Cache Valley is a valley of northern
Utah
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and southeast
Idaho
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, United States, that includes the
Logan metropolitan area.
The valley was used by
19th century mountain men and was the site of the 1863
Bear River Massacre
The Bear River Massacre, or the Engagement on the Bear River, or the Battle of Bear River, or Massacre at Boa Ogoi, took place in present-day Franklin County, Idaho, on January 29, 1863. After years of skirmishes and food raids on farms and ranc ...
. The name, Cache Valley is often used synonymously to describe the Logan Metropolitan Area, one of the fastest growing metro areas in the US per capita — both in terms of economic GDP and population.
History
![Cachevalley](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f2/Cachevalley.jpg)
Alongside habitation by the
Shoshone
The Shoshone or Shoshoni ( or ) are a Native American tribe with four large cultural/linguistic divisions:
* Eastern Shoshone: Wyoming
* Northern Shoshone: southern Idaho
* Western Shoshone: Nevada, northern Utah
* Goshute: western Utah, easter ...
and other
indigenous peoples
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, European explorer Michel Bourdon discovered Cache Valley 1818 during a
MacKenzie fur expedition. The valley was subsequently used for the second of the annual gatherings of
mountain men
A mountain man is an explorer who lives in the wilderness. Mountain men were most common in the North American Rocky Mountains from about 1810 through to the 1880s (with a peak population in the early 1840s). They were instrumental in opening up ...
. Many of the trappers who worked in the valley came from the Hudson's Bay Company, the Northwest Fur Company, and the Rocky Mountain Fur Company. The name "Cache Valley" was derived by the
fur trappers
The fur trade is a worldwide industry dealing in the acquisition and sale of animal fur. Since the establishment of a world fur market in the early modern period, furs of boreal, polar and cold temperate mammalian animals have been the most ...
who hid their trading goods in
cache
Cache, caching, or caché may refer to:
Places United States
* Cache, Idaho, an unincorporated community
* Cache, Illinois, an unincorporated community
* Cache, Oklahoma, a city in Comanche County
* Cache, Utah, Cache County, Utah
* Cache County ...
s in that region. The use of caches was a method used by fur traders to protect their goods from theft and damage.
Mormon
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William Gardner became the first Anglo-American permanent settler in 1852. Prior to the Mormon selection of the
Salt Lake Valley
Salt Lake Valley is a valley in Salt Lake County in the north-central portion of the U.S. state of Utah. It contains Salt Lake City and many of its suburbs, notably Murray, Sandy, South Jordan, West Jordan, and West Valley City; its total po ...
,
Jim Bridger
James Felix "Jim" Bridger (March 17, 1804 – July 17, 1881) was an American mountain man, trapper, Army scout, and wilderness guide who explored and trapped in the Western United States in the first half of the 19th century. He was known as Old ...
had recommended Cache Valley due to its relative abundance of fresh water. A Mormon settler group led by
Peter Maughan arrived via
Box Elder Canyon (commonly referred to as Sardine Canyon) in July 1856 and additional settlers arrived on September 15.
Early Anglo-American settlers of Cache Valley were able to defend themselves from their perceived threat of Native Americans by creating the Cache Valley Militia. Men from the various towns in Cache Valley nicknamed "minute men" volunteered to drill, serve as watchmen, and to ride to the aid of other communities at the news of attacks and skirmishes.
On January 29, 1863, an expedition from
Camp Douglas, Utah to Cache Valley, the
United States Army
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at the request of Cache Valley settlers attacked a
Shoshone
The Shoshone or Shoshoni ( or ) are a Native American tribe with four large cultural/linguistic divisions:
* Eastern Shoshone: Wyoming
* Northern Shoshone: southern Idaho
* Western Shoshone: Nevada, northern Utah
* Goshute: western Utah, easter ...
village in the early morning at the confluence of the
Bear River and Beaver Creek (now
Battle Creek
Battle Creek is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan, in northwest Calhoun County, at the confluence of the Kalamazoo and Battle Creek rivers. It is the principal city of the Battle Creek, Michigan Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), which en ...
) in what became known as the
Bear River Massacre
The Bear River Massacre, or the Engagement on the Bear River, or the Battle of Bear River, or Massacre at Boa Ogoi, took place in present-day Franklin County, Idaho, on January 29, 1863. After years of skirmishes and food raids on farms and ranc ...
.
[Parry, Darren (2019). The Bear River Massacre: A Shoshone History. BCC Press] Officially, numbers of Shoshone dead have varied, but estimates settle around 400-500 dead, including hundreds of women and children.
This is still the largest massacre of Native American peoples by the United States government today.
Communities
''Cache County Communities:''
*
Amalga
*
Avon
*
Benson Benson may refer to:
Animals
*Benson (fish), largest common carp caught in Britain
Places Geography
Canada
*Rural Municipality of Benson No. 35, Saskatchewan; rural municipality
*Benson, Saskatchewan; hamlet
United Kingdom
* Benson, Oxfordshire ...
*
Cache Junction
*
Clarkston
*
College Ward
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*
Cornish
*
Cove
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*
Hyde Park
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Places
England
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* Hyde Park, Leeds, an inner-city area of north-west Leeds
* Hyde Park, Sheffield, district of Sheffield
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Austra ...
*
Hyrum
*
Lewiston
*
Logan
*
Mendon
*
Millville
* Mt. Sterling
*
Newton
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* Isaac Newton (1642–1726/1727), English scientist
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* ''Newton'' (film), a 2017 Indian film
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Nibley
*
North Logan
*
Paradise
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*
Petersboro
*
Providence
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*
Richmond
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* Richmond, Virginia, the capital of Virginia, United States
* Richmond, London, a part of London
* Richmond, North Yorkshire, a town in England
* Richmond, British Columbia, a city in Canada
* Richmond, California, ...
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River Heights
*
Smithfield
*
Trenton
*
Wellsville
* Young Ward
''Franklin County Communities:''
*
Banida
*
Clifton
Clifton may refer to:
People
*Clifton (surname)
*Clifton (given name)
Places
Australia
* Clifton, Queensland, a town
**Shire of Clifton
*Clifton, New South Wales, a suburb of Wollongong
*Clifton, Western Australia
Canada
*Clifton, Nova Scotia ...
* Cub River
*
Dayton
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* Egypt
* Fairview
*
Franklin
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People
* Franklin (given name)
* Franklin (surname)
* Franklin (class), a member of a historical English social class
Places Australia
* Franklin, Tasmania, a township
* Division of Franklin, federal electoral d ...
* Glendale
* Mapleton
*
Oxford
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Preston
* Riverdale
*
Thatcher
* Treasureton
*
Weston
Weston may refer to:
Places Australia
* Weston, Australian Capital Territory, a suburb of Canberra
* Weston, New South Wales
* Weston Creek, a residential district of Canberra
* Weston Park, Canberra, a park
Canada
* Weston, Nova Scotia
* ...
*
Whitney Whitney may refer to:
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* ''Whitney'' (2015 film), a Whitney Houston biopic starring Yaya DaCosta
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* ''Whitney'' (TV series), an American sitcom that premiered i ...
Transportation
![US Route 91 in the Cache Valley](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a9/US_Route_91_in_the_Cache_Valley.jpg)
U.S. Highways
89 and
91 enter the valley from the southwest as one highway, and then separate in downtown Logan. US-89 goes northeast into
Logan Canyon, and thence to
Bear Lake, a large lake in the area. US-91 goes due northward into Idaho and to reconnect with
I-15. Several state highways run through the valley: In Idaho, State Highways 34 and 36; and in Utah,
SR-23,
SR-30,
SR-101,
SR-142,
SR-165,
SR-200, and
SR-218.
The valley is served by the Cache Valley Transit District (CVTD), a zero-fare bus system. CVTD primarily serves the Logan area however offers shuttle service to Preston.
There are two airports in the valley, the
Logan-Cache Airport
Logan-Cache Airport is an airport in the western United States in Cache County, Utah, located northwest of Logan. It is owned under the Logan-Cache Airport Authority, formed by Inter-local Agreement between Cache County and Logan City in ...
and Preston Airport. Neither airport provides commercial service, however
Salt Lake City International Airport
Salt Lake City International Airport is a civil-military airport located about west of Downtown Salt Lake City, Utah, in the United States. The airport is the closest commercial airport for more than 2.5 million people and is within a 30-minu ...
is within driving distance (less than 2 hours).
See also
*
List of valleys of Utah
This is a list of valleys of Utah. Valleys are ordered alphabetically by county and then for the entire state.
Beaver County, Utah, Beaver County
* Beaver Valley (Utah)
* Hamlin Valley
* Milford Valley
* Pine Valley (Beaver, Millard, Iron coun ...
References
External links
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Bear River (Great Salt Lake)
Landforms of Cache County, Utah
Landforms of Franklin County, Idaho
Valleys of Idaho
Valleys of Utah