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'''Cache Valley''' is an [[agriculture|agricultural]] valley of northern [[Utah]] and southeast [[Idaho]], United States, that includes the [[Logan metropolitan area]].<ref name="gnis">{{cite gnis|1426257|Cache Valley}}</ref> The valley was used by [[Timeline of the American Old West|19th century mountain men]] and was the site of the 1863 [[Bear River Massacre]].
'''Cache Valley''' ''([[Shoshoni language|Shoshoni]]: '''Seuhubeogoi''', “Willow Valley”)'' is a valley of northern [[Utah]] and southeast [[Idaho]], United States, that includes the [[Logan metropolitan area]].<ref name="gnis">{{cite gnis|1426257|Cache Valley}}</ref> The valley was used by [[Timeline of the American Old West|19th century mountain men]] and was the site of the 1863 [[Bear River Massacre]]. 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==
==History==
[[File:Cachevalley.jpg|thumb|left|View across Cache Valley from [[North Logan, Utah|North Logan]], [[Utah]], June 2009]]
[[File:Cachevalley.jpg|thumb|left|View across Cache Valley from [[North Logan, Utah|North Logan]], [[Utah]], June 2009]]


Following habitation by the [[Shoshone]] and other [[indigenous peoples of the United States|indigenous peoples]], European explorer Michel Bourdon discovered Cache Valley {{circa}}1818 during a [[Donald Mackenzie (explorer)|MacKenzie fur expedition]]. The valley was subsequently used for the second of the annual gatherings of [[mountain man|mountain men]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.idahohistory.net/Reference%20Series/0244.pdf|title=The early Bear River fur trade: Bear Lake And Cache Valley|website=idahohistory.net|series=Reference Series|publisher=[[Idaho State Historical Society]]|format=PDF|year=1985|accessdate=17 May 2010}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE927295&from=fhd|title=The History of a Valley: Cache Valley, Utah-Idaho|editor-last=Ricks|editor-first=Joel E|editor-last2=Cooley|editor-first2=Everett L|publisher=Deseret News Publishing Company|year=1956|location=Logan, Utah|pages=23|accessdate=2 Oct 2015}}</ref> The name "Cache Valley" was derived by the [[North American fur trade|fur trappers]] who hid their trading goods in [[wikt:cache|cache]]s in that region.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=sa9SAAAAIBAJ&sjid=c38DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6741%2C5066695|title=You name it - there's a town for it|last=Van Atta|first=Dale|newspaper=[[Deseret News]]|location=Salt Lake City|pages=15|date=22 Jan 1977|accessdate=18 Oct 2015|via=[[Google News]]}}</ref> The use of caches was a method used by fur traders to protect their goods from theft and damage.<ref name=":0">{{cite book|url = https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE3996606&from=fhd|title=The History of Smithfield: Cache County, Utah|last=Olson|first=Leonard|publisher=[[Smithfield, Utah|City of Smithfield]]|year=1927|location=Smithfield, Utah|pages=16–17|accessdate=2 Oct 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z3Pqk9tazU4C&pg=PA61|title=Utah Place Names: A Comprehensive Guide to the Origins of Geographic Names: A Compilation|last=Van Cott|first=John W.|publisher=[[University of Utah Press]]|location=Salt Lake City|page=61|year=1990|accessdate=16 Mar 2018|isbn=978-0-87480-345-7|oclc=797284427}}</ref>
Alongside habitation by the [[Shoshone]] and other [[indigenous peoples of the United States|indigenous peoples]], European explorer Michel Bourdon discovered Cache Valley {{circa}}1818 during a [[Donald Mackenzie (explorer)|MacKenzie fur expedition]]. The valley was subsequently used for the second of the annual gatherings of [[mountain man|mountain men]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.idahohistory.net/Reference%20Series/0244.pdf|title=The early Bear River fur trade: Bear Lake And Cache Valley|website=idahohistory.net|series=Reference Series|publisher=[[Idaho State Historical Society]]|format=PDF|year=1985|access-date=17 May 2010}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/81975-redirection|title=The History of a Valley: Cache Valley, Utah-Idaho|editor-last=Ricks|editor-first=Joel E|editor-last2=Cooley|editor-first2=Everett L|publisher=Deseret News Publishing Company|year=1956|location=Logan, Utah|pages=23|access-date=2 Oct 2015}}</ref> The name "Cache Valley" was derived by the [[North American fur trade|fur trappers]] who hid their trading goods in [[wikt:cache|cache]]s in that region.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=sa9SAAAAIBAJ&sjid=c38DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6741%2C5066695|title=You name it - there's a town for it|last=Van Atta|first=Dale|newspaper=[[Deseret News]]|location=Salt Lake City|pages=15|date=22 Jan 1977|access-date=18 Oct 2015|via=[[Google News]]}}</ref> The use of caches was a method used by fur traders to protect their goods from theft and damage.<ref name=":0">{{cite book|url=https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE3996606&from=fhd|title=The History of Smithfield: Cache County, Utah|last=Olson|first=Leonard|publisher=[[Smithfield, Utah|City of Smithfield]]|year=1927|location=Smithfield, Utah|pages=16–17|access-date=2 Oct 2015}}{{Dead link|date=July 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z3Pqk9tazU4C&pg=PA61|title=Utah Place Names: A Comprehensive Guide to the Origins of Geographic Names: A Compilation|last=Van Cott|first=John W.|publisher=[[University of Utah Press]]|location=Salt Lake City|page=61|year=1990|access-date=16 Mar 2018|isbn=978-0-87480-345-7|oclc=797284427}}</ref>


[[Mormonism|Mormon]] [[Archibald Gardner|William Gardner]] became the first settler in 1852. Prior to the Mormon selection of the [[Salt Lake Valley]], [[Jim Bridger]] 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 (Box Elder County, Utah)|Box Elder Canyon]] (commonly referred to as Sardine Canyon) in July 1856 and additional settlers arrived on September 15.
[[Mormonism|Latter-day Saint]] [[Archibald Gardner|William Gardner]] became the first Anglo-American permanent settler in 1852. Prior to the Mormon selection of the [[Salt Lake Valley]], [[Jim Bridger]] 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 (Box Elder County, Utah)|Box Elder Canyon]] (commonly referred to as Sardine Canyon) in July 1856 and additional settlers arrived on September 15.


Early settlers of Cache Valley were able to keep Indian violence at bay 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.<ref name=":0" />
Early Anglo-American settlers of Cache Valley took a defensive stance toward the indigenous 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 colonies at the news of attacks and skirmishes.<ref name=":0" />


During an 1863 expedition from [[Fort Douglas, Utah|Camp Douglas]], Utah to Cache Valley, the [[United States Army]] attacked a [[Shoshone]] village at the confluence of the [[Bear River (Great Salt Lake)|Bear River]] and Beaver Creek (now [[Battle Creek (Idaho)|Battle Creek]]) in what became known as the [[Bear River Massacre]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://historytogo.utah.gov/utah_chapters/american_indians/bearrivermassacre.html|title=Bear River Massacre|website=historytogo.utah.gov|publisher=[[Utah State Historical Society]]|accessdate=2 Jan 2018}}</ref>
On January 29, 1863, an expedition from [[Fort Douglas|Camp Douglas]], Utah to Cache Valley, the [[United States Army]] at the request of Cache Valley settlers attacked a [[Shoshone]] village in the early morning at the confluence of the [[Bear River (Great Salt Lake)|Bear River]] and Beaver Creek (now [[Battle Creek (Idaho)|Battle Creek]]) in what became known as the [[Bear River Massacre]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://historytogo.utah.gov/utah_chapters/american_indians/bearrivermassacre.html|title=Bear River Massacre|website=historytogo.utah.gov|publisher=[[Utah State Historical Society]]|access-date=2 Jan 2018|archive-date=6 February 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130206111816/http://historytogo.utah.gov/utah_chapters/american_indians/bearrivermassacre.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Parry, Darren 2019">Parry, Darren (2019). The Bear River Massacre: A Shoshone History. BCC Press</ref> Officially, numbers of Shoshone dead have varied, but estimates settle around 400-500 dead, including hundreds of women and children.<ref name="Parry, Darren 2019"/> This is still the largest massacre of Native American peoples by the United States government today.<ref name="Parry, Darren 2019"/>


==Communities==
==Communities==
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==Transportation==
==Transportation==
[[File:US Route 91 in the Cache Valley.jpg|thumb|left|Looking north on [[U.S. Route 91 in Utah|US&#8209;91]] toward [[Richmond, Utah|Richmond]], [[Utah]], August 2007]]
[[File:US Route 91 in the Cache Valley.jpg|thumb|left|Looking north on [[U.S. Route 91 in Utah|US-91]] toward [[Richmond, Utah|Richmond]], [[Utah]], August 2007]]
U.S. Highways [[U.S. Route 89 in Utah|89]] and [[U.S. Route 91 in Utah|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 (Idaho-Utah)|Bear Lake]], a large lake in the area. US-91 goes due northward into Idaho and to reconnect with [[Interstate 15 in Idaho|I-15]]. Several state highways run through the valley: In Idaho, State Highways 34 and 36; and in Utah, [[Utah State Route 23|SR-23]], [[Utah State Route 30|SR-30]], [[Utah State Route 101|SR-101]], [[Utah State Route 142|SR-142]], [[Utah State Route 165|SR-165]], [[Utah State Route 200|SR-200]], and [[Utah State Route 218|SR-218]].
U.S. Highways [[U.S. Route 89 in Utah|89]] and [[U.S. Route 91 in Utah|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 (Idaho-Utah)|Bear Lake]], a large lake in the area. US-91 goes due northward into Idaho and to reconnect with [[Interstate 15 in Idaho|I-15]]. Several state highways run through the valley: In Idaho, State Highways 34 and 36; and in Utah, [[Utah State Route 23|SR-23]], [[Utah State Route 30|SR-30]], [[Utah State Route 101|SR-101]], [[Utah State Route 142|SR-142]], [[Utah State Route 165|SR-165]], [[Utah State Route 200|SR-200]], and [[Utah State Route 218|SR-218]].


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==See also==
==See also==
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{{Portal|Utah|Geography}}
* [[List of valleys of Utah]]
* [[List of valleys of Utah]]
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==References==
==References==
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==External links==
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For other uses, see Cache Valley (disambiguation).
Cache Valley
Aerial view of the Wellsville Mountains at the southwestern end of the Cache Valley, September 2009
Length50 mi (80 km)
Geography
CountryUnited States
States
Counties
Population centers
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Coordinates41°54′N 111°54′W / 41.9°N 111.9°W / 41.9; -111.9 

Cache Valley (Shoshoni: Seuhubeogoi, “Willow Valley”) is a valley of northern Utah and southeast Idaho, United States, that includes the Logan metropolitan area.[1] The valley was used by 19th century mountain men and was the site of the 1863 Bear River Massacre. 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

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View across Cache Valley from North Logan, Utah, June 2009

Alongside habitation by the Shoshone and other indigenous peoples, European explorer Michel Bourdon discovered Cache Valley c.1818 during a MacKenzie fur expedition. The valley was subsequently used for the second of the annual gatherings of mountain men.[2] 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.[3] The name "Cache Valley" was derived by the fur trappers who hid their trading goods in caches in that region.[4] The use of caches was a method used by fur traders to protect their goods from theft and damage.[5][6]

Latter-day Saint William Gardner became the first Anglo-American permanent settler in 1852. Prior to the Mormon selection of the Salt Lake Valley, Jim Bridger 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 took a defensive stance toward the indigenous 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 colonies at the news of attacks and skirmishes.[5]

On January 29, 1863, an expedition from Camp Douglas, Utah to Cache Valley, the United States Army at the request of Cache Valley settlers attacked a Shoshone village in the early morning at the confluence of the Bear River and Beaver Creek (now Battle Creek) in what became known as the Bear River Massacre.[7][8] Officially, numbers of Shoshone dead have varied, but estimates settle around 400-500 dead, including hundreds of women and children.[8] This is still the largest massacre of Native American peoples by the United States government today.[8]

Communities

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Main articles: Cache County, Utah and Franklin County, Idaho

Cache County Communities:

Franklin County Communities:

Transportation

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Looking north on US-91 toward Richmond, Utah, August 2007

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 and Preston Airport. Neither airport provides commercial service, however Salt Lake City International Airport is within driving distance (less than 2 hours).

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Cache Valley". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ "The early Bear River fur trade: Bear Lake And Cache Valley" (PDF). idahohistory.net. Reference Series. Idaho State Historical Society. 1985. Retrieved 17 May 2010.
  3. ^ Ricks, Joel E; Cooley, Everett L, eds. (1956). The History of a Valley: Cache Valley, Utah-Idaho. Logan, Utah: Deseret News Publishing Company. p. 23. Retrieved 2 Oct 2015.
  4. ^ Van Atta, Dale (22 Jan 1977). "You name it - there's a town for it". Deseret News. Salt Lake City. p. 15. Retrieved 18 Oct 2015 – via Google News.
  5. ^ a b Olson, Leonard (1927). The History of Smithfield: Cache County, Utah. Smithfield, Utah: City of Smithfield. pp. 16–17. Retrieved 2 Oct 2015.[permanent dead link‍]
  6. ^ Van Cott, John W. (1990). Utah Place Names: A Comprehensive Guide to the Origins of Geographic Names: A Compilation. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press. p. 61. ISBN 978-0-87480-345-7. OCLC 797284427. Retrieved 16 Mar 2018.
  7. ^ "Bear River Massacre". historytogo.utah.gov. Utah State Historical Society. Archived from the original on 6 February 2013. Retrieved 2 Jan 2018.
  8. ^ a b c Parry, Darren (2019). The Bear River Massacre: A Shoshone History. BCC Press
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