSmr D UTAH • • • • • -.' •
Ph1' ioal and BiologicAl sc.ription
Gener H1st~
8 Logged Principal Products
Rift'ory of LumberL'lg
CO!~STROOTIO OF ca · -NITY SERVI .... BOILDIIlS .. .. • • • • •
Building the Tabernacle
BU1lding the Tem.pl.e
j,;J OF THE RAILROADS UPCrl ''l'HE un RESOURCE USE • • • 30
PRODUCTS • • • • • • • • .. • • • • • .. • • 40
Ta..~
Broan .Janutac.ture
exqs
SatG1ll utacture
-nu.sby
p ~ • • • • • • • • .' • • • . • • • • '. • 45
VATI,O' VALLE!' ,. • • • • • • • • • • 50
a • • .- e • • • • • • .. .. .• • • • .. • • 52
LI , ...... TURE CI'T1!D • • • .. • • • ..- • • • • • • • .. 54
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APPEtIDIX • .. .• • • • • • • • .. .. -- • • • • • • 57
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LIST OF TABLES
Pa, e
1. ..~unber of Savaill in U~h bv Decades • • • • • • • 16
2. er of La rers En ged in Lumbering • • • • • • 17
.3 • Tertq)le Sawmill Statistics. • • • • • • • '. • ... 2
It. List t Forest
Bad Fires •
·,cres
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Cache '11e ,Sho~g Year
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5. Profit or tbe ~ lte Pine U .0. \ I1ll (lS74-1e .) •
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LIST OF FIG~
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1. Temple Savrt1 '1 - l8SO ., • .. • ., .. .. .. • .. • • 29'
2. ond1ke" WJ. -1900 • .. • • • • .. ~ • • • • 65
3. "Kondike" ltul - 1906 • • • • .. • • . • .. .. • 66
4. Forested ANd 1d.t,h1n CaChe County • • • • • • • • 73
s. Location Q~ StaG1
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• b1 Decade. .. • .. • ,. • • • .- 75
nrmoDUCTIOIJ
It has l-ang been reall~ed that the forests and forest};f -
ducts contributed vEltJ s1en1f1cant · toward the econr:micevelop.
ment of the . estern United Statee. H~JeVerl t ~e ~nt r this
contrlbutiol"ver a relative ' tlf!Ull.l area has nev . r 0001l Mly llflA ...
L ~"elll lies tllO p:r1mar.r ustU Qati n f r tl~s per~ The
author hopes . bot tbe rlmder of this paper will, through their ~ead-
1 , ¢n some ppreciation o£ the major role the orest and its
products played 111 the developncnt of the west-ern conaurU.ty.
Bccnu .0 of SODe important 8Oa~ 1 ditlorenoeo between the
desori in this plp&r and other western <;amnurdties,. t 10
6Nin e nte!ned wU.l not be COClp1ete1)r aOQtmlte for eve
other estern cortltlunit. But, 11 certain peroent "e of th h1stOl'"J
presented f CAe Vall would &GllerA appl; - to any western
c nit r uoded near ,forGot •
'I''he_ 0 0 several import nt questions that: thi uld
tr'1 to an ler.Ui.1ong these a : .lbat products w e most w:tdely
Cache Vall · ' 3 tore ts'? . ch . ogr 1031 t'lroas were
th ? To what xtent did
; ·18 of the
To t extent , ve thea fo esta boon deple~ed
G.'1d '.. t oro tho prine! - e causes 0 t ' ciople-t_O-'1? ge
re re bo be answer · , thour,h sane more
. plc e " t n others.
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The prec 1ng questions alone would justL.9'y thi ~- per.
But one 0 the more LtnPOI~t Hasons, it not thetnost important,
18 that bJ studying nd avai " :ting the past h1st r"J ot ltW>erln-;
uses and buses !nehe Valley w can better interpret tb prtIeent
conditions. ~ J loo~~ - to the past,. 1t mAy be that ve can learn
. ane of the factors that evohe certain responses and manipulate
these fact rs to evo :e the wanted responses. Theroin 11es the
true value 0 any historioal rese .oh - a 100:;. into the past in
order to better MUc1pate and manage the future.
Physical deoeriEion
aach fall rJ $ a t'lOunta1n~ounded alle)" partly in
Southern ld _ ho and ~rt.ly in lbl~hern Utah. 'ftle valle ~ is
elan. )G.ted. SOOle sixty miles lon and fifteen miles wide. 'The
mountains Co'llrl"o-unding the valley reach elevations up to 9,9
feet , the olevation o£ Naomi t~ounta1n. The· vall~ is 11 drained
by the .Bear , civer an its main t ·ibutaries. Logan River am Blae -
th For ~ ver. . \iller U6 \.1'tbe:r tr!butariosonter .into these main
stream , mail . along the eastern mounta1na. rhere is more than ad-
8q\VJ.te wa te in the vall 'Y due to the large snow pack formed 0 _
surro ing mountain, both east and west, every Wint.er. This·
te i primarily used in agricultural pursuits bu the resident
of the valley. This water oriu.inatea ani is p;-imarlly stored 1n
the orests fJt.lrrounding Ca.ebe Valley_ Tni! rounificent water,
eoupled with the read.ily ac.ees4t'1ble timber in. the canyons, ware
the taJor !'BC.torcs in determining the ~ocatio of the earl,y cocmun-­itles
in. Cache V~lley.
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acV'eral :Co .. eat tree ape .i s
the ~oot/1"i] 1 S
.u~~1t t¢ \.lile V' 11 r:; .floc ' i~ ... O\.U1Q. the U+
t ~'"l) Ij" ,- C!~": \ , ~"J.~:ti"'l···' :. . ,·t·, ·<t- "'_~ " <n1 0 ,at t: 9,.5 m23:i.;;aa '. <It - '" .. v---.... ~ ..... - ~.......... "01~ -. ...
pre t, 'than £0 oc,cas1 ~ UQU u renee posts. 'fne
lJpeoiea that the c "!"'q Gattlors 1:. e.}:w Vallt!J'.f
, 01' .th ",M oottonwoodf tala p..... . ob&bly tl !:!.rfrt. ot tho valley' 6
nativo tree ttpEW188 to be U$ed l~ tho wtl1to tt~.
Above the juniper. rat tral s.ppro:d.n'ate~ 4500 teet to
7500 _' t, 1 found t.n. Doug1a~fir (Pa!H4of,a:ya m!tlJiGsU) ..
Douglae-fir 18 " >'00<1 lur.bw ~ ,i! 1ng Bpe,cies, but t present
i3 ~ tru;r ~ L'ld sparse in caQbe U'all :rts 0Ul tains. The Douglas-
• 'will bo shCMll later,
ill repnaant by tree
heieht of fifty
1st the ~~ftt'l.--nt . cOnB1der1.'1g t e location, , aunts nv 1'10<1, and
t e co;~tition produced laewhor.. 1 owe" er. 3Ot1e
uO~ . -l.au-f at th higher
in and adj cent to Cache Vaney.. '1h1lS ; , the opGCie that we
cut in the 1. '8 nd the lCOOta tor pnctlcally all purpo8es~
At sUgh _ hieher ele-vation 18 found the qualdng &pen
(Pppul.yp k&2Nio ), and then atUl higher, ani L'l mixture
th the spon i found the Enge, n.T} pruce (Pieoa flQl,"'eJAVWJ·)
alpine fir (Abies 19s1oclJtpa). Sane 1 · uepole l·1ne (finus o?nto~a!)
18 lso found at this same elevation, but nc>t to at'ly lar e extent.
Aspen haS recently found , rna ' ket in tumiture manufacture nd this
be t he an. " . to· the u'se of the aspen on the mountains wround-
Cacht) alley f but this 1 unlikely in the 1mmed1-ttl rut ure due
to the sn1311 Qonoent tions of this species nd relative ' emall
diameter or the avera tree.
The pruce-fir mixture ia presently being U$ed for lumber
but not to flY great &.-tent. 1M small area a ilabL ooupled 'with
the car~petition r
large 1038 operation uneconanioa1. The lex! pole pine is being
cut for Ie c poats aM tor corral poles, but aga1n not enoUgh
to add ~oy appreciable' f1gur to the vnJ.loyt s economic ealth.
Thus, it 1 readi seem. th t ' ehe Vallm is not presently
oivin at' appreoiable amount ot meaue fooo its timbo • eith~
due to the lac . of t:).UIlntity or to the lac"= ot q . llty.
General Mot2M'
Cae e Vallay' was [1"st settled by at group of lOrman pio­neers
under the leadership or ,Peter iaughan in 1 :J59.1 rev10US to
this , ohe Valley' was visited by . vera! groupo of" trapper and
J.o esse robing for furs. J . Bridger, one f the oat r 0\1$
trapPe e an oxplor~r8 of the eal~ ' west, visi"ed t valle' in
]£2,4-1 '2 . e not! ad the t1.~er resourceS of t , e ~ and - t . 11 . I .
1 a J. fIaddt")c ," , A lata ... 0_ Cache Valle " Utah from t.16
Fur Poriod to Year 1 v. 91t (Unpublished "laster' t Gsts, pt. of
Hi , ut 1 'tate UniVG1·sity, 1953), p_ ~l.
tated, In somo plaoos - ii)S of timbo
uld have t,Q cut om y thro" 1. In the r ti e . Vallo~t
th re is Oa1·~ t-1mbe.", s ,.. treos &cst 11k ly So-x Elde • Cotton­i)
ood - Pines. t .. 1"'" L'1 1051 a Q ot
o d at lOll QOe horses. These men aonsido eel the valley "the
!It th 7 had seen in the territo , £'0. soil, timber. wt .. .3
ughan hil'ilsolf stated. 1.11 59, that TIther , i plenty of titlbe ,
consisting of pine. pLQ,
c ' t'd"G building , M~; wh1eh 1·9 m..-pected to 0 completed
in short t1tlle ,.
'lllGSO quotee 11 t , t Oac' e Valley had plentiful supply
t her. It is 81 0 evident tlu t this timber constituted a maj
rt of the ale reasons for sottJ.ing 'he valley.
':l base. for determinat1onot the location
ot cache ley'a 0 unities was the availabllit of toests- and
their product ~ chief ~1lbel"nd vat ~ .. Logan we. settled be­cause
tt·ee I available t , Ol'l the adjacent CBlV'CllS run
to wsd.lable ' the Lo ~ n River. Alnost as soon as '
ttl.ement a ts s dc ' ad. upon. a wmlll was ,~t t p,. ovide
the need d lunber to con t,ruct home • ~s m rn.eet1n; plac •
• ij . q- , j -
all f . ' , n, nAn nal,ysiB of the st IU.sto~- and the
rut of Smau t:>aWttr} 1) s th Ca<lhe atiOMl ' 0 ~st (Unpubl:..sb-d
Bachelor't3 thea! , Dept. of F~re t, Range and 11ldllfe 'ianQ ,
nt, Uta tate \gr10 ' t 1 College. 19 7), • •
3Jo ' Il~st0rx:. L •• 8 . Archive t S It take City, Ut~t .
J ' 10. 1 5~, p. l~
'l'b lumber sawd was not of tbed., lest qU&l1ty b t ... t auf'ficod
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until a better ade could be ObtainlX1.
oth tho east ~-x th~ west side or the va:ua~l< contr1'b~ed
to the area's supply of tlmbel.'t.. Jihe west aide, t.l1a ~~sville
untains, sUpplied t ,be f 'or ' ell3V11le, · a'1don, ,e: 't, other
at sidef? conrnunities, U\lt the ma . ority or toe .forest prOducts
uced ft'an timbar ~own -, I the . stern mow talne. The
cache Count Court recQrds '0 show that by 1866 a 5Q~ was ,uUt
en Sprin .... Can:ron near lell-svUle, but rel.ativ-el: ff6W or the wUl fS
total number of mills or fa est-dependent it.,dustries de\< loped in
th west ·ai· e cotm'lttdties.6
It is snte to aSS\tme that the_ miJ~s
on the test side did contribute sunewh t · to the vallm's lumber
supplJ' f h~er f the Wellsville P.an~e was depleted of its ti.'.1lber
muoh sooner than the east. mountain" This in Sf ·own by the . act
the -.avi t 10<1
'Gottl:e rclltw1Ue
oup of . {orman p10nee
followers first settled in i~(J on th west siQe f each
. en (:. . Providenoe .. n
the ' month or the Ba!l'le year, &ndon, _:It of LQ .n in 'fay,
Riehmooo in July and Smithti-eld 1n Octeb.,rf all in If. 59. Th _ nthe
Cotnmu.'.d.. t .i~~ f~'Jowed L'1 equally ratdd sequence untU by 1 61 -- 1 _
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yirtUBllY all the c . unities .7
The £ at C"\l' '15 tha~ were po
and Green canyons, Gince they were eaaUI accessible. to - · ea"-'nfO
8 not opened up untU lat J." . ue t " its crt. pilose nd chnr-ote-
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Bee unc o . t e idea loo ti n, the·' p:lentiful. "ter ana otho
• '!he vallet oocllt1e
out the ne es in {on M .
Int ' s mow taw resource pr'OVided an
road ties . ' s timber was rvested and hOWi) nto tie,s.
890 t es "alpe4 t · tl!' going that infested
t e nat on in t ' e 1 O, Q nd 1 rote 11«.1 the gold love. .. ot the 1 . .ot s.
\rt 1· the . aU
into
, the Uey settl onee agai..ll
few local ':..,anu;f ctur' ' fac-t
ories 9Uppl! 1ng pr1mar~ t ,Q local nGeC1e. This is the c dit1 · ~
th allE,tl continued in ri , t up t o the pl-esent ~ The 1000.1
phaoi Cl! S allifted a icult .1 "'od'JOts t o dait--y p :uct~ ,
butt'ois l""1!. . ~
fo C C 10 Valloy. s aeon - , •
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tion,
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The i~ 'Y of lumbering and the l\lnber induat.rzt· in mM
never been complete ,. This paper "oeG not clo. ' to
cover tho subject in it · nt1rety. These f 'I page8-, tho same
s most other rticlespon t 1 sub,ject, '.dU hit the bigh
pots. Tbe &aeons tor th! t:aper a " _ not complex. nor numerous.
The reasons are siul.p).e '. to ve the reader an appreu1ation of the
1np6ot of l~rin~ 1n Utah 6r to further the .reader' e l.~terest
eo thtlt he will be influenced to exal'Y1ne firlher into Utah' s l~ ...
hiato ,'.
\'he ore at a orest ;\lots have always n 1J:aportant
To ",i}[l.t a~~nt di , the use 0.£
the tor-ests ' the -' ,.. . ""'...... aettlere oontr1~}ute to the eco. c well-heir
. e . Ut I t . tree 9 ~hlch goo; .phical. areas coots cd _ 0", esto
t'J G're .- id the es .. 4 1 bo·, L~ tal~ place T ~ t · xtent ~
thesCl 10., 6" a f01: hw l.ong? 1ilese a e .
tlon . this oet1on ·\dll. att ,pt t· anewe. !t 1a, hoped that t~u
nawe 1ng. some o. t , ase quet n tbe l-eade w.Ul attain moTQ'
complete · , eratanding of tho fr' oct ,0£ lU! orine upon tllG lives
of Ut ha e·. ,at ruld . ',sent •
.fhzsic l ,!f¥1 b~o~0i>1cM AAsen.;ati2n
Uta, 1.s a JA! .. -loc ate! otern state bourried on the north
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geoEal istor;
Utah was settled in 1847 by members of the lonnon rel1g1on.
Ttl first ,settl ed in Great Salt, La' Valley nd moved north and
south froa tb1 oentral point. Camtunit1es re established by the
!erma s t ugh ut the t.err1to , the onl;y pret equisitG t or set.tlement
b~ an aeq to 9~ of timber and water .
Ono of the tirst iteras built i! _Qch newly established
needed t o prorlde the boards
and wood products neoGa ry to constrUGt any kind ot permanent
structure. The salCill s often the hub ot activity within t.he
be~ co.uanun1ty. The :wm.ill 8 the place where the neighbors
could eongr-e te, and often served as tho gossip oenter or the
villa e . - Q
As tthe pop _ ' t10n of the territor;; - ~, 80 cH.d it industries,
eluding l unbering. But lumbering. unli.'Cf) ott er' manufactUl'ing
1M ust, ies 1n Utah, pea ' ad aut in the late, 1 t ani, slowly drop-ped
of f to the r$ther 1naignitioant posi 1 n it holds today. 9
The pr
a' 1"0 ' -turally in the mountain areas. The fix-at
waa J ot course., the mo,untains at- unci salt Lake Cit-y.. extaame
logging on south d , the satch ;iOUTlt8in . 'Then, s tho sett.lers
!nOV into other areas. cat.:le utah Count,., cache CountY', Uinta County ,
Sevio. County , and Southern Utah aro'llOQ St . George and Cedar C'1t •
The products produced. tr the f orests of Utah re marw and
VBr1 . The pr ry product · s , of eourGe, sa ' ltmber to be, - .. I
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u ill co struct1. ext carne the t1 s to the building t the
11r do nd shingles to the roofs houses and other buildings"
fiundreds t thousands of trees were cut for })Oats poles., The
",ecotlCin producta were bar J O'P tanr.d.ng purposes, pul rood, and
miscellaneous wo-Od products .10
1 iatory or l\9geriM
The lunber1ng 'indWJtry in Utah started with tbe irst set-tlars
in 1 " .7. A mill waG set up on llat, is now l~ as Dinah .
CarrJ on in t lake C1typroper. aM ope at the latter part of
Jl'!4 7 * The in 1 .8 t other oawmille were aCJtabllsh ' on au Creel ,
S{)'1tl" m ' east of . nlt take.11 'I'he."'l. 1n 1 9. zra T. lon .on, With
some of hi assocates, were Given permit £0 saw and build1
JWmill and operated it to some+,1me, GOl.linr their ~3-wed lumber
!' tw.entyolla . board feet .12
this meage tart the r indust 1 with enD
au9 at.pi s. By 185 therEJ were over one hundred eav.nUl ,in
operation n utah. 1beH mUla produced boards, oharcoal. (;un
powda'" (fro willows). drum etick , flutes end QVen a certai.~
r'i coot 0 ' '\t .;. · t or papetl~ nutaoture .. 1
~'l 1" in the Statet$ h1sto r eoncopt of publio ownorallip
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ll~.
1 . rape - _ Conservat.ion of tural oosourcos in Ut h)
fI :1 nCO!. Ar;ts. eM-lRttere. 01. 19 3t¥l ," "- , p • ••
13Utah_ aaol)[ses atll " otivitwa" 100, cf~.
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Q tiobored lands developed" but bis eoncept ; ~ at ne twi •
igh • Youne decla~z'ed. e ly in Ut
. t le e sooll be n private tlS th .t c out
0 _ t e 'c on ,or th t1.r:lber th t ~ fa 0 the rl.ll . These be-lone
t o t:..~ peoP.UU U t peop.1.et I f 14 But even G B- . r~h .1 YOu.~e
stated this pol1c~ • he 8 ~e control over theoo' 6tl:~ea'l\S
timbe to pri ;to o1t1~en$. A previously nentloned, E~a •
ven cnntrol over all tho timber in Pine ruld ,riddle
cree. a. s . noth · example, Goorge ' .• th as dven 0 nttol 0
. -~ sed s an ,e rly conservation 0 ........ •· ... ""-00 (Deca:tber 3# 1850) and
read a tollaws:
'l"dinance or the ntat of . seret: An 0 '. ~nce , in relation
to. the t1r$el-- in tne m,1) nt ir'" lie .. rt t f •
c . I . Be it o~a1ned by 1#he Gen ral Aaeanbl"l' of the State
r De eret.. that tIle «<elusive eo .. trol 0'(\ the t
her in the ~~S 51~ on tt e oast f tho range
o mountain at r Jo -dan, in Great Salt I..ake
C.ounty, i her by granted to Geor e A. Sa1tn, who
is ... ·reDy p;Ulbo " Bed to oont 01 ti~ L'1 said
F Cl.t~e [819/. to wo -oads into th ; Mil to
1reet. uhen, Vile~, tmd byl •• t~1lbol' tl~~ be
taken out therefrC'JI: .15
I _ 8 (kl!).,sUy seen that these grant ~ava:1 rlv te citizen~
in ~ll .nctuallt , owner.ship of too timbe • ev . 1£ all tne timbo
. e 11cW of' trn" products trom the sawmill increased: a
1ncreaood. In l ! r-o t 1J tate f' Uta!
- d t
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15 t "yt'l.pOGiw _ Conservation of
120. cit ., .. •
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to . yll ,145 l' - n inoroase 0 over a1 , t t a in ten • 1. 0:
In lJllO the~ , B another inc - sa it'l produot value. The
total DrOduct lue, of th ~ and planing mUl product.s we
-,662,731.
mill.
'· l!~O.OOO e '
to' 1',1+00 , 000 • 16
Bvon a far- bact
r five hundred men nd
apital value or lose
the 1~701 Utah 'WaS conse1ou of the
lac of e " table nativo timber ir s1lffici nt , punts t o rill ' :e
,$. In an rtiolc ~"1 t 18 ytib HetnJa of ugust 13. 1 ~7t, tb1
~ ead was stat· :
" that ftthe ter 1-
t
. ~ of ita lumber '" ue t ' the lac of w1tabl clear. hi uallt
1 r .
It. thu reeogniued t ';.At utahans realie&d. tbe need for
It la.e Cit . Utah,
soonel' t '
t -1ecl to inorea their l.ancl' s production far
ld moet or the people in tho United stat , S .
Thro _ out the 1 7Of s. t.he lumber 1ndustrry ,tinued to
c.llmb. 'Y' lB75 there were one hundred and twnt,.-eight sawdlls
in Utah i h pr uned 20,772,. board teet of lumber valued nt
e, ,also fifteen lath nd planL'1. · mills, produc.
UtAh 9 a1.so U31ng ti e bar' ,
"en . hane, . _ ,DouaJ.a ~"'-'" I for tanning purposss. In laat),
t lumber 1ndustry started to deol1ne. There were o~ one
, ~" $eVen -mdlls ~ 1880 producing 25~709 ~OOO board,
1tmn.".,.. 1,5 ,000 , tha, 9, 293,000 a linglea. all valued
t 375,1 .. 'roe number of employe aleo dropped tronl 1870' s
five h r. ~ men to tbrefJ hut 'red rd eighty- five . 1 anl. they
were on:J.u paid 65,125 1n 3.000 ear« red to lS70t,s total . gEts
of .100,000.19
By 1SOO, the laok o~ lUt!1ber ~ very noticeable to the
utabans. '!he CGn~ of l aooetated that, "in . eral, in Utah,
"orth ot lAt1tude 40°, tho weflt ase 0.£ the > u t ah fii.i/ ~[Qun­ta1na
has been. stripped ot the ' vaUable. tinlber ••• tb dearth 01
000 fencing ter1al is VfIrY not1ceable throughout Box FJ.der~
Cache, Rich, : r , forgan, and Salt Lake Countles.-,,20 'lhe cen-aus
also ~ted that ut.ah va-' supplied ftalmoet nt1rely tdt
1
_Cl .ic a o. ',21
19 0.5. ., Census, 1900. , ge t_ cit.
200.5., ~u of the Census, TE'Ul Censyp Q£ the UN-ted Sy_t
J, outset ,.
15
j or _. rtion it ·
ll! roe
contral ill' > '" ~eet of
.. ) l' 1 m further doot'Gased . There
llo in l~ ~ - producin< ~249,940 ' rt 0
e r:rl.lls . plo-'-< · two
paid v s o£ 58,,·901.. Th
t on in 890. Th so planL"lg mill' l~ut4etttred uet rth
The t1t:a.h sawmills r 1890 bad :redu¢oo their r ' J..'r'Qad tie
t~ a th~ lld t1 3 . Tn e ties ne
s.. 23
O" ffl caoe t .e bie push in Ut t · r c nssrvat _·on.
£0 a ·t Y :lsociatio WB or ~ nised wit a profes.... frotl t .1S Un.i­va
sity of Utah ,aa 'etlidcnt in 1~J : 4.24 1b n 1nl ~97, the Uinta
<> est os e was set aside b the Federal G<MJrnm.ent. In l902
t l lO cao e tlnu Aqual9iua (in Gartie'ld Cottnt) ere set asidett 25 ot'ler
f rest eeerve8 ollawed in qu1cL~uoceasion untll by 1907 pra¢-
ti ~ all the . t t10nal Foresta now in ex1stenc.e in Utah we ,'-
. staolis .cd . 26
__ J
2Ju.s., Census, 1900. loe. ei!( ..
24Uesaret: _. _ (Salt La;e City. Utah), eptentber 15. 1894.
;; -
tl Con
1·
T 1900 he tdw at
1(-5
l oG: '
1 <:) V
1£
l'~ 90
1900
1905
1
lcula
us.
TA . I '
MmER OF S ~!ta·u...9 nt UTAH
BY ~AD~ll
h! -
t UllOO of
Sawm1lls
4
90
95
1 7
..." ;>
>::It
41
.. . , U. '· •
w . ...
.ut!t.bQr 0
Finplo ee
/15
5
':t.3
r;
• $ -
•
,: na c
iG a \-J •
"')7'
II. ..... ,~
'QO of
Products
,~ " ,940
'1 ' . ,905
1 3;Ol
o
,
. _ f
aU
,.- .IQ
_ ) L
I.
Oocupetion
, r .. I i
. D!
1")70 LulnbGmen. rattEl'~n . and 'Wood c opp-~ ,
Sawmill operators
1 LtDbemen an<I itamen
' " ."
, planing mill 0 "r tors
Oed Choppers
~ rs
1 0 Lumbermen ani rattemen
sa plardn · mill. ope ators
.Jood choppers
" .
1900 . Lumbermen m l"'&ftamen
Saw d planing ,dll ope~ ·ators
lr'00d choppers
1910 Lumbe n. raftomon aoo wood choppers
" w ,. .' pl.aning m.illopel~6torB
OWners and ;rae f 10 campa
Sawyers
.' ]i'ij
f '
14
4 f:IJ
42
~QiI - . )
, I
b4 102
3.
115
1 l 409
53
uo
~ 442-
151
...
148
95 262
19
25
7 l~? 7 _ ..,J i;,.
22
!!t ' o t
.• • Department of Comaeroe, Bureau 0 Census. 1 "'E:!J, 1 · 0,
1 J90, 1900, az)."l 1910.
..
II
As an out~owth of the conservation movement in tho 19<)O'e,
the Utah ...,tate Government beQame interested in the conservation
f Ut hts natur 1 reso~c6s. An act of -Ial'"ah Zl, 1907,. c ted the
ut~h Conservstion COJmd.ssion., 'TlU act rovi th t the c selon
is to:
1. Colleetnd publish tatlst1ce and d-;.t rel t1ve to the
-nntural res urcea f the State tJt. -h.
_*- To place ~rore the Leg:t ,ture md Executl V~ · partmGnt
of the United States lnoludine the iational .. ~cla.mation
ervice data and rate shO'Wing the > eat vnlUQ Qf the
nrid. lanQa 1n Utah hen subjeot t irrigatIon ....
3. To id the Forestr Department of the United States in
the roteeticn ot th-. timber lands and water~ ads 11 the
t-ate o£ Utah, and t:'~so to procure equitable privilege
.tor the y ~ ~tional Fo est tteservEt8 i , . t.he tnte
of Utah • ..c'
By e~ning the previously etated statistios. one c n rend­i~
determine the effect the lumbering industr,y h~s had upon the
eeonamic well-being or ut hIs eammuni~ies. Although the effect lum­bering
has had upon the total conomic llte of Utah haa deolined
sL~ce tbe 1 Is, the e£. ect has alw y been present.
Lumbering ttl Utah moved. with the settl.ers. The first lo(~gin
was oentered around Great .Salt Lalto Valley, then it moved outh to
Utnh County nd Pro"\O and pringvil.le C · ons. Tben the ~ jor impetu
t 10 . ~ rtg moved to Cache County in the 1 a's and the 1 00' ,. · tel."
c ,e Count, "1 8 all It>o eel out J the industr] moved t o Southern ut,
r ound Cedar 0ity am Eastern Utah around VerIk"ll. Here the ponderosa
pine -n the lodgepole \tle cut and$old. I·OW the main a AS of
e ing activity ~e still centered aro ~outhern utah a 10
Tia
19
the Uinta . ountains. The prinoiple species lO, ... ged a $ still tche
ponde - ~. pine I the ( lmann sp tiC , the tt 100 0-
le pite.
vid1ng an i 1' petus t o the
1 lbering a t1 vitisa in Cae e Valley ,laS the e nstruotio' of t
The const '
eGSuse of thi ,the belnacle .struc i n in relati to te
The· Logan T3be:macl~ . looated t t.he· junction ot Center
l8in stroets L'1. Lon, is a le.r ClUJtle-lika buildL't'l cotl5truoted
of nativ r , ck and woed.. This building i9 lSO\J by the . mons as
s ~il , center,. both _crreligi us pul"pOsea aM oo.~unit me$t~'1{;s' .
Constr ct10n Q£ the Tabornncle be
good eta of DouglAs-fir was located OIl the race of t mountain
between 1,0 an nc1 Green &tllDl1s.30 It 18 !olt t~ t due to the leVi ­tion
of t 1 mountain between Logan and ~oon ca~n8 , the Dow~la:l-t}!
treeo which wore taken in t l«atlon must all have oorne ft"O.tn
or drainage between theSfJ' canyons. Also, tl , a species ot tree
30. -Ie' ~l1n .. . tovey, • . History t)£ che Count . ,
(Ullpublish~ ' per in the utah state Univers1ty Lib. ary, 1.0; an,
Ut,· , 193,', . • l J •
•
hi h \tater, then theY'$ floated down the rJ:vor 1nto the City of
La }m. -. log boom WtlS aet . p on tbe river j $lt to the card
Sawmill \ibe!'e tbo 10 ._~ re ule.d o'Ut nf the river and ta ~l1t -
t .e· mill. Bere they were .aa.wed 1nto the proper '1mendons for use
in tile Tab$rnacle.
and so stand of 8ngelmann spruco, tbGn called white p;L'le, was 1
entad. in what is called~ite Pine Hollow., Thin ilOllovs JUst
above fo , (Wove, about thirty mUGS up 'to.gan Cal\VM, :from tl e Cit",
of to __ . • Peter !a~han, the ott."ld 1! of Cacbe' Valley.. eonst uct
3 sa\'lA1U at ed Banks, alone the Lam -_ ,:val' odja~ent to Tony Grove,
to _ oeeS$ these spruce lo'''s.S; .Tht,& ter-pcwered ln1ll va put into
O})O- t10n $a _1 in tthe 1870t e n:l oont-inued to run tor oover-al de­ce:.<
l&&. e~ owner'S several titnes .36 This mill SQ - ; ~\, majo -tty
ot the· Gp uce l~l'" 'used in thtl Ta~:maQ1G lUld in the ~n 'remple.
The lumber proeeesedt tho · ed Banh' m.Ul wa.$ hauled down l.og&n
canyon b t~~ . of hot'S ",not t'loated as W81' the unproee~ 10 " _
previously t'1eOtiOI \itd .. h were taken .fl:-om Taber ~le Hollow.
This stand of DoU(tlas-!1r in Tabern&c1e flollow w tl depleted
in the m1ddle ~ fs and it beeame nEro8ssa17 to find another ~
,cces$1 16 stand of tbis species. this, new stand vas located up
Tet ple Pork Cal\VOn, tributa17 aarvon to Logan ~on 1Ihich ont(trs
Lotz l Canyo 1 about twerlty-thne ndlea up the main O&t'\Von from Logan •
..... - f.
f 4Hovey. 100 t ,Qit.
3S~.
,;
HI . j
Inteniews With J .L. r Mtrose # Loean. Utah, tbroue out the
~lnte - of 19~1, . •
•
J
7
23, 1: 77 tolls us that 'the-_ . ,U~ ovor 100 - n etl-&'8ged in oonm ticn
uitb the ruildinth in the various department • q n'ying rool
, _"' ~r.n ..
's to th tir:ib .
One 01 t e ... ut tllings to
Stl b as this Temple waB to locat a depe1dable SOUX'eS of r _ t · ' ex-deve10p
way to aonvert tbl$ ~a
f . the pre ,t b undiU'i&s of Lo~ City. good -.c_ ... .&"OA
h \GS located up Tampl. Forl. nd ea\llmill. waG c netructed on t. e
cree t o pro¢G u t · e log 6 Nsult1ng iran eutt~ , the" bove stand.
l r , was built. _ to the m.Ul sit tbe 8" 'It'IM~A~
sawmill was cOOlple~ n 1I10vt0ber 4t 1ffl7.39
~ien wo..:in at t f. ple __ 'Wfn.Ul came from all a . s o '
i 0 born Utah and ~ The time th _;Y 'pent wor on
t r e 'T
rd (a g00- phiQ 1 d1'Vi&1 -bin the !-fonnon Clnn-ch) in n _ ch
V 11_ and surrounding areas 'WaS required t.o aerd tl C(trtain n~
,"" men t WOli'tt 0 t he fenple and " certain perQentage (,) these came
- tho population within the warcl. manl- 1 the
1.1 - of the ,DOve , thQd, the ple wW.l supplied ·d .. th
;r he J!dll s abl ,
a pro it, since :on , .. ot to ' W \ gGS. Als " the
3~eg~retj . !tWJ! (salt Lal City, Uta.h.), August 23, 1 m.
391. 1./ HE)1 erson. mato ., of uta _ Il:lstor ,0 vit
ha" * 01. 1 (i)ped manuscript leGated in tl G -tat Hiotoriana
J - It Cit , Utah). -
25
-wnill did so o-\lt of deep ... ligioua c n' o'iions
. t o the ne.wpapo - -. ports v tho ly 1 :..' t s , . bettor
r1ption method 0 etting a lab r 'Orca
].abo supply '
acq 1. ted wit the
po _ nmlt fixture t th~ m11l. Tbis caused, 1ne ic1<mO - in the BIlW-mill
operatiQn and eontrio~ t-o
This . th·
uedtU 100 . After tllat r ,
es ive aco i d-~.....~ -6~ rat e.4 1
t the o ntin-
.,ont1t uing untU caseation
of -r " at this m.Ul lOO1lt:ion, tho men lfttre
as welles being allowed fr tithG. '1b!D all.owed th Temple -
&dll to I'" ep a nuc1eua of tr 1mtd _ -room$l eoplov at aU times.42
?his mill empl.oyed about e tee· to twenty men plus threo
coo :s. The men
by
t o c . 0 t of' their . eee S
t
visio t t the men b
~.
43n,ig.
&~ f~
bY t e rth 0 - t h
f -. b p f if -
J n 1ntGrestin~ exeerpt r the ear e Democrat f Cot ber
6, 1 3 t tells u a lltUe about t he Templo Stiwmill operatIon and
life at the mill camp.
The mill 1,8 managed by Brother PhUemon Lindsay, and is i n excel­lent
o~er I the 10 - are tained bout thr.ae milesst of
here Lthe mill its on the creek bottom (}f Temph For\ Cree}]
nncl ' re hauled on carts down the rapidly desc-el¥ling canyon road
to the mill. Lumber Is cut at the rate of six to elg...l1t thou­sand
feet per day, large quantities of pickets, lath. and, shin­gles
re manufactured, and the r h slab a cut into cord
ad, 0 be noated down to the lime kUn to be wasted, although
the 10 S a 11, rough crooked.
ieter Stn1tb or LOgan presides over the cul1na~ depart­-
nt .ss1.sted y SletQrs ,Agnes lzitt and Eliza J1n-ce . 44
J .1. ontro8e tells us ot a J~bn Crowtber and his tw.o sons,
Ed and Joseph. who worked out a six-wee 8 donation at tb Temple
Fork Sawmill whUe llvit'lg at la}~etown, 8 small town adjacent-to Be r
La ·: approx1matel t nty .... tvo dles tram the mill site. EvidentlY
they did this dMation durin the period when tlle1r farm labor, nd
oth r home job ,. re restricte,. '"t,he winter - son. Thea men
wall cd from LQketown to the mill site in deep snow all wint t" long,
returning to their home$ -eve-J
th 1r homes. 45
otten du to recurriru! j be t
This a the us pattern followed by a good · :J' P the tam-lios
rOB! ing in tt (,) v1cinit.f of the temple con~tI"UCt1o:1 . Ict .... vitiea.
~en, 00' St ar· women · and served their time tows . _ cO'natruetL'l~
e f their c.hurohes oat es1rec1 'bu:Ud -- • It is evident t.ltat
t s T ,ple onstruc-tion was vel.. prominent in the valley resident t s
ctiv s thro out the COl struct1o:n period. It i also evident
J . • f J
! .
p£ _ Lake: DemO,cmt, l og, 21 t.
4SJ •L • . ont se, (Typed ,- uscr1pt compiled b . r. ~,1ontr e
l ,ept in h e pe sonal posse,sion),
ti.~ t.e
.> thvall' " · mo~ . · t esc rosa· eea e~'1 t · 0
clnd tho t ct •.
~e Ta ple . Ymrl.ll oontinued to ,operate until February f
1 , ",t vh1a timo tho .113 ' OJ·, ._ . ',od b .. fire, t e 10 9 ount-
-3,000. l.l1 bu:rncd, t e ins iO e 01 . t
~ti a a rudte~ as, ~ po ~ ble sawmill n .anj d1rre..l'tfmt
1 cat.io s tor sev -1 -earo.17
Tbe Temple 3a'WmUl ran £Ot'" over nine year. , p
pic ' ts" lat ~ other 'If . od product d\l"'~. 19 t 1i peri • Its p c uots
lie a sed. not n in t~ e I.n 'l'emple nd teLa·, n Tabern 010, but
also 1.'1 p ... 1vata ames, b · $. r U ada" fe ' oafS and in. rry other
pl . eElS of pioneer wo
t 'U[;hout it extste GQ, ron L"lg a rt1~ livelihood f rver
tw -t families . It~ 1ntluonec ... .' the carl Cache Valley resi ents
Qnd residQnts t neighboring vnlle"ls ant. The mill
btllped to open Up J.D~ n Ca~ve rer further exploit tion and eon ..
t ibuted Ye. nignifieant ' .... to Cache Valley. economic well eing.
The followill table eh . s somewhat the EOO',()nt ot the eeonot'lie co -
trlution.
- - I
}6 ,
Hen eraon. lac. ~~t.
47jl.fontroee, WI, sd~.
_ _ - f lI- - ( ,
tart Date
Avera . ~oduct1on
Total lf1U Production
~r ra .Q Mo. of ~01eGG
Avera!6 1"' $
Year ' age Por 1'fan
Yea;-lyt r.e For A1ll
Total 11agQ$ For 'Hll
T .
~!'Jvem.be , 4, 1t!l7
,.;obrua· ~ ~ 1 96 (>urned dOwn) .,
Douglas- fir" 'pl s miP~r
amount$ of Engelnlan.!l spruce
and lodg$po~~ ' pine.
7 ~mF per clay plu large
Quantities of lath, pi Lets,
ahinglos', arid slab wood.
2,100 .mp plus utlCI-e ~
l':lmount of minor products.
17,000 rm " plus und te~
: un~8 of mino products.
,Lt1mber .. : 10.00 per' • e
Sid~l1g - f ..... 00 pe j;'~
~ 21,000.00.
~175 , 000.00.
:w plu 3 0-00 s.
'7'50.00 (300 days per year).
5.000.00 (20 em.plOJ 008).
~12$,SOO.OO (Period 0'1 . I f!f/7
to Feb. 1006).
"'Based upon 300' working days, per year .
baased upon 100 months t rtal operation s ,t, 25 days work per '
nth equals 2500 days. 2500 dB s at '1 mF per day -equals 17,;500 .1BF
to 1 lumber ~uetion.
CT:rft! ~ TJ.m! igwrta - , 1?J9 (Tullidge statred that the
vet· Be se'" g cost f or the period 1$74 to 1800 wae -~20 .00 per ~ ,
so ~he 10.,00 per !SF is undo;ubta " conservative.)
FIGURE 1
RAILL.OtJ)S U
The 11 e 0 t.. e t1.~r GUp~ in the mt)1 ~tains S . - und-rs"'
llt,,--e ra~ b-om Ogde ., UtI.ili, to ada Springs, Idaho ..
in Cache· Valley. Construct.1.on ot the railroad be , on ' UgUst
6 or the same· year at Britl: City, Utah ~ 'lbisilroerJ
e ad the utshand J Mhem tI.ailroad . Ttl ~r,ae~ was ~~ ted
from Dr~ Cit., to to. on Oll January- 1, 1 ... ,''''3. n to ~"
J.,.. Th: Utah nd irorthern Uro connected
:th the Central , o1f1.c ill d at Brigb , City
Co L.~e. tour miles furth eot.
abo at
eb lB j', l.r 14, th
, ted 1tldependentl.t untU eQruax
e aeed b the tJn1 . ... Pac ,ic U
--"-~.U' T. in 1· 90. abso ad
Th c ' nstruet :ton of tJ . Utah and
f when "it 0 a
'e bros ~uge.nd
ifstem.49
thern:u..~ s
. been
;:
contra , it :1s aasuned that Caahe Valley did oot oontribute much in
~lte way or ti s 1n the construetion ot t:he Union Pac1£1e Railroad
or any the branch linea Uo'1t11 -ter the rJtaJl and Piort ern . 11-
road baden built into Cache 'T~.
The Uta ,'!61d N' rt.. n fIlilt"oad ro~ 1d~ wn outlet tor the
v 11 y t S ttiA9 to be u ' tn its own eon t .. r\lCt ()! and .&190' 8 root cd,
alter tho, line was' completed. to tsport ~L' f!)~" CAe~e Vslle.,
• , y.a ' lS~ UCi.iOl1 • . Q& •
With ,the advent of :U ' " ', nstrootio l .
aame la ... -/~ . t '00,1," (lQl, ~. ' nies toO t.ter handle he Creal. <! . fl'
for . oed n od\1cts jfo long~ , ould a ,small ., ~ ill n oy nsc Q
products. I~ longer wee it, expedient r r one man or, one f~ to
SO to tho mountains ani cut and haul only what he 0-1' the t '~1ly
operatio 'S and greater pee1al10ation were neoe~DLU7 to t ~ . ' la, the
inc, eased. volune of t:l;:nber p~ducts that ~'aUroad 001 3truot1on de-
TheI ~ two, d1ttol'ent· types, of argan1!'.ati-ons that otalned
tieo for t.be railro&do. Thes 1fere prlv t$ aompan1es and public
c tivea. '!be first t1P8. the private e.~e.8_ we. o .. ~
i:: - 1 'It lJl a rw 00"$, Q p1tal
invost ' b-. men r&a1di.."lS o~ ta1de ' CQche alle • . c
£ munici lit.y euob ,as a
U c,oo ,le ,s, p ·t'1v1d.ed ' D noedaa . ipital to e£~et· ve~ le~ t
,taUl Glope "ttl }a"Ooetlstne los . ,lto the neede4 product.
Promi! nt -,.."r <\ <lf"- tl e i v to f . D that 10 , in Cache TeJ.le."
ur:L . t 0 f1rm, t ne
Co ' and Cartor L ,- CctiI rN.
For
or.re~ed t l rty t th1,l,~ty-fi vo I an1 forty cent f er tie eight eat
ides, "," piled on t '~ . II of the
¥n~issll ) • Tree · ra -gin£; f rom 1x inche
br east hi . '1 ware out.
tree ws "ell , i
r plo -ee or the campa ~ would then examine the t.ios to see if they
"T6rn accoptAble. If t e ti . up to speo1!'leations, the Q3tninors
th13 tio .t.l tl C- if tho tio wae not aecep+~ble, it
til
.. 50
. 8 .,
That- s would be stoelq>Ued a1
nn when spring would brea1: rd the river X'tul tun of' wter # the men
~'1ioa 'Would ,came along a float t ties down the
t arns. tloat-
~ MIl the Blae."' th ~or ~ .. tl.ver tnt the Little B 1:t1 er, £rom
t ho tittl.e i ver 1nt'O the . r Riv' r . In tho $a - 'lor-too
!tr..ed out and loodou onto r-8 1) d oars t o be shipped
t.he . llr
....
Little
coe
ur ne tho lote 1 -701 9 all
I ~ 11ll vil..l ,. _, vo:-.
_ nt . rAO untain tQ cut ties for Cae
r to at
1'1 t t? C
.... MD1t;aee f t 0
!79 ~ On
:ro started
in
minor
oe'.l' .52
... venue is evideno
at twenty thousand 1') _
1Logan boon'. They we
Or". COO m Oarto... -re t e
e
t .. lO L lID Lea4er - , .- tioned t _ .. 'Coo
,000 here. ttl1 sea n § ; r of
ot laell' _ th F 0 -..
f sevGlul towns 1n the south end 0 the vall out
the Coo aoo Carte · -n.ber Company. The mit: 0 el~
~ talled a sawmill up ' eo Cruvon,. es 011al1
5 ~ •• p. 1 3.
52 . , p.- 162
30, 1 •
r. 55
rov 000 ,to mentioned, t e Q1tie and t ~ s of Cae 0 VaUm
~ cd the
() e . th ttbese 0 '" tives
v: the C8p1t
C los O. rd nd ~n
, rtiCG~J" eve 7' C unit 1.'1 tho Valle had its United
' , rde~ Company engaged in sane $O~ ot 1 nbar1ng eonneotod with t!:te
. the l~Uroad tie ousineao to ·~eQP sol"tent. In 1, .... ,. the lAttel1<
United Orde'
ootainod a ont.l~-C wi t ~ Union
•
5 t.-OV ." I ~lJ'1.~ _ e t.., • 1 . .'-l 'J
;;6~~' ~~d 1 it ~4 l~ . , ' 0$_ ,0 _., p. J ,v .
tll?j4. # p. Sss.
'6 l.ty, uta J - , 1.
Unit·,
'.59
o :l, r.f' ,n he
. all of the 'C,a iDUtutios 1..'t"f the valle voro
produet of the untains s
e Urdt.erl 0 er or Iiyrucl a _~~_ oorupj.etQly
, on
1hen the
deplet~ th&
o CWB i ov14i1:2'" 1.. rJ""'''. .. · the pB1"iod 0 t - uh10h the Unit Ord <~
lIJ
.,..1. ..... to , ilroad t1~8 wno ... test.. ~I
urine tbtl in~1 ve 'tie lo&.."'ingtl 0... , and . en the
. t (3
~le of the mounta. " ". ource cam ,t be
co.-opcr tivc
~1vate was th tter '1' L~t '1'omple ~~~~~' . 1h -
ul.d be
. n:i . old thouo Qr to to
! ' I ,
t e
n BUS e~ rt"
~_' _'. . Cach Count~ ~ \..r rating d 1.ng that
p: ue '," productsdth a t otal va1ue Then, wi"h the
an llloreasc. In 1 - I
th re ton _ -llc "the COt ~_"V"f" 'I""ts
I is t"_-: '·I..j;"'·1' ~ luenc this ilC
1.' t the r ' 1lroa tlllU$lceQ to a ' ,' t 6t~ent th 1:
.. ,uet 'Y i 'urtJ, _ e'rl e oed by an art -ole in t 1 ~ It Lal '
Journal of Augu
t - , -n 1 ,3"
O~) ~ nd
Tht.a artiel stated that cont
aort em «()r1~:t'- the Ut '
. c ftc allroads for t 10
t1mbe Wh10-b V-leu!d ' e 1 .r!Gd. haULed, Or floated to t 1e valle f r .
em CBr.tVOns'\)1J the milllons·t • u.f£. -
stoc qlil.ed in the Lo~ 1 I 11 ya ' in
o nco or tho railro
tha.rtl j oot t~ e
i< ! L I Y I ,
•
1
In th ~ the
of HI'i'li'\i:)W. i-ore the inte ,J.Gr :
.' ti lUf - r to be sold tor ueb lower ~ic tbtLll prev1ouaJ.v.
In 1900
11!MlA'P- froIn leBO to It;X)O. ut
influenoe
8 .
s - ent in 4t1 ther apect of forest
¢nomio.s . t nsporteci a nrultitude of. rarest prod ots-u:
1ne lorthern Utah' 6 f(.n:nwlativ-e ears. In
ot l~ u- otbor for-est
uctt'. 71 It is. safe ; 0 n G" t _' the JA st pa onta~
this ~nna $ flowed into tJr out .. f -cache Valley - This in itself
is JAr -- cont%' ution to t valle . t B eQ~.
1 : J
'9Zntorview with IJ., · . Chec ~ ta, rly ~'lJ'"ltl
ettler. J . Ml7 10; 19~:1 .
7°Tullld t lGt$' tic_ ;.. • ~.1 •
71u _ • , , -u of too Census, IertYl £en HS !If t 10 yni~
~tott; l v§Q. _ b'lgpoGa",~.
. I o · t lEl ail:
t..l:tC uoe OX tile . orest. so as •
ailli0na 0. ties that . t! nsportati1"'~ 0-
to th itl.to ~ -
it.
TlJ6 ea .. :. ~/'
t le _.- ts. ';ith t~~e conat~t100 o!' t.'lo
hout tho 1 10' 5
.. f,!o he , .
h. 1&'1l C !"le t '10 majo~ ~t\W to t use ot Cache li alla • s
the forest areas, we e Gt~
diminished. It i$ erl ant
the t 'f went. hal ' in l}j. - en
ucts, tlo t¥1 lunbar, rQllout, t the
01 t~ e w.Uoy alOQ
SUP.ikJ 0
4
" t e
, caus .· . .. tsoU to 00 loas '-"H' .".,F· .... '·aIlt to tJ e
r. liey' 5 t1m.-
ber in ' ~
Valley ~ . s the ~ f cut plin,g poles ,lor ep the
settlers' li vestoc ' f , unities
we not of the '. ,
the 4 irot tree ape . iss oncO\U1tel~ wllie 1 w ul-d euppl;)
build _ , wa the cott onwood. This t"ee was tho it at s - 'io cut
E"nd was use i 11_ he ou.~ , to llc1 the .u. 6th ea, ba ne a: •
oth 1'" n cossa att uet es 72-
Fr" thE) stI' !: ' sides and the cot onwooda, the settle s
tl e Juni " an tl 1 urt el~ up ,10
_ 01 -rUy f or
developed il ~ehe Valley early in th t ~Ot 8 whicl depen ed.
priroarU pori t 0 J lipor for the x ~ :;00. _- urnitur~ . f -
cellA"lt Q~l1t.f ·'1 $ t'lade fr " thi - j unipe • ita 1,t1tincti YO col or-
-ne 7 :vir~ tb fUl'nitur Q VGIYl? plea sinS. appeattance.
7~k;vey, loc . cit •• p. 82.
73Joaeph Carl Felix, UThe Developnent of Cooper t iv6
te rises in cael e Valley, 1 ,5 '" 19(){)fl (Unpub11s e ~ o'i:,er' s theei ' J
Dept. or ~ eligiona Brigham Young Un1versit , June, 1956) ,. p. L..~ .
40
c c Valley' t ~ or was ut to us a.
11 ~ or ood producto uced y Cache ~
p uots 11 bel.
native Do (las-til peeled £ran the cut 10.;.> and us
t<> _ ~ th tannic oid ru-*1tKi
t tann de
1eld., The tatme 'Y in LG... n
along th Log . ·
tame · in,
ho h ... Smitht'1
the tL"'l..rd.ng pr cess. 74 Th
~ uity ulldful?
-'I Robert ana James wikle,
\.~w-.-te, - th1rt..- cords of DoUgla~
£1 to , tbe tanneries and this bar_ _ . s sell1ng
or about 5.00 per cord. Ttlereto ,it is evident that these
tanneries cont llruted a c .. 31derable mw;.1Wlt of tlOney to ear l;r ohe
valley's tAMerioa,. til bark was Bhipped tooth r c1tie$ n
Utah 1r;thll~ the Do s-fir 9 not S 1.."1 Cache
Vi II • LoQal r.es . ts harve
11 I
thf elCl (
7 •
AnothQr interesting wood s ban d nutactw •
ot~ \f was - e
11 tUX" 10 a
a out f ifty
ne uc ,i: 1 (7,
Prave, at •
e in Cache V411 • :'. $era. Oorrr ,nd
Haynes bWJ.t a bru ctort/ in to _ an ea: ' r n t ,
facto. ' production pacit 0 t _ thnUflalU boxes (pr ' Uy
egcrat a) per Qal -' The otual roductlon wa about ialf the
en _ eity, or 0 _ thc>\1Sand boxe per Qa;' • ·-1 Eve- S f a thousand
c nm e s elopeQ. 'r-ne-se
ipped ~ ~ 'ughout tho no -thorn part o~ th stat. Another ,- x
f acto me operated ,. tel '.l'1d$
•
acto wan loeatedi adj ec nt to t e to·" n VEn- jwt _ ut f the
! I)
p dtheate:€l ..
(IV ~ , ~. ,2it., p. 9 •
~ JqwW (Logan, Utah)" AUgUSt " 1 {I.
, ontroee, 192. git.
Another industry 'Which . epend«\ upon th t.!mber sources
t e sa· nill -. uf . cturint., i.."lduvt.r-i'. (IV though not involv 111 actual
uots. 0110 Valley' StN:dlltUN
industry got its Gterl in Ji ~ of 1, 7. At thla t '" Unitoo
FOOIOO-X· ~. , 4<" chine nq Ianutactur1l1g C~ up. orf:J.}ll. ...... ~ ...
nra-:uur to th
n .. l~ ana. ~ ane in tGrr1t ·
m.mIil8.:r /fo:t.e '. 0
. 600 to 6SC
·all .dnd . 0 e tor t Utah Territory up untu
Ul11:teQ [moI!JPR, 1n ib lat • -. In th period 1" TI
_ w ecmpartl conatrueted 1llUV1~n 8h1n81e sa:! " a with
ca cit., ot 3l,()(X) ahingles ~~Q~.~ tb ca - ~t
Of too to tvalve thouSand __ ft._
, l1€ht wood pro4uet 1nQ~ in
"",s;av..l~ Vall.ey . . the pt"oduction ot r.tllElr good . i .
(:01\,- · c tion
t lIh1akey 8
. ut1 - ,t tOi . $ tor local
It ,·am~ant tlU"lOUll;i1 t .. .t, ~!.1C Vall ar llSed
- J .' , j , - I
TulJ.1d • 100. cit_, ._
, 1. it., p. 9 •
oaible. n _ early sat.tler
in v _ valle' 1 -
_ • .1
and 1,240. "'40 feet of lunbe. After leaving the rn:Ul it1 the
tall, it . 9 bur ' b .- the great fires that N 1n t · ; un­tains
that year. -
The Unit ' Stat 8 C~1)aus ot 1 tells 'Us the cache ,Coun-ty
had, in the dec de 1 to 10&'0. one to ten per cent ot the
timbered area 0 Caehe Count:l urned. S7 Th1 would amount t o
~ ., between :five nd Ii 'ty t ou.-.nd C~S. Even though there 10
considerablo difterenc ' between live; thousand eres and fifty
thousani acre8. it is 8v1d tthat a large mnount o£ acres in
Cache VallG"/ ' s' mountains were burned ove-r in the 1$70.8. This
18 espea1.allg evident when compared to the figures of 195 , to
1962 'tofhioh give a to 1 burned c ·' ge burned on all or th re­aent
Caehe . tlonal or at or Z]OO· acres. The difference between
l870t s burned. creages and 1950t are evan furt;her pronounced
wen one roal1 es that the ' ,e r r the 1950' ' comput tion is the
8ent cache 1 - tl~ Forest and the
bae1c figure used in the c;omputatio _ for the 1870'$ burned ore­e
leso than Mlt. or 06, -00 GO a. But thi'& is still the
same area a,s then and with the same av mae incidence of ' non-man­cauaed
tires "J9
,ildtire8 oontinued to burn throughout the 1900'0 89 U.
the De eret Evefl1.ng _8 of ugust 12. 100.1 reported thf) following
- 1
86ruuid. e, 100, Fazt.
S7U•S• Census - 1 ~ ,,1;00. c!t.
: sed. 'upon the .follaw:tng f ' .;ures:, 22 t o\msh1ps havi.~
wooded cover within the county limits. See l' 1 in the appendix.
~3 .0l~O aCI'eS in eaoh townsh1p equa.llng 506, 880 Qc.es in C che
County havin , \f od 'covo.. One pe-r cent Of' 506, 1 5.0"
and ten per cent of j (; , --80 i n 50,( •
9United States . ~rtment of: . gr1,culture, U •• Forest
Service.
47
concerning rea in the Cache llountain •
U.· 84 - The Logan tea er of 1~1dl.\7 fj.ugust 12. 1 rV
said that for ver t\'ro weel a t1Jl.rible tire has been
in the 'Tbtbel" 11 thG Unit oro Steam !.ftll, Logan. C
ihiQn is estro 1 s preoious stores ot timber. This t s
doL'lg d~ ge to the 'United Order of thousand~ r dollat-S. It.
ri··in is Uo."11-alown '* but is suppo ed t.o have started from a
fire 11.· htod b some ea a.css person. It i estimat tMt
the· are 10 < ox-es of timlter' destro f'ro tire in thoae moun-taL~
c, to eve~ ere that 1 cut down wit the tlX8 . There
3: e nunerous and 'OXtena!vo tracts of timber in the mountains
east of Cache Vall \-mere the trees ve been kUled b fires
th _t have swept tlu~OUgh thee within the last few ears, since
;.areless campers be <. n t tt-averseth .90
'Ores" fireD continued to burn unchecked tbro 'b the 1'" BOt s ,
l~ lJO' 8 and up UtltU the United S _ te Forest . rvice too} aver
iy establ1shed L'n1t - states Forest Servi ~port&d , 1n 1906,
t . t 'it ean be sate! .stated that three-i urth ! the t:i!!lbered
.Forest . eaene, later be-atlonal
FO'NeW . s been burnt over n
t f) st 20 yearS. th se fires va n;w:)stl.1 on .. ated thro _ r:~
the carel.eS&neS3 or she$p berders in lea,v1; campfires unoxtLYl­gui
hed.91
Fires .. ont1nued to Ut~ unmo1ested throUgh tbe 1690' s
an4 tnto the 19OO' s Sev -l 1, m.iUs burnetl with "esultin . loss
conaist.1 lot onl" of the lose1n natur 1 resources but aloo of
equipnent and bulldings. 92 Tot only was timber lost but also
.- M - f
91
L.L.. l1te, 'Report on the t1mb . Conditi n or tho ~'iet
~ _ tonsio~ t Dear ~v&r" ese_ e t ( CIt!
D.C., 19(0).
to a 0 fr livestock and Wildlite. A : eol o ~Gt in 1903 foU! d the
mourltains east of Cae'!6 VaUey to be e. ve ... 1ta 1e dut owl. He
.. B torcedto bl..\Y teed in the valle~ beca "oe of the 1ac ~ of for-
· in the ruounta1..~$ due t the combined eff ect . r er. r zing
;i flre~9
Table 4, on the following pa e lists a Lew of t.he reported
fires that burned in Cae .e Valleyt s so ntains th date f
these fires.
9 J()el E. ' Ql~s and Evere.tt L. Cooley (Ed.), HistQrY f &
Valley. (Cache Valley Centenni 1 Comn1es1on, to fl, utah-, 1959) ..
Year
1 8
1Ml
1800
1890
1895
1913
TABLE 4
tIST OF FOREST FIRES IN CACHE VALLEY
SRffii'I ;a YE OF PIP..ES
1 - j
Remarks
~ ·port or nUfterous large tires in
,east mountains in Blacksmith For ',
Catl30n around Hayes Canyon and in
Logan Canyon in the heavy slash
areas.
A large tire in Logan Canyon around
the present location of the Third
. 1
• Burned 1br over two week in
AUgust. ; clean burn with sevent -
live rear old Douglas-tir now on the
burned area with average height f
65 feet ani vertse DBH of a.o inches;
jJ of Uay. 900.
eporle of several mUle burning down
from 1 to 1B9O.
eports 'Ot nlll181 cus small tires in
Providence Canyon and in Lot.'.> - 1 Canyon
throughout the 189O's •
.. large tire 1n Sttmp Hollow 1n 11:> an
C81\1on.
Girls Camp Fire in Logan Canyon.
Burned from Guinavah Picnic Camp to
the Girl Scout Camp.
4Based upon measurement f 1:two .parate stands within th
burned lU'ea consisting of a 1 'strip cruise through the stanis,
Conservatio Hithin th oonfLrloS J: CaahB V lle - ov 1 p ~ d
e.."q)lained in th-in
th state. The only itt renee there might be i that C -cbs
alley' e residents rna have wondal"ed 'W1lllt . appening t h r
.,untai..'l I S ( ur06S just ShOl~ befo e t i wondering
place thr ~1 out the a~ate. This
d enc t 0110 i 11 yfs eeon J the .nountaio -souroes.
in th
ust 13, 1 -4. . which ws quoted previOUSly on
g 13 ot this ~pe:r . Later, in 1 j 1, ~e local nO'lrt-spaper. the
ting from thetdldfires-in the mountain ' surrounding Log n and
ted:
Thi waa the .!rat ~ of tho conservation mo "e­t
in Cache Valley. ut the first real conservation roovemant
ot started when the . ' eral Goverrmcmt too· altor the or-est
rves and be their use. I 1-80 not nec-essBt"'1 -
50
o
•
, 6-:...
r inust
eel in the ea l' "sv opne t or COQ ,e Valley. The trees '
their produats ~'"J'i (Jl sheltctl t Goo-inl and education ~ 1 centHl"s.
a cas c p. All these and '~' more eame direl.ttly 0 ' ~
cl1reOt lj , frOt! cacho Valley. s t er re80ur,ceS.
The use 02 these w: flOB s-tarted, s early as the fir t
tleoent. 18,9, with wood productsb$1ng ur~ " for hO) and
onal use. 1 is co ,t1nued to inc.rease With the 1nf'1~ c ple
rather t~ ':')
th ra 8 and tho c , struot-1o of the 'ge roll '1ou buU n s
, uppl. " of wood and wood product,s.
Fr 1 up to 1910 the 'U$e 0/ Cacno Valleyt . , ir.1. sl.ow ~
d reaaed. Tho cOIlpet!tion of lumber produce el ewhero, c upled
with the
cline.
even tho. ~h t e portMc ' of the 1
total ec n~v 0: 'C e eall · dec ad, t was
1muet ., br nch cut into m1seeUane
ao these novelt l' itcns OOB.nle more readily
.52
tne
r e
Alter. J . Cecll.
U '
rI."'" ..".~~n-."'-·uwnr....Jt_
Arringto. .n , Lemar4 J. ~,..,a ~. !ht .Lt. ~~~. -lOt . • "
Urdvenat Ha, S.
ancroft, Hubert BONt. ~W of gtah - .850. san Franc1ecol The
HiRory Publ1ithert. •
cka, Joel ~., and Cooley, Everett L. ( .). jq,ft9a 9f • XI" J fl.
Cache Vallq Cer1tenn1al C<DJd. lon, Losan:. utih, 956.
The H1 . orical ,Society ot PrQv14eno (llyrla • Ccpbell" Prea14ent).
~I 'NIl IiK PJnm1,. l.ogan, utah1 H~-Joun'l8l Print ...
Co., 1949.
Ib! _ocr pf EhiMeld- C1t,' of >- >tht1ol4, utah, 19'21.
TuUidf&8! . '_ • . I'W] l&lft', IU!S.c¥1M .1ltM~ Vol. II. Salt
C tyl Ju.venll8 IruJtruGtor Pre • 1 . ,
tnoy, OrSCll F. H1atOl7 of 'Utah. Vol. I . Salt City. George Q.
Cannon Bone CO., Pub'., 1892.
N~D
1£ J.t!se 995rat ( .. "utah). L •• 5. Archives, Salt IAl1 City_
Plum Eysl1tJ.s _ (Balt lal .. , Ctty, utah). 1881.
pelsqnt, _ ( alt La Cit" Ut"I1)_ L.D.B. Arohivea,. :t I . Cit,.
J'01.£Ml Hiatary (Logan, Utah). L.D. S. Arctdves, salt ' m City.
54
55
_t L1 -ary ( crotiln).
'.1.llGMB and pe~
CurtiS, Al J. "Pioneer ' . t1«t of Eventa in the
Logan.1f ~ •
Ballar4, I
. l14triAl nt in Cacho
~. of Bd •• 'at.h state
the Pur Pe:t."1cd
, DGpt. a: l11atory.
tttliatOIt3' of Utah .. H1st e i "
. bi,"8# t r C1t¥.
4t Hi tors' or -'cb ' Co_ ty." - r l.tt
ety~"l~6.
1IRf1mol"f. of the ~ COl¥l_t1on of tl 1 on ..
~~ft .. at10nal Arch:t 8, b •• D.C., 1906.
t Lak$ City, 1921.
. City.
f&sUit9 JY.!tonMt _ • I , 1951.
g ' Ins- member" 1959. cbe Velley d1tion.
Caeh ·. Count .~ '. co ~ a.
Jan
.000troee, J".L,_ Articles 1n the, Iea!!JlsIl4, conceminB oar~
mlJing 1n each , Vall • .19S~9gi~
""'Q" ..................................... Per onal 1nterview with Pranl" Foreeburg.. AprU Zl, 1961.
~ City,. 1879.
~~Id·. by
'-be t o'Uowh t1 i$ a U ,t uf' mill;;, in cacbe Valley b;vtIW date
0' ~atal h!1l ,wnt.
1
7
9
1'59
,- L
_ . i 'W
, ' 1" 1.- _ , . - . ! ~
Es1aa Edwards built M upright Bawd] 1 ,
water powered. in vest part of }a.n~ it
1 ;5, J ' e's FJJ.ls and Benjan-.1n vii Jl iaras bu.tlt
a say pd.t in presmt dt'Mlt,owm Logan, t
1st ortb.'1d center. Upright, hand ....
powered M'W. LotlJ$Q in Gl.~ Canyon.
Converted to · t~ fJO'WEh:'¥ ,in lSlO. Con­tinued
t (; r.Qte1nto the lS'90t s.
1 00 Thanas vl1l'l aDi Joel ;tte a built a tan­MW",
1 wbcrethe Parmers Ecl,u1ty stands.
Us native DouglAs-fir bar-f c ~hed. b¥
0. five- toot stone wheel to provide the
tannic acid.
l ot() W.D. Hendrick~ and rl.T. VanYon built
a hor$e-pawere:1 sawmill in Riohmond.
Onlz, operoted for' a short time.
lSW
l S60
1
"'60
.• D. Hendrlcl~ bullt a shingle mill 1n
Richmond.
~~ 't'-lil limns and '~ . Brlm1)on buUt a
salCIlilleeveral miloa up Aa1n ca~1!Qn
abov. Smitht1eld.
!lam BradshaW" uUt a ohingle mill in tb
,southeast part of . J;yrum.
Thoma ' Jessopa built a _t~
shingle and lath mill. in!UlviUe.
'!bornas H1l.4'alu and James H~83" bu1lt-sh1nel~
mU1 tor- rf1lJ ism G1.bson of _', -
lin. Idaho. This mill movod bacl~ ,aM forth
Gtween IIyd!) itu '.: " " F!&r, :J..1n £01.' ~eral
'~ ear -'.
1 ,
I
. ~ .,:,.
I ..,.
5)
a t
co ~u
u· d ooverol
J " + C-roo '
·ated thin
- lath
o close
no.
26
2
30
te
., .6;*
1 5*
J. ~ 5
1066
1 :70
__ r 1" ! lc ' f _
• til !tt F ,, _ 3 ! ,
Jnm.es H n flY buUt ,6 t~ lathe aM
urnitU1~ in e - r~ •
,John stod a
ron.
Oount Court :1':rantod t! awr:rl.ll eitQ t o
/ ' • ·tiok.leo nd fr. Joel" both or
Logan.
Pete ; u.gban built B sav:dll 4t Bed Banke
in Logan Canyon. togged spruce in Mte
Pi e allf!1. Late this mill tme 00 _
oJ. Crowther ..
1870 The town ~ BMeham Cit owned m. 1'6
. ~ a. a&4'l1ll ~ ~ ~oe oileo uth 0 AVOl .•
Thi ~ mill ~a called the . 'lin j!1U and
WIle to powered.
enpo~ owned a to
.IX>l"" Ca.WOll
soutneast of 1 yon. This. rdll used oxen
axe .. ' ivoly ~or s~ .... dd1nB. ha.ul.1t J .ot
I "
1
3.2
~3
J4
:35
37
40
Date
J i
lE71
lB73
l874
lS7L~
1- -rz* " ,
1875
61
Remarks
A wate~red oirculAr sa'Wmill was
purchased by the Hyrum City Cooperative
and installed two miles up Blacl<"..sm1tb
For ' Canyon. T!11s was the first lum .or
to be milled in BUck8mith Fork Canyon.
The I:lyrun SteatDUl Cornp&l\f was formed and
bought a '~,ooo steam mill in Lot{an. The
mill was install,ed everal miles south of
the Hardwa·re Ranch in Blackani.th Fork Carwon
in a good stand of Dcruglas~f1r.
Alex B., Hill ran an up-and-down sawmill
at Bald Head t· ountein southeast of von.
lJn1ted O"rder of Hyrum inetalled a water­powered
sawmlll in Blao~ 'sn1th For Canyon.
The Hyrun Steam Mill Company purchased
another 8t~am engine for ' 750.00, shingle
mill lor $600.00 a.~ a 10t btlthe Oregon
Short line Raill'-oad in Lo~an for ,"750.00.
These mills ran in Blackom1 th Fork ,Ca.'1YOn
a~tll 1881 When the timber became scarce
and the company was. a solved.
In thi,e year a lumber eoopert1ve was
tormed with the following mills par­ticipating
= 4 sawmills in logan (one ot
these was a steam m1ll), 2 1n ~ellevUle ,
2 1n HyrlJ'll, 1 1n Paradise, 1 in 16.11v1l1e,
1 in Pl"ov1dence, 1 in Hyde Park, 1 in
Smitht1 ld, and 2 111 Franklin (1 steam).
In adc1tt1.on~ Hyrum am Paradlse had 1
lath ·and shingle mill each.
United Order Lumber Company \taS lQcated
at 349 North Main. Logane
Hyrun Cooperative had a planing mill At
'l'h1rd 'East IY.l First South, Hyrum.
Temple Sa\tn1ll built up Temple For~· in
Logan Caruon.
C . aru1 Carter installed a sawm:U.l in
Hayes C4tlYon. in Blacktnith orl Canyon.
~unber
41
43
45
46
47
4
9
50
51
Date
1 7
1877 *
6'::)
Remarks
United Order lU'ld .fanufacturin Company of
tog n ope nted a 1Cill and ~ordng
t acto: • This coutpany cut and floated
mUl.1on board teet per ear.
United 0 er or Hyru:t installed a satfO-ndll
at D Gulch, east ot HaN re
nch 1n lacksm1th For Canyon. -_so,
several tie cat1p8 were eatabUshed in
Dr:. Gulcl'h U3pol"t of lots of lo,-,~_~
in Big Dry !"J ow in BlAe .l'em1th For ·
Ca~ 0n .
A ealI!rl.ll owned ' J .. Crowther, uel
Pike. and • .If. tt'Od a was located on
the summit bstween Bear take nd Cache
cO'W'lties.
l$7v A wat:e:r-pawet" sawmill at Hayes C~1"on
burned in the ~all or l.a7 •
1 -9
1879
1 00
1881
1S83
1 B3
Tr.o United Cr..:ier Foundry built a shingle
mill for Sattnlol. Holt am Compal\Y.
The tln1ted Order ,~utactur1ng and Build­ing
Compa1'l1 of Logan bought a thirty
horsepower ! -team mill and installed 1.t
twent y-five mUes up Logan canyon.
1'heunited Order Lunber COtlpl\l\V operated
log boom at the mouth of Logan Canyon .
The Bear La :e Ltr.ilber C~ rganized and
operated for two ears. 'Ibis' company we
eomposed of sa'W!t11ll operators from St..
Cnarles, Bloan1ngton, Paris and Libert II
The United ONer mUl in Logan CSn;J en
burn and J . Crowther purehased the
r ins and moved it t o the Oldn
mill site at Red Banks.
~ warda ?-tiles ope ated water-powered
eawd.ll at Bald Head south r _ von.
111l1anl Thoma cd a s wmill in Par. -
1se plus a shingle mill i.rt the HollCM
in the north edge of Paradise.
1-"
(
. "
"' ,
lDher
5
r j ,- -
Date R r. "s
If!' 1M
190 Alex ~·f. I!ill r n oaMl1l1 at the head
of Dr: saddl > Creek in Blae smith For t
190
ca "on II· orI tbi mill to prl vato land
in 1905 due to pressure fran tho Forest
So .08 Operat this tn1ll in s$Veral
l ooatio s in Blackemith For~: Canyon tr
several if rs.
Alex 'it. lUll purchased ancml8r sawmUl
and ope \,eel it one and one-hal! miles
north 0 -!onte Cristo { in the southern
end of Cache Valley.
is- l8 _ tea shown with tho sterlsl _ e approxiaate.
The tollow:1tlg photo{Jr&phs were tAY.en bout 1900. The e photo­.
gre. '1 ar , ·f tne " Kondll"ot' mill nWlltioned pnviotuUy and are
typical of cache Valley'l\ sa'Wtllilla ar t)U! th turn r the century.
FIGURE 2
"KONDIKE1' MILL - 1900
FIGURE 3
"KONDIKE" MILL - 1906
67
production. 11 the ~1II1~""". in , ~he Vall Y' could
bE) peot t o P manner, it does 5 , e idea
s to t e produe~i t~ , t could expeoted t Gaoh VQUey ' ~
r F
D te
I-ft
Te 1 ..
LBtl
TAB 5
PROFIT OF 'll t lITE PINE U. • lIU
(1C7/ -1 .' )
roduot_Oll of Lumber
p
92) ~ rt. " •
500 ti
6:.> f1
633.76 " n fT
130' n n
I 0 u-
) , 557.76 t • • ft.
Total
67 •
1,049 If
1,OS?
941
,756 -1.
, t
~ U "
1 J - " , . ! " )
I !It I I
J .,
T :)
J sts
P .• toa
J ."
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•
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. ..
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t . «
•
•• • 2
• •
5- ·r ..
•
10 /..'- _. ..
72
.......... ~ C f C JTY
.,
T. 12
T. II
~A1ITWENT 0' -.c:UI.7J1'"
'O"UT aElIYlCI
LYL.E , . WATTS, CNII'
~~TiO"NALFORE5T
UTAH-IDAHO
{'SALT LAKE MeRIDIANS
SCAL.E
L.EGEND
• Matlonll !'or • .t Ioundlry
: Ad ~a~.nt Katlonal rorlet"!ounollr'y
• ~~o~:r H~:'W":Y'
• U.S.orStd:. HI'hway KumlllN
Main Trail.
Aallroa4. I Sup.rvl ...... H .... " ... rt_
~ D I.tr i~t Ren,.r $tetion
• Gua ... or Ran,.r Station
Hou •• ,Caltin or other bulloll n~
PI .n l ~.r eamp,round
Airport
,PORT ALL FIRES I:1ERE
TO MCCAMMON
JP IIIILES
74
501
FOREST SERVICE
LOGAN
BLACKSMITH
RIVER
FORK
a
AREAS
CACHE NATIONAL FOREST
1953
1850 ' s
1860 l s
1870 ' s
3CALE
LEG END
NATIONAL FORE.sT BOUNDARY
ADJACENT NATIONAL FORE.sT BOUNDARY
MAIN MOTOR HIGHWAY
GOOD MOTOR ROAD
POOR MOTOR ROAD
TRA IL .
RAILROAD
TELEPHONE L I N E
~-~ TELEPHONE LINE ALONG ROAD
Blue .
Green
Red
1880 l s
1 90 I s
1900 t s
o PSU /,62
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