Bear River Watershed Historical Bibliography
A selective annotated listing of materials
in Utah State University Libraries
Originally compiled by Robert Parson, University Archivist, Utah State University,
Logan, 1994. Revised and updated by Mark Buchanan, graduate assistant, 2005.
This bibliography describes the diverse materials owned by Utah State University
Libraries that contain significant information about the geography, history, and
development of the Bear River Watershed in Utah, Idaho and Wyoming. Special attention
has been devoted to including unique or unusual materials in Special Collections &
Archives, not all of which are listed in the Libraries’ online catalog. Materials are listed
in sections according to their format and/or library location:
■ Books and Reports
■ Government Documents
■ Theses and Dissertations
■ Photographs
■ Utah State University Archives
■ Manuscript Collection
■ Quinney Library
■ Maps
■ Individual Manuscripts
■ Articles
■ Folklore Collections
■ Microforms
Books and Reports include commercially and privately published titles, documents,
reports, pamphlets, newsletters, seminar papers, biographies, diaries, and unpublished
papers. Government Documents consist of federal as well as state reports. Theses and
Dissertations describe reports by Utah State University graduate students. Photographs
list historical photographs and photo collections of the Bear River Basin. Utah State
University Archives consist of reports and publications by USU. Manuscript
Collections and Individual Manuscripts include diaries, correspondence, personal
papers, business records from engineering firms, utilities, and irrigation companies
among others. Quinney Library lists relevant documents, reports, and grey literature
housed in USU’s natural resources library. Maps include historical and contemporary
aerial depictions of the Bear River Basin. Articles contain a selected listing of Bear River
Basin specific publications from various journals the USU libraries. Folklore Collections
is a list of folklore related holdings in USU Special Collections that pertain to the
watershed. Microforms list publications and unpublished materials available on
microfilm.
Originally compiled in 1994, the bibliography was revised and updated with funding by a
Utah State University Water Initiative Grant in 2004/05. A second USU Water Initiative
Grant was awarded in 2005/06 to digitize many of the more unique materials for ready
use by researchers worldwide via the Web at Utah State University Library’s Digital
Library.
THESES AND DISSERTATIONS
Finding theses/dissertations at USU Libraries:
USU Libraries owns copies of all theses and dissertations produced by Utah State
University (called Utah State Agricultural College from 1929-1957; Utah Agricultural
College from 1916-1929; Agricultural College of Utah from 1888-1916). In almost all
cases, they are listed in the online catalog. To find them, use a General Keyword search
and the term theses in conjunction with relevant subject, author, or title words.
Example:
General Keyword: theses fish
USU theses/dissertations:
Written before 2002:
Microfiche copies, in Microform Area, filed by author
Some selected titles available in print; check online catalog
Written 2002 or after:
Print copies on shelf with regular book collection, can
borrow, check online catalog
College of Natural Resources produced theses and dissertations:
Quinney Library
Electronic access, from 1997 and after:
Utah State University students and staff can access full-text
electronic theses and dissertations (1997-) using the Digital
Dissertations database via the USU Libraries’ home page.
May purchase copies (print or microfilm) from University
Microfilms (UMI): http://www.umi.com/umi/dissertations/
All dates:
Archival print copies of almost every thesis and dissertation
produced by Utah State University, Special Collections and
Archives, library-use only.
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Theses and dissertations from other universities:
USU Libraries owns selected theses from other schools; check
online catalog. Suggested search: thesis and school name, subject,
author, or title words.
USU students and staff can access full-text electronic versions of
theses and dissertations (1997-) using the Digital
Dissertations database from the USU Libraries’ home page.
If full-text is not available, USU students/staff may request to
borrow via USU Libraries’ Interlibrary Services Office or
purchase from University Microfilms (UMI) using Digital
Dissertations database.
Amayreh, Jumah. “Lake Evaporation: A Model Study.” PhD diss., Utah State University,
1995.
Measures and analyzes the factors effecting evaporation of Bear Lake. Also
evaluates methods used to measure evaporation and provides a model for lake
evaporation.
Austin, T. Al. “Irrigation Water Management Potential in Bear River Delta.” Master’s
thesis, Utah State University, 1970. USU Call Number: TC 844.U8 A9 1970;
Special Collections Book Coll. 42 no. 50
Evaluates the present irrigation efficiencies of the Bear River Delta of northern
Utah and presents management proposals to improve irrigation efficiency.
Barker, Kenneth Warren. “Bioavailable Phosphorus in the Bear River System, Utah.”
Master’s thesis, Utah State University, 1988.
Measures the phosphorous in the Bear River System and recommends a
management plan to control algae growth.
Basha, Mohammed Ameer. “Electronic Analog Computer Hydrologic Simulation of the
Upper Bear River Basin.” Plan B report, Master’s thesis, Utah State University,
1970.
Electronic simulation of the hydrologic system of the Upper Bear River, including
evaluations of different management possibilities.
Beers, Gary D. “Rates of Algal Production and Sphaerotilus Assimilation in the Logan
River, Utah.” PhD diss., Utah State University, 1969.
Estimates the rates of gross primary production and decomposer assimilation in
the benthos of the Logan River.
Beer, Lawrence Peter. “Ground Water Hydrology of Southern Cache Valley, Utah.” PhD
diss., University of Utah, 1967. USU Call Number: Special Collections 979.2525
B392
Study to determine untapped ground water resources in Southern Cache Valley
and discuss effects of its use.
Bergersen, Eric P. “Fish Production and Movements in the Lower Logan River, Utah.”
PhD diss., Utah State University, 1973. Quinney Library
Report on study measuring the affects on fish population and movement when
raw sewage from Logan, Utah was no longer diverted directly to the river. Claims
some fish were adversely affected by this loss of nutrients.
Biesinger, James C. “Mineral and Chemical Content of the Deep-Water Sediment
Sequences of Bear Lake, Utah-Idaho.” Master's thesis, Utah State University,
1973.
Study of the chemical makeup of the sediment in the deep waters of Bear Lake.
Contains large bibliography as well as graphs, charts, and maps.
Birdsey, Paul W. “Coprecipitation of Phosphorus with Calcium Carbonate in Bear Lake,
Utah-Idaho.” Master’s thesis, Utah State University, 1985. Quinney Library
Assesses and quantifies the nutrients of Bear Lake and determines the effects of
phosphorus precipitation on these nutrient levels.
Black, Dennis Howard. “Existing and Potential Outdoor Recreation Resources in Bear
Lake Valley, Utah and Idaho.” Master’s thesis, Utah State University, 1965.
Analyzes current and potential recreational resources on Bear Lake. Includes
maps showing land ownership and land use.
Bose, Thirumurugan. “Interim Sediment Management Plan for First Dam, Logan River.”
Plan B report, Master’s thesis, Utah State University, 2004.
Shows how flushing of sediment from First Dam has killed downstream fish and
invertebrates due to poisons built up in the sediment. Proposes a plan for sediment
management that will protect downstream water quality.
Bouchard, David P. “Quaternary Bear River Paleohydrogeography Reconstructed from
87 SR/86 SR Composition of Lacustrine Fossils.” Master’s thesis, Utah State
University, 1997.
Study uses strontium isotopes as a tracer of the Bear River’s changing course.
Argues that the course of the Bear River changed three different times, affecting
the level of Bonneville Basin lakes.
Bridges, David Wilder. “Abundance, Movements, Harvest, and Survival of Brown Trout
and Mountain Whitefish in a Section of Logan River, Utah.” Master’s thesis, Utah
State University, 1963. Quinney Library
Studies acceptable circumstances for brown trout on the Logan River in an
attempt to help plan and protect their habitat.
Bright, Robert C. “Pleistocene Lakes Thatcher and Bonneville, Southeastern Idaho.” PhD
diss., University of Minnesota, 1963. USU Call Number: Special Collections
551.792 B768
Describes the geologic formations formed by the receding waters of Lake
Bonneville and Lake Thatcher in the Gem and Gentile Valleys of southeastern
Idaho. Includes descriptions of the Bear River and Bear Lake.
Brinley, Douglas Eldon. “A History and Economic Analysis of the Hyrum Reclamation
Project.” Master’s thesis, Utah State University, 1966. USU Call Number: Special
Collections Book Coll 42 no. 119
History of the building of the Hyrum Reservoir and an evaluation of its economic
impact. Includes photographs of the dam and reservoir.
Brown, Lawrence Guy. “Early Life History of the Mountain Whitefish, Prosopium
Williamsoni (Girard), in the Logan River, Utah.” Master’s thesis, Utah State
University, 1972. Quinney Library
Studies the growth, development, and food habitat of Whitefish in the Logan
River from birth to six months of age.
Burbridge, William R. “Development of an Interpretive Document for the Bear River
Migratory Bird Refuge.” Master’s thesis, Utah State University, 1972. Quinney
Library
Develops an interpretive document that incorporates current interpretative
programs to make visitors to the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge aware of
“ecological phenomenon” at the refuge.
Burnett, Paul. “Factors Affecting Spawning and Survival of Bear Lake Bonneville
Cutthroat Trout in St. Charles Creek, Idaho.” Master’s thesis, Utah State
University, 2003. USU Call Number: Library QL 638.S2 B87x 2003; Quinney
Library
Describes the spawning ecology for Bear Lake Bonneville cutthroat trout and
tracks their migration and population in the Bear River
Butts, Arthur E. “Effects of Myxobolus cerebralis on the Population Dynamics of
Kokanee in Porcupine Reservoir, Utah.” Master’s thesis, Utah State University,
2002. USU Call Number: QL 638 .S2 B877x 2002; Quinney Library
Study of the effects of Myxobolus cerebralis on kokanee in the Porcupine
Reservoir, Utah. Concludes that the Myxobolus cerebralis did not have an affect
on the kokanee.
Carman, William F. “Rendezvous State Park Planning and Design.” Master’s thesis, Utah
State University, 1979. USU Call Number: Special Collections Book Coll. 42 no.
76
Proposes a plan to build a state park on the south shore of Bear Lake. Evaluates
environmental impacts and recreational possibilities of this park.
Cerven, Daniel Richard. “Overwinter Mortality of Trout in Temple Fork of the Logan
River.” Master's thesis, Utah State University, 1973. Quinney Library
Determines mortality rates of trout in Temple Fork during the winter of 19701971.
Christensen, Dale Clair. “The Feeding Value of Certain Duck Food Plants of the Bear
River Migratory Bird Refuge as Determined by Chemical Analysis.” Master’s
thesis, Utah State University, 1938.
Analyzes duck food plants on the Bear River Bird Refuge to determine their
chemical composition and the effects of season and water depth on this
composition.
Chura, Nicholas J. “Food Availability and Selective Utilization by Juvenile Mallards
(Anas Platyrhynchos Platyrhynchos L.) on the Bear River Migratory Bird
Refuge.” PhD diss., Utah State University, 1962. Quinney Library
Studies the factors affecting availability and utilization of foods for juvenile
mallards at the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge.
Clark, William J. “An Evaluation of Methods of Concentrating and Counting
Phytoplankton of Bear Lake, Utah-Idaho.” Master’s thesis, Utah State University,
Logan, UT, 1956. Quinney Library
Evaluates the methods of counting phytoplankton, determining those most
applicable to Bear Lake. Contains graphs of findings and photographs of
equipment used to obtain them.
Clark, William J. “The Phytoplankton of the Logan River, Utah, a Mountain Stream.”
PhD diss. Utah State University, Logan, UT, 1958. Quinney Library
Evaluates the effect of phytoplankton on the ecology of the Logan River.
Clyde, Calvin G. “Sediment Movement in Bear River, Utah.” Master’s thesis, University
of California, Berkeley, 1953. Special Collections 551.353 C621
Discusses erosion, water level fluctuations, and the affect of backwater from
downstream reservoirs; projects future conditions of the Bear River.
Colyer, Warren. “Seasonal Movements of Fluvial Bonneville Cutthroat Trout in the
Thomas Fork of the Bear River, Idaho-Wyoming.” Master’s thesis, Utah State
University, Logan, UT, 2002. USU Call Number: QL 638 .S2 C678x 2002 and
Quinney Library
Study tracks the movement of Bonneville cutthroat trout in the Smiths Fork of the
Bear River to determine the “spatial scale” needed to conserve them.
Craner, Robert Leon. “Production and Waterfowl Utilization of Sago Pondweed
(Potamogeton pectinatus) on the Marshes of the Bear River in Northern Utah.”
Master’s thesis, Utah State University, Logan, UT, 1964. Quinney Library
Measures the annual production of sago pondweed on the Bear River Migratory
Bird Refuge, determines the chemical and physical factors influencing its growth,
and examines waterfowl utilization of the weed.
Crook, J.M. “Stream Flow Forecast of Bear River at Harrer, Idaho.” Master’s thesis,
Utah State University, Logan, UT, 1956.
Argues for a more accurate stream flow forecast for the Bear River above Harrer,
Idaho to help water distribution and crop programs.
Davidson, Dean F. “Some Aspects of Geochemistry and Mineralogy of Bear Lake
Sediments, Utah-Idaho.” Master’s thesis, Utah State University, Logan, UT, 1969.
Study determines the mineralogical and chemical composition of Bear Lake’s
bottom sediment and its relationship with the lake’s water.
Davis, Sterling. “The Drainage Problem in the Lewiston Area, Utah.” Master’s thesis,
Utah State University, Logan, UT, 1948. USU Call Number: Special Collections
Book Coll. 42 no. 49
Studies possible solutions to drainage problems in Lewiston, Utah. Includes a
brief history of the formation of the Cub River Irrigation Company and the area’s
drainage district. Suggested solutions include open ditch drains, buried pipe
drains, and drainage wells. Contains several photographs of different drainage
techniques.
Dunaway, William C. “Some Implications of Changing Natural Resource Use on
Leadership Structure and as a Source of Conflict in the Bear Lake Area of Utah
and Idaho.” PhD diss., Utah State University, Logan, UT, 1976.
Studies the conflict over changing water and land uses in the Bear Lake Valley.
To do this the study identifies the different interest groups, discusses the land and
water use changes, and shows how these changes could alter the power structure
in the valley.
Eberl, Steven G. “Colostridium Perfringens: an Adjunctive Indicator in Nonpoint
Pollution.” Master’s thesis, Utah State University, Logan, UT, 1986.
Studies Bear River water quality to determine potential nonpoint sources of
pollution, particularly from wastewater treatment facilities.
Ellsworth, John C. “Visual Assessment of Rivers and Marshes: an Examination of the
Relationship of Visual Units, Perceptual Variables and Preference [and] a Visual
Resource Inventory of Cutler Reservoir and its Tributary Streams.” Master’s
thesis, Utah State University, Logan UT, 1982.
Study examines people’s preferences for different water scenes on Cutler
Reservoir in Cache County, Utah. People’s opinions of color slides showing
views of the reservoir are analyzed to find their visual preferences.
Engelhardt, Katharina A.M. “Evaluation of Translocation Criteria for Trumpeter Swans
Reintroduced to Northern Utah: Habitat Quality and Interactions with Tundra
Swans.” Master’s thesis, Utah State University, Logan, UT, 1997. Quinney
Library
Evaluates the relocation of trumpeter swans in northern Utah in an attempt to
decrease population pressure on other areas.
Erman, Nancy A. “Occurrence and Distribution of Invertebrates in Lower Logan River.”
Master’s thesis, Utah State University, Logan, UT, 1968. Quinney Library
Measures invertebrate numbers and species on the Logan River throughout 1968.
Compares numbers of invertebrates above and below the sewage inlet.
Fleener, George Gordon. “Life History of the Cutthroat Trout, Salmo clarkii Richardson,
in the Logan River, Utah.” Master’s thesis, Utah State University, Logan, UT,
1950. Quinney Library
Studies the age, diet, sex, and size of cutthroat trout in the Logan River. Includes
several photographs of the Logan River, sample fish, and scales.
Fife, Marlyn. “Irrigation Water Values in Cache County, Utah.” M.A. thesis, Utah State
University, Logan, UT, 1967. USU Call Number: Special Collections Book Coll.
42 No. 233
Examines the values that farmers in Cache Valley, Utah place on water and how
those values are affected by laws and decrees.
Fok, Yu Kam. “Soil Moisture as a Factor in Streamflow Forecasting for the Logan River,
Utah.” Master’s thesis, Utah State University, Logan, UT, 1961.
Develops a method for streamflow forecasting for the Logan River using soil
moisture data.
De la Hoz Franco, Ernesto A. “Assessing the Effects of Myxobolus cerebralis and other
Environmental Factors on the Dynamics, Abundance, and Distribution of Trout
Populations in the Logan River, Utah.” Master’s thesis, Utah State University,
Logan, UT, 2003. USU Call Number: QL 638.S2 D45x 2003 and Quinney
Library
Determines the effects of Myxobolus cerebralis, a fish disease, on Bonneville
cutthroat trout in the Logan River. Also evaluates the potential linkages between
environmental factors and M. cerebralis distribution and prevalence.
Fuller, Richard H. “Some Aspects of Geochemistry of the Water and Sediment of Bear
Lake, Idaho-Utah.” Master’s thesis, Utah State University, Logan, UT, 1975.
Study of the effects of human action on Bear Lake water chemistry, including
flooding of the lake by water from the Bear River. Includes several charts and a
map.
Geertsen, Dennis Call. “The Effects of the Psycho-Social Need for Security on Irrigation
Farmers’ Behavior and Cognition Related to Water Resources.” Master’s thesis,
Utah State University, Logan, UT, 1969. USU Call Number: Special Collections
Book Coll. 42 no. 245
Studies the relationship between the expressed water needs of irrigation farmers
and their behavior in resolving those needs with regard to the Bear River Project.
Gilbert, Kristen. “Wetlands Wonders Field Experience Program: Bear River Migratory
Bird Refuge.” Plan B report, Master’s thesis, Utah State University, Logan, UT,
2002.
Describes and evaluates the Wetland Wonders Field Experience Program, a
program that teaches third, fourth, and fifth graders about wetlands using the Bear
River Migratory Bird Refuge as an example.
Gill, John W. “The Effects of Artificial Destratification on Water Quality in Hyrum
Reservoir.” Master’s thesis, Utah State University, Logan UT, 1979.
Studies esthetic and water quality problems caused by artificial destratification in
the Hyrum Reservoir in Utah.
Gillings, James Lane. “Attitudes Toward Water Resource Development, Use, and Control
and the Rural-Urban Differential in the Bear River Basin.” PhD diss., Utah State
University, Logan, UT, 1969. USU Call Number: Special Collections Book Coll.
42 no. 246
Discusses how attitudes about water resource development differ in rural and
urban communities. Specifically focuses on the Bear River Basin and the Mormon
culture within that Basin.
Goddard, Stephen V. “Factors Affecting the Waterfowl Hunter Utilization and the
Waterfowl Kill at the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, 1960-61.” Master’s
thesis, Utah State University, Logan, UT, 1962. Quinney Library
Study to determine how hunters use the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge and
explore methods that would increase utilization of the refuge.
Gresswell, Robert E. “An Evaluation of Stress induced Mortality of Stocked Catchablesized Rainbow Trout in Temple Fork of the Logan River.” Master’s thesis, Utah
State University, Logan, UT, 1973. Quinney Library
Examines causes for the increase in the mortality rate of stocked fish in the
Temple Fork of the Logan River. Concludes that stress caused by moving fish
from the hatchery to the river leads to the development of diseases that the fish
were infected with at the hatchery.
Hales, Donald C. “Evaluation of Stream Bottom Fauna Sampling Techniques as Used in
the Logan River.” Master’s thesis, Utah State University, Logan, UT, 1955.
Quinney Library
Using the Logan River as an example, this study investigates the amount of
square bottom samples needed to get the most accurate measure of fauna on a
river bottom.
Hassler, Thomas J. “Relationship of Certain Environmental Factors to Benthic Fish
Densities in Bear Lake, Idaho-Utah.” Master’s thesis, Utah State University,
Logan, UT, 1960. Quinney Library
Investigates how thermal stratification, zooplankton densities, and conductivity
changes between Bear Lake and its tributaries affect fish populations.
Haws, Frank W. “A Critical Analysis of Water Rights and Institutional Factors and Their
Effect on the Development of Logan River.” Master’s thesis, Utah State
University, Logan, UT, 1965. Special Collection Book Coll. 42 no. 34
Describes the physical setting, history, and legal controversies of Logan River
water rights. Then evaluates the benefits of a 1960's water rights controversy.
Hochberg, Amy. “Aminostratigraphy of Thatcher Basin, SE Idaho: Reassessment of
Pleistocene Lakes.” Master’s thesis, Utah State University, Logan, UT, 1996.
Study and comparison of lake-level fluctuations in Thatcher Basin with other
basins in the western United States in an effort to determine when the Bear River
entered the Bonneville Basin.
Houghten, Charles J. “Analysis of Processes to Determine Site Suitability for a Marina at
Bear Lake Utah/Idaho.” M.L.A. thesis, Utah State University, Logan, UT, 1984.
USU Call Number: Special Collections Book Coll 42 no. 182
Study attempts to inform citizens of the effects of a marina on Bear Lake.
Considers water quality and shore zone impacts in finding a suitable marina
location.
Howell, Glade F. “Early History of Malad Valley.” M.A. thesis, Brigham Young
University, Provo, UT, 1960. USU Call Number: Special Collections 979.6 H839
Describes history of Malad Valley including the Malad and Bear Rivers.
Hsieh, Chia Chu. “Water Budget of Bear River Delta.” Master’s thesis, Utah State
University, Logan, UT, 1965.
Estimates the annual outflow of water from the Bear River to the Great Salt Lake,
including losses to evaporation and unmeasured inflow from surrounding
mountains.
Hudy, Mark. “Evaluation of Six Strains of Rainbow Trout (Salmo gairdneri) Stocked as
Fingerlings in Porcupine Reservoir, Utah.” Master’s thesis, Utah State University,
Logan, UT, 1980. Quinney Library
Investigates the survival of stocked rainbow trout in Porcupine Reservoir.
Janssen, Paul Joel. “Investigation of Selected Aspects of Kokanee (Onchorhynchus
nerka) Ecology in Porcupine Reservoir, Utah, with Management Implications.”
Master’s thesis, Utah State University, Logan, UT, 1983. Quinney Library
Examines the age, growth rate, and survival rate of Kokanee in Porcupine
Reservoir and recommends management techniques.
Johnson, Jeffery H. “The Suitability of Newton Reservoir to be Either a Coldwater or a
Warmwater Fishery.” Master’s thesis, Utah State University, Logan, UT, 1971.
Study of algae and chemicals in Newton Reservoir to determine food habitats for
large mouth Bass in the reservoir.
Keith, John E. “An Economic Analysis of the Cisco Fisheries of Bear Lake, Utah and
Idaho.” Master’s thesis, Utah State University, Logan, UT, 1971. Quinney Library
Creates a demand curve for cisco fishing on Bear Lake taking into account
opportunity and cost of the activity.
Kohler, Steven J. “An Evaluation of a Self-guided Visitor Tour at Bear River Migratory
Bird Refuge.” Master’s thesis, Utah State University, Logan, UT, 1971.
Evaluates a self guided tour pamphlet of the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge
including the effectiveness of the self guided tour in telling the refuge’s story and
the satisfaction of visitors.
Kollock, Victor J. “Nonpoint Source Pollution to Bear Lake, Utah-Idaho: Magnitude,
Periodicity, and Watershed Management Alternatives.” Master’s thesis, Utah
State University, Logan, UT, 1983.
Studies pollution in Bear Lake and how different land uses pollute its tributaries.
Recommends alternatives to prevent future pollution.
Leatham, Linden J. “A Study of a Heron Nesting Colony.” Master’s thesis, Utah State
University, Logan, UT, 1947. USU Call Number: Special Collection Book Coll.
42 no. 113
Observations of a colony of herons on the Little Bear River of Utah including
“factors influencing the behavior of the birds, their relationships to other animal
of the community, economic importance, and development of the colony.”
Includes several pictures of nests and birds as well as maps of the nesting area.
Lentz, David C. “Aspects of the Feeding Ecology of the Bonneville Cisco of Bear Lake,
Utah Idaho.” Master’s thesis, Utah State University, Logan, UT, 1986. Quinney
Library
Studies the feeding ecology of the Bonneville cisco in an attempt to improve the
understanding of trophic structure and interactions in Bear Lake.
Leschin, Michael F. “A Hydrogeochemical Study of the Evolution of the Headwaters of
the Bear River in the Uinta Mountains, Utah.” Master’s thesis, Utah State
University, Logan, UT, 1997.
Studies the relationship between geology and hydrochemistry in the headwaters of
the Bear River in Summit County, Utah.
Lindvall, Mark L. “Breeding Biology and Pesticide--PCB Contamination of Western
Grebe at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge.” Master’s thesis, Utah State
University, Logan, UT, 1976. Quinney Library
Studies the breeding habitats of western grebe to determine the effects of
pollutants on reproduction. Also examines other factors that limit reproduction
such as receding water levels.
Loo, Stanley. “Distribution and Movements of Some Fishes in Bear Lake, Utah-Idaho,
1958-59.” Master’s thesis, Utah State University, Logan, UT, 1960. USU Call
Number: QL 628.U8 L66 1960; Special Collections Book Coll. 42 no.229; and
Quinney Library
Studies fish distribution at different depths and temperatures in Bear Lake.
Luce, William A. “The Phosphorus Budget of the Upper Little Bear River--Hyrum
Reservoir Watershed.” Master’s thesis, Utah State University, Logan, UT, 1974.
USU Call Number: TD 427 .P56 L82x 1974
Determines the sources and concentrations of phosphorus in the Hyrum Reservoir
and notes the effects of precipitation, mileage downstream, and stream flows on
phosphorus levels.
Mangelson, Kenneth A. “Streamflow Forecasting for the Logan and Blacksmith Fork
Rivers in Northern Utah.” Master’s thesis, Utah State University, Logan, UT,
1968.
Forecasts streamflow in both the Logan River and the Blacksmith Fork,
comparing the data with computed forecasts of the Weather Bureau, and applying
correction from soil moisture measurements.
Maw, G. Glayde. “Lake Bonneville History in Cutler Dam Quadrangle, Cache and Box
Elder Counties, Utah.” Master’s thesis, Utah State University, Logan, UT, 1968.
USU Call Number: Special Collections Utah Reel 199
Geological history of Lake Bonneville in the Cutler Dam Quadrangle including a
description of the changes in water movement between Cache Valley and Salt
Lake Valley.
McClurg, Larry W. “Source Rocks and Sediments in Drainage Area of North Eden
Creek, Bear Lake Plateau, Utah-Idaho.” Master’s thesis, Utah State University,
Logan, UT, 1970. USU Call Number: QE 79 .M23x 1970
Studies the sediment in North Eden Creek to determine sources of sediment in
Bear Lake and to identify areas of erosion.
McConnell, William J. “Chlorophyll and Productivity in a Mountain River.” PhD diss.,
Utah State University, Logan, UT, 1958. USU Call Number: Utah State
University Archives 14.7/4: 73 no. 2 and Quinney Library
Explores a method to more accurately measure production of plankton in shallow
rapid moving rivers like the Logan River.
Moreno, Edmundo G. “Seasonal Variation in the Species Composition, abundance and
size frequency distribution of Zooplankton in Bear Lake, Utah-Idaho.” Master’s
thesis, Utah State University, Logan, UT, 1989. Quinney Library
Studies of the number and type of zooplankton in Bear Lake.
Morse, Kathryn T. “Natures Second Course: Water Culture in the Mormon Communities
of Cache Valley, Utah, 1860-1916." M.A. thesis, Utah State University, Logan,
UT, 1992. USU Call Number: Special Collections Book Coll. 42 no.38
Focusing on the Logan River in Utah, this thesis examines the relationship
between Mormon cultural institutions and their use of rivers to irrigate their
fields.
Mutlag, Daood Salman. “A Study of Aquatic Insects of Logan River, Utah.” Master’s
thesis, Utah State University, Logan, UT, 1955.
Description and classification of insects found on the Logan River at twenty-five
different sites in 1953 and 1954. Suggests that further investigation will show
more insects then the ninety-one listed.
Neverman, Darcy. “The Diel Vertical Migration and Feeding of Underyearling Bear Lake
Sculpin, Cottus Extensus." Master’s thesis, Utah State University, Logan, UT,
1989. Quinney Library
Studies the migration of Bear Lake Sculpin from deep in Bear Lake during the
day to the water column at night. Argues that this movement is not in search of
food but to help with growth and digestion.
Nunan, Robert L. “Effect of Bear River Storage on Water Quality in Bear Lake, UtahIdaho.” Master’s thesis, Utah State University, Logan, UT, 1972. USU Call
Number: Quinney Library TD 224.U8 N8x 1972
Analyzes changes in Bear Lake salinity caused by storing Bear River water in the
lake.
Parkinson, Ernest W. “Bird Studies of the Bear River Marshes.” Master’s thesis, Utah
State University, Logan, UT, 1933.
Describes the history and development of the bay; the birds known to visit the
refuge; their plumage, distribution and food supply; and causes and conditions
contributing to duck sickness.
Parrish, Robert M. “A River Runs Through Us: The Bear River Watershed Education
Project.” Plan B report, Master’s thesis,Utah State University, Logan, UT, 2001.
Presents a model for watershed education based on the Bear River Watershed
Education Program. The program increases understanding and concern for the
Bear River Watershed by engaging students in water quality monitoring.
Pearson, Gregory L. “Design of Shallow Wells for Drainage by Pumping, Lewiston Area,
Utah.” Master’s thesis, Utah State University, Logan, UT, 1949.
Discusses problems with open drains in the Lewiston area and explores the
effectiveness of small shallow wells as a more efficient means of drainage.
Includes several photographs of these wells. Another thesis the following year by
Paul Pehrson continued with this research on shallow well pumping in Lewiston.
Pechacek, Louis S. “Harvest of Wild and Stocked Fish from the Logan River Drainage.”
Master’s thesis, Utah State University, Logan, UT, 1950. Quinney Library.
Investigates the pressures on stocked fish in the Logan River and suggests a
method for measuring trout harvest.
Pehrson, Paul J. “Drainage by Pumping in the Lewiston Area, Utah.” Master's thesis,
Utah State University, Logan, UT, 1950.
Investigates draining lands in Lewiston area, Utah by shallow well pumping. This
thesis continues research begun by Greg Pearson and described in his thesis
“Design of Shallow Wells for Drainage by Pumping, Lewiston Area, Utah.”
Includes graphs, maps, and photographs.
Piranian, George. “The Plankton of the Bear River Migratory Waterfowl Refuge, Utah:
Seasonal Distribution of Organisms.” Master’s thesis, Utah State University,
Logan, UT, 1937.
Early study of the microscopic organisms that occupy the waters of the Bear
River Migratory Bird Refuge including their seasonal and geographic distribution.
Powell, Floyd Alma. “Influence of Boat Density Levels on Boaters’ Satisfaction at
Hyrum Lake, Utah.” Master’s thesis, Utah State University, Logan UT, 1998.
Studies the effects Hyrum Reservoir’s boat density has on the satisfaction of
boaters.
Reeves, Henry M. “Muskrat and Waterfowl Production and Harvest on Dingle Swamp,
Bear Lake County, Idaho.” Master’s thesis, Utah State University, Logan, UT,
1954. Quinney Library
Describes the effects of the Telluride Canal on the muskrat and waterfowl
population of Dingle Swamp near Bear Lake. Recommends several solutions to
prevent declining wildlife populations and water fluctuation within the swamp.
Regenthal, Albert Frank. “A Method of Estimating Fishing Pressure and Harvest as Used
on the Logan River.” M..S. thesis, Utah State University, Logan, UT, 1952.
Describes a method to accurately estimate fishing pressure based on car counts of
fishermen and estimate fish harvest based on creel counts.
Rich, A. McKay. “The History of Montpelier From 1864-1945.” Master’s thesis, Utah
State University, Logan, UT, 1957. USU Call Number: Special Collections Book
Coll. 42 no. 107
History of Montpelier, Idaho includes brief references to available water sources
at the time of settlement, early irrigation projects, and the forming of the
Montpelier Irrigation District.
Rich, Royal A. “Limnological Studies on Hyrum Reservoir, In Northern Utah.” Master’s
thesis, Utah State University, Logan UT, 1960. Quinney Library
Studies Hyrum Reservoir to determine its suitability for the stocking of rainbow
trout. Includes an investigation of seasonal, chemical, biological and ecological
impacts on fish production.
Rich, Russell R. “History of the Latter Day Saint Settlement of Bear Lake Valley.” M.A.
thesis, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, 1948. USU Call Number: Special
Collections 979.27 B38s
History of the Mormon settlement in the Bear Lake Valley including a description
of Bear Lake and the Bear River as well as a short section on irrigation.
Riley, Larry Edwin. “Anglers’ Attitudes toward the Fisheries Management Policies of the
Logan and Blacksmith Fork Rivers, Utah.” Master’s thesis, Utah State University,
Logan Utah, 1987.
This study surveyed fisherman on the Logan and Blacksmiths Fork Rivers to
determine fishermen’s preferred fish stocking practices. Results found fisherman
prefer catching brown or cutthroat trout, prefer fish stocking to be limited to
waters which have little or no natural reproduction or production, and prefer
larger trout to be stocked even if it means smaller numbers of fish.
Roberts, Michael D. “Hydrogeomorphic Factors influenceing Clonalrecruitment of
Cottonwoods in Mountain Valleys.” Master’s thesis, Utah State University,
Logan, UT, 1999. Quinney Library
Studies the factors that influence clonalrecruitment of cottonwoods in mountain
valleys. Also discusses how cottonwoods play an important part in maintaining
riparian zones, particularly on the Little Bear River.
Robertson, George C, III. “Surficial Deposits and Geologic History, Northern Bear Lake
Valley, Idaho.” Master’s thesis, Utah State University, Logan, UT, 1978. USU
Call Number: QE 627.5 I2 R63x 1978
Describes the formation of Bear Lake and the Bear River Valley through the
Pleistocene and Holocene climatic conditions.
Ruzycki, James R. “Ontogenetic Habitat Shift of Juvenile Bear Lake Sculpin (Cottus
extensus).” Master’s thesis, Utah State University, Logan, UT, 1995. Quinney
Library
Analyses Bear Lake Sculpin shift in habitat as they mature.
Saunders, Chris C. “Future Water Demand in Cache Valley, Utah.” Master’s thesis, Utah
State University, Logan, UT, 1993.
Study and projections of water needs in Cache Valley from 1990 through 2010 in
an attempt to help secure water for future needs.
Sempek, Jerry E. “Land Use Controls as an Influence on Surface Water Quality in Cache
County, Utah.” Plan B report, Master’s thesis, Utah State University, Logan, UT,
1986. USU Call Number: Special Collections Book Coll. 42 no. 250 and Quinney
Library TD 224.U8 S445x 1986
Studies how land use affects the quality of surface water in Cache Valley. Argues
that ordinances fall short of ensuring surface water protection and suggest ways
wet lands and surface water quality can be better protected.
Sigler, John William. “Investigations of the Algal Productivity of Selected and Limited
Sites Along the Western Shore of Bear Lake.” Master’s thesis, Utah State
University, Logan, UT, 1972. Quinney Library
Studies the algae in Bear Lake to determine the effects of development on its
water quality.
Smart, Earl W. “An Ecological Study of the Bottom Fauna of Bear Lake, Idaho and
Utah.” Master’s thesis, Utah State University, Logan, UT, 1958.
Samples the bottom fauna of Bear Lake to determine what organisms are
supplying food for bottom feeding fish.
Snow, William James. “The Great Basin Before the Coming of the Mormons.” PhD diss.,
University of California, Berkeley, 1923. USU Call Number: Special Collections
979.02 Sn61
Discusses early explorations in the Great Basin including scattered references to
Bear Lake and the Bear River.
Stanley, William Dal. “An Integrated Geophysical Study Related to Groundwater
Conditions in Cache Valley, Utah and Idaho.” PhD diss., University of Utah,
1971. USU Call Number: Special Collections Book Coll. 25 no. 423
Studies the sediments in Cache Valley groundwater at the border of Utah and
Idaho in order to facilitate estimating ground water potential and under flows in
the area. Techniques included gravity, magnetic, seismic reflection, and DC
resistivity techniques.
Sterling, Michael R. “Seasonal Utilization of Sago Pondweed by Waterfowl at Bear River
Migratory Bird Refuge, Utah.” Master’s thesis, Utah State University, Logan, UT,
1970. Quinney Library
Explores the use of Sago Pondweed as a food source for waterfowl at the Bear
River Migratory Refuge. Includes studies of its use by carp and waterfowl, at
different depths, and during different seasons.
Street, Hadyn Leigh. “Water Quality as a Land Use Determinant for the Bear Lake
Valley, Utah-Idaho.” Master’s thesis, Utah State University, Logan, UT, 1973.
Explores the relationship and interaction between land use and water quality.
Tarbet, Karl L. “Evaluation of Two-Dimensional Hydraulic Modeling in a Natural River
and Implications in Instream Flow Assessment Methods.” Master’s thesis, Utah
State University, Logan, UT, 1997.
Evaluates the results of formulas for estimating water flow and determines their
accuracy in predicting stream depth and water flow.
Thompson, Brett W. “An Ecological Comparison of Two Endemic Species of Whitefish
in Bear Lake, Utah/Idaho.” Master’s thesis, Utah State University, 2003. USU
Call Number: QL 638.S2 T56x 2003
Compares Bonneville whitefish and Bear Lake whitefish in Bear Lake, examining
food resources, spatial distribution, and age of both species.
Thoreson, Nels Andrew. “An Evaluation of Trout Stocking in the Logan River
Drainage.” Master’s thesis, Utah State University, Logan, UT, 1949. Quinney
Library
Study explores and recommends the use of electric generators to stun and count
fish in the Logan River. Contains tabulated results and photographs of equipment
and crew gathering fish.
Thurmond, Robert Vance. “Canal Seepage Loss investigation in the Lewiston Area,
Utah.” Master’s thesis, Utah State University, Logan, UT, 1951.
Studies the seepage of canals in the Lewiston area to and how it contributes to the
drainage problems of the area. Contains several photographs of the equipment
used to measure seepage as well as of the canals that were measured.
Traweek, David E. “Cutler Reservoir: Interpretive Development of a Western Marsh.”
Plan B report, Master’s thesis, Utah State University, Logan, UT, 1975. USU Call
Number: Utah State University Archives 17.14:37 no. 4 and Quinney Library
Studies Cutler Reservoir in an effort to develop its interpretive facilities and
programs. Includes plans for scientific research and implementation methods.
Ward, Alan. “Morphometric Evaluation of the Whitefish Complex in Bear Lake,
Utah/Idaho.” Master’s thesis, Utah State University, Logan, UT, 2001. USU Call
Number: QL 638.S2 W37x 2001
Evaluates the different species of whitefish in Bear Lake to determine if
differences between them are inherited or environmentally induced.
West, Benjamin C. “The Influence of Predator Enclosures and Livestock Grazing on
Duck Production at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Utah.” PhD diss., Utah
State University, Logan, UT, 2002. USU Call Number: SK 453 .W57x 2002 and
Quinney Library
Investigates why duck production on the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge failed
to recover after floods in the 1980s. Concludes that major contributing factors are
low breeding pair densities and low nest success exacerbated by low availability
of quality nesting cover and the presence of a diverse community of potential nest
predators.
White, Robert G. “Endemic Whitefishes of Bear Lake, Utah-Idaho: A Problem in
Systematics.” PhD diss., Utah State University, Logan, UT, 1974. USU Call
Number: Special Collections Book Coll. 42 no. 230 and Quinney Library
Studies the species of whitefish in Bear Lake.
Willard, Allen D. “Surficial Geology of Bear Lake.” Master’s thesis, Utah State
University, Logan, UT, 1959. USU Call Number: Special Collections Book Coll.
42 no. 28
Geological study of the previous shoreline of Bear Lake to discover the geologic
history of northern Utah. Also discusses the hydrology of the Bear Lake Valley.
Includes photographs of significant geological aspects of Bear Lake Valley and a
fold-out map.
Williams, Jeff T. “Utah Boating and Fishing Survey: Applying Contingent Valuation and
Travel Cost Methods to Estimate Recreation Values in Northern Utah for the Bear
River Water Development Project.” M.A. thesis, Utah State University, Logan,
UT, 1994. USU Call Number: Special Collections Book Coll 42 no. 171
Assess the value of recreation at different reservoir sights proposed in the Bear
River Project.
Williamson, Joseph H. “Stomach Capacity, Digestion Rate, and 24-hour Consumption
Rate for the Bear Lake Sculpin, (Cottus extensus).” Master’s thesis, Utah State
University, Logan, UT, 1970. Quinney Library.
Studies the rate of energy being passed through the Bear Lake sculpin population
to determine the best population for ultimate growth. Estimates stomach size and
fullness to determine the rate of energy.
Wilson, James Robert. “Glaciated Dolomite Karst in the Bear River Range, Utah.” PhD
diss., University of Utah, 1976. USU Call Number: Special Collections 551.44
W694
Examines the land forms of the Bear River Range to identify how they developed
and what factors influence them today. The major factor focused on is the effect
of water on rock formations. Includes descriptions of the major springs in Logan
Canyon.
Wood, William Nelson “The Adequacy of the Rich County 701 plan in Controlling the
Pattern and Intensity of Land Use Around Bear Lake, Utah.” Master’s thesis,
Utah State University, Logan, UT, 1972.
Evaluates the Rich County land use plan with respect to protection and
development around Bear Lake and offers alternative planning approaches.
Wrenn, R. Scott. “A History of Water Resource Development in the Bear River Basin of
Utah, Idaho, and Wyoming.” Master’s thesis, Utah State University, Logan, UT,
1973. USU Call Number: TC 423.6 .W74x 1973
Describes different periods of water development of the Bear River and argues
that old attitudes towards water have survived from the period of pioneer
development despite technological development and a more complex legal
system.
Zarbock, William Merle. “An Ecological Study of the Utah sculpin Cottus bairdi
semiscaber in Logan River, Utah.” Master’s thesis, Utah State University, Logan,
UT, 1951. Quinney Library
Studies the Utah sculpin in the Bear River. Includes a count of sculpin in the
river, lists of the food they eat, and their effect on other game fish.
Photograph Collections:
A-Board Photograph Collection. Special Collections, Utah State University, Logan, UT.
Consists mostly of scenes in northern Utah and southern Idaho from the 1860s to
the 1970s mounted onto acid-free boards for protection. There are numerous
duplicates in the boards as well as between the boards and processed photograph
collections.
A-0016. Artist’s rendition of Hampton’s Crossing, 1869.
A-0103. Logan and Northern Canal on hillside south of USU campus, 1902.
Braced logs are seen over top of canal to prevent wash outs.
A-0119. Two views of the Logan River. One of the Logan River in Logan Canyon
and one of a canal coming from the mouth of Logan Canyon to the Island.
A-0121. Two unidentified photographs, probably canals coming from Logan
Canyon. One of men standing on bridge over river, and one of a canal with flume
in background.
A-0122. Two photographs of a bridge over a canal.
A-0123. Two unidentified photographs of boys standing near a canal.
A-0124. Two unidentified photographs of canal gates.
A-0211. Man grading road in Logan Canyon with the Logan River in the
background, 1930's.
A-0214. Horse and buggy going over canal.
A-0309. First Dam at the mouth of Logan Canyon, 1963.
A-0332. Canal in front of Logan Flour Mill, 1940.
A-0338. Spillway and power house at First Dam in Logan Canyon, ca.1920.
A-0339. First Dam at the mouth of Logan Canyon, ca. 1920.
A-0340. Two photographs of Logan Canyon power plants.
A-0341. First Dam at the mouth of Logan Canyon, ca.1920.
A-0342. Two men on bridge near First Dam in Logan Canyon, ca.1920.
A-0343. Reservoir behind First Dam, ca. 1920.
A-0346. First Dam, ca. 1920.
A-0351. Hercules Power Plant, 1896.
A-0370a. The Bear River near Petersboro, Utah.
A-0598b. Site of Third Dam in Logan Canyon before construction, 1922.
A-0599. Three photographs of the construction of Third Dam in Logan Canyon,
1923-1924.
A-0600a. Relief valve for the Utah Power & Light Company flume in Logan
Canyon, 1923-1924.
A-600b. Excavation of Utah Power & Light flume, 1923-1924.
A-0601. Three photographs of the refurbishing of Second Dam’s hydroelectric
plant and flume in Logan Canyon, 1923-1924.
A-0603. Three photographs of Third Dam construction in Logan Canyon, 19231924.
A-0604. Three photographs of construction of Third Dam spillway, 1923-1924.
A-0605a. Construction of the flume at Second Dam in Logan Canyon, 1923-1924.
A-0605b. Reservoir behind First Dam with the Utah Power & Light hydro plant in
the background.
A-0606a. Survey crew for reconstruction of Logan City Hydro Plant, 1923-1924.
A-0606b. Work crew at Third Dam construction site, winter 1923-1924.
A-0607a. Third Dam before flooding, 1923.
A-0607b. Catch basin at head of Second Dam flume.
A-0608. Three photographs of Third Dam after reconstruction, 1924.
A-0609. Three photographs of Third Dam during construction, 1922-1923.
A-0616. Photograph of the Hammond Canal diversion dam at Bear River
Narrows, ca. 1890.
A-0645. Thatcher Elevator Company mill race, 1916.
A-0646. Logan Sugar Factory with the Logan River in the foreground, 1916.
A-0647. Bear River between Cornish and Lewiston with bridge and the Cornish
Sugar Factory, 1923.
A-0676. Celebration of Hyrum Dam completion, 1934.
A-0739. Deseret Flour Mill on the Logan River during a flood, 1899.
A-0792. A bridge over the Bear River near Collinston, Utah, 1872.
A-1177. Ricks Springs, 1975.
A-1178. Draining of Cutler Reservoir, 1976. Tunnels from the Bear River Canal,
normally covered by water, can be seen.
A-1179. Bear River Canyon up-stream from Cutler Dam, 1976. Old Bear River
Canal tunnels visible.
A-1180. Cutler Dam and power house, 1976.
A-1281. Dredging barge at Camp Lifton, 1919. This barge was used for digging
and maintaining Bear Lake Canal.
A-1314. Third Dam in Logan Canyon, ca. 1960.
A-1645. West Cache Canal construction camp, 1905.
A-1646. Two boys standing in the finished West Cache Canal, 1905.
A-1718. Horse and buggy standing on bridge over canal.
A-1740. Section of highway next to Logan River, ca. 1970.
A-1746. C.R. Savage photograph of the Bear River Canyon at the diversion dam
and canals of the Bear River Canal Company, 1891.
A-1758. Artist’s rendition of toll gates at mouth of Logan Canyon, 1882.
A-1978b. Wood abutment and flume at Third Dam, 1905.
A-1979c. Group of people at Ricks Springs in Logan Canyon, 1905.
A-1982a. The Hercules Power Plant in Logan Canyon, 1905.
A-1983a. Telluride Hydro Plant in Logan Canyon, 1905.
A-1998. Hyrum Dam, ca. 1940.
A-2018a. Construction camp at Oneida Idaho, 1920. The Bear River is in the
background.
A-2026a. Oneida construction camp, 1921. Utah Power & Light Hydro Plant and
Bear River visible.
A-2077a. U.P.&L Hydro Plant at Oneida, Idaho, 1921.
A-2135a. Construction of the dam at Alexander, Idaho, 1922.
A-2135b. Work on the Alexander Hydro Plant in Bear River Canyon, 1922.
A-2136a. Dam site at Alexander, Idaho, 1922.
A-2142a. Intake valve and coffer dam near Grace, Idaho, 1922.
A-2121b. Dam construction near Alexander, Idaho, 1922.
A-2146a. Construction at the Alexander dam, 1922.
A-2150a. Wood flume construction at Grace Power Plant, 1923.
A-2150b. Dam construction at Alexander, Idaho, 1923.
A-2154. Concrete forms at the Alexander Dam site, 1923.
A-2154. Construction of wood flow line at Grace, Idaho, 1922.
A-2304. Dam and canal gates at Newton Reservoir, ca. 1960.
A-2306. Spillway at Newton Reservoir, ca. 1960.
A-2307. Sailboat on Hyrum Reservoir, ca. 1960.
A-2309. Bear River oxbows near Benson, Utah, ca. 1960.
A-2310. Water pouring over spillway at Third Dam in Logan Canyon, ca.1960.
A-2311. Porcupine Dam, 1966.
A-2312. Bridge over Bear River near Trenton, Utah, 1967.
A-2316. Ricks Springs in Logan Canyon, 1978.
A-2317a. Newton Reservoir after heavy spring runoff, 1970.
A-2317b. Flooded Clarkston hay fields and upper part of Newton Reservoir,
1970.
A-2337b. Porcupine Dam, 1978.
A-2341. Bridge over the Bear River near Cornish, Utah, 1955.
A-2346a. Frozen oxbow on the Bear River near Benson, Utah, ca. 1970.
A-2346b. Spillway at Hyrum Reservoir, ca. 1970.
A-2347. Frozen oxbow near Benson, ca.1970.
A-2353. Bear River near Trenton looking north towards Lewiston, ca. 1960.
A-2366. Hyrum Dam and Reservoir, ca. 1960.
A-2532. Garden City with Bear Lake in the background, 1930.
A-2699. Fly-fisherman on the Logan River, 1937.
A-2815. High Creek Lake looking northwest toward Cache Valley.
A-2816. High Creek Falls near footpath to High Creek Lake.
A-2888. Wood flume to Utah Power & Light’s hydro plant in Logan Canyon,
1908.
A-2889. Second Dam, Logan Canyon, 1915.
A-2899a-c. Different views of power plant at mouth of Logan Canyon.
A-2989d. Wheelon Power Plant between 1904 and 1912.
A-2901. Construction camp for the Twin Lakes Canal Company, near Mink
Creek, Idaho.
A-2961. Cutler Power Plant, dam and north side canal, 1931.
A-2962. Utah Power & Light buildings at the mouth of Logan Canyon, 1919.
A-2972. Photograph of the first water pumped into irrigation canal at Cache
Junction, July 3, 1920.
A-2977. Cutler Power Plant looking downstream from dam, 1920.
A-2982. Crowd watching first water pumped into Cache Junction Canal, July 3,
1920.
A-2984. Photograph of Cache Junction pump house located northwest of town,
1920.
A-2986. State Dam in Logan, Utah, 1919.
A-2989. Utah Power & Light flume spillway in Logan Canyon, 1919.
A-2965. Utah Power & Light flume in Logan Canyon, 1919.
A-2991. Utah Power & Light dam in Blacksmith Fork Canyon, 1920.
A-3002a. Thomas DeLamar and Arthur Fife, south of USU at the Water
Measurement Laboratory.
A-3002b. Erie steam shovel widening the Amalgamated Sugar Company canal,
May 28, 1920.
A-3002c. Pipe specialist Thomas DeLamar and Austin Fife stand in a trench south
of the Agriculture Engineering building at USU.
A-3003a. Thain Pumping Plant on the Bear River in Cache Valley, Utah, October,
1919.
A-3003b. Pumping water from the Bear River in Cache Valley, Utah.
A-3003c. Steel reinforced concrete conduit at the pumping plant on Bear River
near Cache Junction, April 30, 1920.
A-3003d. Bear River water diversion, April 30, 1920.
A-3003e. Inside the concrete pipe at the pumping plant near Cache Junction, April
30, 1920.
A-3003f. New and old “escape” on the south side of the Bear River Canal, April
30, 1920.
A-3005a. Irrigation class looking into an Oneida Irrigation Project tunnel, 1922.
A-3005b. Ray B. West showing irrigation siphon on the Bear River to a class,
May 28, 1920.
A-3005c. Irrigation class observing tunnel outlet at the Oneida Irrigation Project,
1922.
A-3060. Several scenes from Logan Canyon. One of a bridge over Logan River.
A-3004. Drilling wells near Malad, Idaho, 1919.
A-3107a. Fish hatchery in Logan, Utah.
A-3123 through A-3125. Flooding on the Logan and Blacksmith Fork Rivers,
1971.
A-3130. Locomotive Springs, ca. 1970.
A-3136. Bridge over the Logan River.
A-3144. Logan River just above First Dam, ca. 1920.
A-3145. Logan River with the Utah Power & Light cottages and power plant in
the background, ca. 1920.
A-3146. Logan River, ca. 1920.
A-3147. Logan River and the Utah Power & Light power station located a quarter
of a mile up Logan Canyon.
A-3148. Logan River measuring station just below First Dam, ca. 1920.
A-3149. Logan River looking upstream from the cottages and power plant at the
canyon mouth, ca. 1920. Flumes and spillway seen on hillside.
A-3150. Logan River just above First Dam, ca. 1920.
A-3151. First Dam and power plant at mouth of Logan Canyon, ca. 1920.
A-3152. Logan River and cottages at Utah Power & Light station located a
quarter of a mile up Logan Canyon, ca. 1920.
A-3153. First Dam’s spillway at the mouth of Logan Canyon, ca. 1920.
A-3154 through A-3158. Reservoir behind First Dam drained for repairs, ca.
1920.
A-3159. Utah Power & Light power station and cottages at the mouth of Logan
Canyon, ca. 1920.
A-3160. Panoramic view of First Dam and Canyon Road, 1919.
A-3238. Two photographs of Logan City Hydroelectric Plant dam and flume,
1904.
A-3286. Three photographs of Logan Canyon including the Utah Power & Light
flume and spillway, ca. 1915.
A-3293b. Ricks Springs.
A-3332. Two photographs of Third Dam cleaning in Logan Canyon, 1978.
A-3334. Two photographs of scuba divers preparing to clean intake at Third Dam,
1978.
A-3328. Two photographs of Bear River Canyon showing river, canal, spillway,
railroad tracks, diversion dam, and bridge.
A-3529a. Wheelon Dam in Bear River Canyon, 1905.
A-3529b. Bear River Falls in Bear River Canyon, 1905.
A-3530. Spillway and railroad trestle in Bear River Canyon.
A-3531. Spillway in Bear River Canyon.
A-3532a. Wheelon Power Plant, 1904.
A-3532b. Wheelon Power Plant, 1912.
A-3533. Two photographs in Bear River Canyon of diversion dam, canal head
gates, and Bear River Falls, 1903.
A-3534. Two photographs of Wheelon Dam in Bear River Canyon.
A-3535. Two photographs of Wheelon Dam construction in Bear River Canyon.
A-3540 through A-3555. Erosion control along Five Mile Creek during the 1950's
taken by L.M. Windsor.
A-3546a-b. Erosion at the head of Five Mile Creek one mile east of Dayton,
Idaho.
A-3546c. Willows planted at Five Mile Creek Gorge to stop erosion.
A-3546d. Scene of Five Mile Creek Gorge before erosion control structures and
planting.
A-3548a. Sand deposits at mouth of Five Mile Creek Gorge near Bridgeport.
A-3548b. Workers planting willows in creek bottoms for erosion control on Five
Mile Creek.
A-3549a. Erosion at head-waters of Five Mile Creek, 1955.
A-3549b. Workers planting Black Willows to retard erosion.
A-3550a. L.M. Winsor, specialist in irrigation and flood control, next to Five Mile
Creek.
A-3550b. Erosion control catch basin on Five Mile Creek.
A-3551a. Runoff from melting snow that overflowed into first fingers south and
west of dam across Five Mile Gulch, below Dayton, Idaho, March 3, 1955.
A-3551b. Bulldozer moving silt to correct damage of heavy spring runoff, March
15, 1955.
A-3551c. Bulldozer, working under hazardous conditions, attempts to return Five
Mile Creek to its former channel, March 1955.
A-3552d. Five Mile Creek finally cut back into its former channel, March 1955.
A-3552. Three photographs showing “drops” and dam used for erosion control on
five Mile Creek, March 1955.
A-3553a. Dam site on Five Mile Creek.
A-3553b. Bear River from Five Mile Creek Junction.
A-3553c. Completed flood control dam on Five Mile Creek.
A-3555a. Black willow limbs driven five to six feet into the ground along Five
Mile Creek below dam to aid in erosion control.
A-3555b. Slide rock dumped on side slope of Five Mile Creek’s heavy riffles to
prevent erosion.
A-3568. Logan Canyon and spillway of Logan-Hyde Park Canal with intake to
Hercules Power Plant, 1903.
A-3569. Logan Canyon and Hercules Power Company Hydroelectric Plant with
flume of Logan-Hyde Park-Smithfield Canal, 1903.
A-3570. Hercules Power Plant intake flume, 1903.
A-3571. Second Dam and mouth of intake flume for Hercules Power Plant, 1903.
A-3576 through A-3587. Cutler Dam construction, 1922-1923.
A-3682. Logan River prior to flood control project, 1972.
A-3699a. Discharge flume for the Logan Northern Canal (now covered by First
Dam), 1916.
A-3703. Logan River after flood control project, 1972.
A-3841 through A-2846. Benson Truss Bridge over Bear River, 1987.
A-3907. Aerial view of the mouth of Bear River Canyon including Cutler Dam
and the Bear River Canals, ca. 1950.
A-3908. Aerial view of the Old Newton Dam, 1940.
A-3909. Aerial view of the mouth of Bear River Canyon with the Dam and
Canals on either side of the river, ca. 1950.
A-3910. Aerial view of Cutler Dam and power plant with canals on either side of
the dam, ca. 1950.
A-3911. Aerial view of Hyrum with dam, spillway, and reservoir, ca. 1940.
A-3921. Aerial view near Benson looking south towards Cutler Reservoir, ca.
1940.
A-3922. Aerial view of Hyrum Dam and spillway, ca. 1940.
A-3923. Aerial view of north end of Cutler Reservoir near Benson, ca. 1940.
A-3924. Aerial view looking south from Newton to Cache Junction and Cutler
Marsh, ca. 1940.
A-3926. Aerial view of Bear River at Hampton’s Crossing, ca. 1940.
A-3927. Aerial view of Bear River near Corrine, Utah, ca. 1940.
A-3929 through A-3936. Aerial views of the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge.
A-3950 through A-3951. Panoramic view of the Utah Power & Light power plant
at the mouth of Logan Canyon, 1913.
A-3952. Panoramic view of Blacksmith Fork Canyon power plant, 1913.
A-4204. Men at hot springs in Soda Springs, Idaho with Bear River in the
background, 1917.
A-4312a. Man fishing on the Logan River, ca. 1930.
A-4312b. Man fishing on the Logan River, ca. 1920.
A-4405. Two girls at the edge of Tony Grove Lake with campers in the
background, ca. 1950.
A-4459. Hercules Power Company dam on Logan River, 1902.
A-4469. Three views of a man near Providence Lake, 1912.
A-4668 through A-4673. Cutler Dam construction, 1925-1927.
A-4870. Bear River Canyon with falls, train trestle, and canal spillway, 1895.
A-4874. Telluride Power Company at the mouth of Logan Canyon, 1900.
A-4876. Telluride Power Company spillway, 1900.
A-4877. Telluride Power Company at the mouth of Logan Canyon.
A-4883. Hercules Power Company buildings and Telluride canal flume.
A-4991. Aerial view of Cache Valley at convergence of Cub and Bear Rivers
looking north of Richmond, 1951.
A-4992. Aerial view looking north east from the center of Cache Valley showing
convergence of Bear and Cub Rivers, 1951.
A-4995 through A-4998. Aerial views of erosion on Five Mile Creek, Deep
Creek, and Battle Creek, 1951.
A-4999. Aerial view of Newton Reservoir, 1951.
A-5073. Bear River Canyon irrigation canals, 1890. Tunnels visible on either side
of river.
A-5532. First Dam in Blacksmith Fork Canyon, ca. 1920.
A-5539. Screens along canal at Mink Creek, Idaho.
A-5544 through A-5547. Crews widening the Logan Northern Canal, 1923.
A-5559 through A-5561. Work on Oneida Reservoir dikes, 1915-1918.
A-5583. North Side of Logan Canyon showing Logan-Hyde Park-Smithfield
Canal and power plant, 1951.
A-5591. Man fishing on the Logan River, ca. 1920.
A-5712 through A-5713. Ice jams on Bear Lake, 1974.
A-5787. Man standing on bridge in Bear River Canyon, 1900.
Agricultural College of Utah Cyanotypes. Special Collections, Utah State University,
Logan, UT. Photograph Collection P0014.
Consists of photographs taken between 1896 and 1916 of rivers, irrigation
structures, and power plants surrounding the USU campus. Several pictures are
not identified but are assumed to be the Logan River or Blacksmith Fork River.
1:05:12. Mouth of Logan Canyon from the island, 1914.
1:06:04. Students building irrigation flumes, 1901.
1:07:10. Bridge and dam over unidentified river or canal.
1:07:11. Unidentified river and dam.
1:08:09. Canals, bridges, and irrigation head-gates.
1:08:10. Canal spillway/dam.
1:08:11. Canal, water, foot bridge, and fence.
1:08:12. Canal with barn in background.
1:08:13. Canals, bridges, and irrigation head-gates.
1:15:02. River running through unidentified Canyon.
1:15:14. Horse on bridge over canal.
1:17:01. Canal with mountains in background.
1:17:22. Man standing in a river with a fly rod and trout.
2:01:24. Two boys, in a bucket hanging over a river, taking measurements for a
hydrographic survey, 1900.
2:01:25. Fishermen in fishing gear and holding their catch.
2:02:04. River running below snow covered trees.
2:04:12. Dirt road beside the Logan River as it comes out of Logan Canyon.
2:10:06. View of the power plant at the mouth of Logan Canyon.
3:07:01. Man standing by an unidentified canal.
3:07:04. Power plant and river at mouth of Logan Canyon.
5:01:18, 5:01:19, 5:08:20 and 5:08:21. Unidentified irrigation systems.
6:001. Irrigation flume watering field.
6:002. Man working on irrigated field.
6:003. Irrigation system.
6:004. Irrigation system.
6:005. Irrigation system.
6:006. Agriculture activities including views of irrigation systems and bridges.
6:007. Agriculture activities including views of irrigation systems and bridges.
6:012. Irrigated field.
6:016. Irrigation systems.
6:421. Canyon river.
6:465. Irrigation canal.
6:466. Irrigation ditch.
6:467. Agriculture activities including views of irrigation systems and bridges
6:468. Irrigation system.
7:090. Several men watching water flow into the Smithfield-Logan Canal.
8:001 and 8:159. The Hercules Power Company canal and plant in Logan
Canyon.
8:061, 8:062, 8:063. Logan Canyon and the Logan River.
8:240. The mouth of Logan Canyon and the Logan River from the Island.
8:155, 8:167-8:168. Irrigation systems.
9:015. Irrigation system.
9:017. Irrigation structure.
9:019. Canal.
9:051. Irrigation canal.
9:052. Irrigation system.
9:057. Irrigation system.
Box 10. Miscellaneous field irrigation systems.
Arrington, Leonard J., Photograph Collection. Special Collections, Utah State University,
Logan, UT. Photograph Collection P0316.
Contains various photographs of the Bear Lake Valley (1:16:01), sugar beat
irrigation including the building of a dam in Bear River Canyon (Box 2 Folder
10), the Bear River Canal (2:12:04), and the Newton Reservoir (Box 3 Folder 24).
Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge Photographs. Special Collections, Utah State
University, Logan, UT. Photograph Collection P0020.
(See paper inventory in Special Collections for more detail)
Contains photographs of the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge from 1927 to
1962. Early photographs show the construction of dikes, water control structures,
and buildings including photographs of CCC workers and their equipment. Also
included are photographs of birds, their nests, eggs, and predators. A few
photographs of employees and prominent visitors are also included.
Blacksmith Fork Canyon Photographs. Special Collections, Utah State University,
Logan, UT. Special Collections Photograph Collection P0026.
Contains photographs of a family camping trip in the Blacksmith Fork Canyon in
1908 including family members wading in the river (1:01:13, 1:01:15, 1:01:17)
and a women holding a fish with the river in the background (1:01:08).
Bossard, Edgar B., Collection. Special Collections, Utah State University, Logan, UT.
Photograph Collection P0111.
Contains postcards from a 1914 Bear Lake vacation (9:18).
Cardon, Bartlie T., Photograph Collection. Special Collections, Utah State University,
Logan, UT. Photograph Collection P0005.
Contians photographs of Logan taken by Cardon from 1920-1940. Two
photographs of the Logan River at the mouth of Logan Canyon are included
(1:06:09-1:06:10).
Cohn, Maxwell D., Photograph Collection. Special Collections, Utah State University,
Logan, UT. Photograph Collection P0007.
Contains two albums of photographs taken between 1901 and 1902 while Cohn
was a student at the Utah Agricultural College including fishing trips in Logan
Canyon (Album 2, photos 26, 59, and 68), boys skinny dipping (Album 1, photo
87), and scenery of the Logan River (Album 2, photos 16, 28, 33, 54, 80, and
120). There are several photographs of the Hercules Power Company Canal
during different stages of completion (Album 2, photos 18, 20, 61, 107, and 113)
and photographs of the Logan Smithfield Canal flume (Album 2, photos 100 and
106).
Compton Studio Photograph Collection. Special Collections, Utah State University,
Logan, UT. Photograph Collection P0313.
Contains several photographs of the Bear River including the Wheelon Power
Plant, the Eastside Canal, Bear River Canyon, and the Last Chance Canal.
Photographs, relevant to the Bear River, are listed below by subject.
Bear River Canyon: C-0323 (1906), C-0370 (1905), C-0444 (1905), C-0445
(1905), C-0446 (1905), C-0539 (1903).
Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge: 1928:0292a, 1930:0017d.
Box Elder Canyon: C-0075 (1909), C-0100 (1910), C-0153 (1911), C-0164
(1911), C-0475 (1910), C-0476 (1910), C-0477 (1910), C-0549.
Bridges: C-0041 (Hampton Ford 1893); C-0339 (Bear River); C-0479, C-0480, C0481 (Railroad at Corrine 1905); C-0461 (Box Elder Creek 1916), C-0593
through C-0595 (Box Elder Creek 1913).
Brigham City First Culinary Water Reservoir: C-0110 (1892).
East Side Irrigation Canal: C-0319 (1905), C-0447 (1905), C-0448 (1905), C0518 (1905).
Last Chance Canal: C-0742 (1905), C-0744 (1905), C-748 (1905), C-0765 (1905).
Maple Spring Trout Hatchery: C-0314 through C-0317 (1908), C-0462 (1908).
Sardine Canyon: C-0327 (1910), C-0375 (1910).
Westside Canal: C-0449 (1905).
Wheelon Power Plant: C-0063 (1900-1910), C-0066, C-0067 (1900-1910), C0114 (1905), C-0182 (1905), C-0338 (1905).
Willard Canyon: C-0375 through C-0377 (1910).
Dewitt/Palmer Photograph Collection. Special Collections, Utah State University, Logan,
UT. Photograph Collection P0124.
Contains Dewitt and Palmer family photographs from 1870-1930. Included are
photographs of the spillway at Third Dam in Logan Canyon (1:08:10), two of
Bear Lake shore (1:06:08), people fishing on the Logan River (1:10:09-1:10:10),
and Ricks Springs (1:11:01-1:11:03).
Echeverry, B.A., Water Reclamation Photograph Collection. Special Collections, Utah
State University, Logan, UT. Photograph Collection P0104.
Photographs of several canal projects taken from 1900-1917 including the Bear
River Canal (Box 2 Folder 1) and Twin Lakes Canal crossing the Bear River (Box
5 Folder 4).
Ellsworth, S. George, Photograph Collection. Special collections, Utah State University,
Logan, UT. Special Collections Photograph Collection P0025.
Photographs collected by USU history professor George Ellsworth. Includes
scattered images relevant to the Bear River including the Bear River Migratory
Bird Refuge (3:01:09-11), Hampton’s Bridge (05:05a:04), Logan-Hyde ParkSmithfield Canal (5:14:09), a bridge over Bear River in Box Elder County, 1869
(6:09:01), Bear River Canyon (6:10:22), swimmers at Rendezvous Beach on Bear
Lake, 1979 (06:22:01), canal in front of the Logan Flour Mill, 1940 (9:06:21), a
head gate on the Logan River, 1940 (9:06:23), and Telluride Power Plant in
Logan Canyon (13:41).
Ferrin, Luann, Photograph Collection. Special Collections, Utah State University, Logan,
UT. Photograph Collection P0127.
Contains a photograph of the Telluride Power Plant at the mouth of the Logan
Canyon, 1903 (1:04:01).
Herald Journal Photographs (1969-1990). Special Collections, Utah State University,
Logan, UT. Special Collections Photograph Collection P0001.
This collection contains photographs, negatives, and contact sheets taken by the
Herald Journal. Many show the Bear River Watershed.
Box 2:253. Several Cache Valley reservoirs, including Oneida Reservoir and
Twin Lakes reservoir, 1973.
Box 4:134. Logan River.
Box 5:183. Logan River swimming accident, 1972.
Box 7a 1984:02:06. People fishing at Hyrum Reservoir.
Box 7a 1984:3:17. River flowing over its banks, possibly the Bear River.
Box 8 1984:5:12. Flooded county road near Millville.
Box 8 1984:5:17. Nibley flood.
Box 8 1984:5:19. Cache Valley flood.
Box 8 1984:05:29. Flood waters in Logan Canyon.
Box 8a 1984:05:61. Road damage from flood waters.
Box 8a 1984:06:01. Man fishing from canoe in lake.
Box 8a 1984:06:03. Girl displaying fish caught at Wellsville Reservoir.
Box 8a 1984:06:04. Foot bridge placed over Logan River during flood.
Box 8a 1984:06:06. Flooded farm.
Box 8a 1984:07:03. Man stocking the Logan River with fish.
Box 11a 1985:04:26. Cutler Dam.
Box 13 1985:06:44. Kids swimming in canal.
Box 18:01:14. Sail boat and a man fishing on Bear Lake, May 1986.
Box 18:08:08-09. People fishing at Twin Lakes Reservoir, May 1989.
Box 18:09:17. A man standing next to the Logan River at the mouth of Logan
Canyon, June 1989.
Box 18:11:11-13. A water skiing tournament at Newton Reservoir, July 1989.
Box 19:01:22. Three men in a river with fish-nets, as part of the stream
rehabilitation program, 1989.
Box 19:03:20. The forest service placing logs in a river, 1989.
Box 20:08:06. Backhoes digging a trench to lay pipe as part of the Smithfield
irrigation project, 1990.
Box 20:13:05. A crane positioned on a boat pulling debris from an unidentified
lake, 1990.
Box 20:13:08. Ray Hugie Hydro Park and the Logan River, 1990.
Box 21:07:22. A man waterskiing, 1991.
Box 21:08:20-21. A man taking river samples as part of the 1991 Bear River
Water Quality Project.
Box 21:14:13. Water recreational activities including fishing, boating, and water
skiing 1991.
Box 22:03:36. A man and young girl with kayak on a river, 1991.
Box 22:04:17. A footbridge over a river, 1991.
Box 22:05:04. Two men near dam water control valves, 1991.
Box 22:07:07. Two boys fishing, 1991.
Box 22:08:10. Man and young girl ice fishing, 1991.
Box 23:03:16. Dead livestock and trash in ditch on road-side, 1992.
Box 23:05:30. A group of people boating on Bear Lake, 1992.
Box 24:07:03. Unidentified river, May 1993.
Box 24:08:01. The Bear River littered with trash including abandoned cars and
dead livestock, May 1993.
Box 24:11:08. The sunset over Hyrum Lake, July 1993.
Box 24:11:11. The Bear Lake area including Bear Lake Marina and a cutthroat
trout display, July 1993.
Box 24:12:03. Mrs. Coons fishing with a young boy, July 1993.
Box 25:01:02. Cutler Marsh, September 1993.
Box 26:08:01. A man sitting in chair fishing below canal head-gates, 1994.
Box 27:01:04. Birds in unidentified lake or river, April 1994.
Box 27:03:11. Two men working on diversion gates labeled, “Irrigation guys
Rick Fonnesbeck, Don Andrews and Blaine Morris, May 5, 1994.”
Box 27:06:16. A women and a lake or river in background, June 1994.
Box 27:06:28. Bear Lake water-users meeting, June 1994.
Box 27:06:31. Recreational activities at First Dam including dog and sunbathers,
June 1994.
Box 28:12. Water recreational activities on the Bear River including fishing,
boating, and canoeing including the Bear River during a canoe trip showing
livestock grazing along the river, litter in the river including abandoned cars, and
birds (28:12:7-9 & 22-23).
Box 29:03:19. Group of people collecting samples from a river.
Box 29:07:17. Broken bridge over river.
Box 29:10:04. Two men from Western Mechanical Inc. on a river bank.
Box 30:03:32. Bob Clark standing near the Little Bear River.
Box 30:03:38. Lifton pumping station at Bear Lake.
Box 31:02. Photographs of recreational activities including swimming, boating,
and water skiing. Also included are photographs of pelicans on the Bear River,
repairs to Cutler Dam, and the remains of Wheelon Dam.
Box 31:06:13. A truck parked in the bed of a dry reservoir.
Box 31:06:15. Trash in the Bear River labeled, “Bear River Beauty.”
Box 31:06:22. Aerial view of Oneida Reservoir.
Larsen Family Photograph Collection. Special Collections, Utah State University, Logan,
UT. Photograph Collection P0006.
Contains Larsen family portraits, and one photograph of the spillway at Second
Dam in Logan Canyon (1:27).
Martineau, J.H., Cache County Plat Maps. Special Collections, Utah State University,
Logan, UT. Photograph Collection P0322.
Photographs of Cache County plat maps drawn by J.H. Martineau between 1860
and 1876. The originals are located at the Cache County Court House.
Pederson, Gary, Photograph Collection. Special Collections, Utah State University,
Logan, UT. Photograph Collection P0323.
Scenes of rivers and lakes of northern Utah and southern Idaho taken between
1990 and 1997.
Box 1. Mounted photographs from an exhibit on the Bear River including Bear
River at Soda Springs (01:01), canal near Grace, Idaho (01:02), the Bear River
“tube” at Grace, Idaho (01:03), and the Last Chance Canal (01:04).
Box 2. Mounted photographs of the Bear River including Hayden Fork (02:23),
the Bear River below Preston Airport (02:21, 02:22), lakes and ponds of the
Uintas (02:01-04, 02:24), the Bear River below Bear River Narrows (02:05), and
the Last Chance Canal (02:06-11). Other unidentified streams, rivers, and ponds
are also included.
Box 3. Water scenes including the Last Chance Canal (Folder 5 duplicates of
02:06-11), the Bear River at the Bear River Massacre sight (Folder 7), the Bear
River near Preston airport (Folders 8-10), the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge
(Folders 11, 13), the Bear River near Cokeville, Wyoming (Folders 15, 16),
Oneida Narrows (Folders 17-18), Woodruff Narrows (Folders 19-20), and the
Bear River below Cutler Dam including Bear River City and Garland (Folders 2125, 33).
Box 4. Negatives of photographs listed above.
Postcard Collection. Special Collections, Utah State University, Logan, UT. Photograph
Collection P0031.
Includes several postcards of the Bear River Watershed including Logan Canyon,
1935 (UT:044); Ricks Springs, 1935 (UT:45); The Cascade, 1935 (UT:46); Bear
River Canyon, 1930 (UT:056); Telluride Power plant at the mouth of Bear River
Canyon, 1930 (UT:057); Logan Canyon showing the Logan river and a power
plant, 1900 (UT:058); and the Logan River, 1940 (UT:073).
Reynolds, H. Reuben, Photographs. Special Collections, Utah State University, Logan,
UT. Photograph Collection P0004.
Photographs taken by Utah State University art professor H. Reuben Reynolds
from 1930-1960 including scattered photographs of Bear Lake and the Logan
River.
Box 7 Series 118. Bear Lake and the surrounding area, mostly scenic views.
Box 8 Series 131. Logan Canyon including photographs of the Logan river dams,
1946 (131:16, 131:15, 131:06).
Box 8 134. Mantua including ponds and dam (134:01).
Savage, C.R., Photograph Collection. Special Collections, Utah State University, Logan,
UT. Photograph Collection P0038.
Photographs taken by early Mormon photographer Bear River Canyon showing
the railroad trestle, Bear River, and Wheelon Dam in the distance, 1891 (1:052
oversize Box).
Schmid, Peter F., Photograph Collection. Special Collections, Utah State University,
Logan, Utah. Photograph Collection P0314.
As the photograph curator for Utah State University, Schmid photographed
several Cache Valley events including the emptying of First Dam on the Logan
River in1992 (01:01:01), a tour of the Twin Lakes Canal Company (fd. 2), and
1993 aerial photographs of Cache Valley including the Logan River (1:09:05), the
Logan City settling ponds (1:07:01), the mouth of Logan Canyon (01:13:01), First
Dam (1:08:02), Cutler Reservoir (01:10:03), Newton Reservoir (01:10:05), Worm
Creek Reservoir (01:11:05-06 & 01:12:01), and Oneida Narrows Reservoir
(01:12:02-03).
Smith, Arthur, Range Management Photograph Collection. Special Collections, Utah
State University, Logan, UT. Photograph Collection P0021.
Contains a photograph of a floating island beached by subsiding waters at Tony
Grove Lake, 1941 (1:09:01).
Somers, Raymond, Photograph Collection. Special Collections, Utah State University,
Logan, UT. Photograph Collection P0324.
Box 3. Hampton’s Ford, 1899 (Folders 1-4).
Box 4. Logan Canyon showing the river (fd. 11), a postcard of a power plant on
the Logan River (04:12:14), and a postcard of a canal in Logan (04:12:13).
Box 5. A bridge over Main Street in Logan, Utah and several photographs of
Logan Canyon, 1905 (5:17-5:24).
Box 6. The bridge upstream from First Dam in Logan Canyon (06:277), a rock
formation along the Logan River (06:278), and First Dam (06:281). Also several
photographs of unidentified rivers, canyons, and lakes (06:264-267, 06:452-478).
Box 7. Unidentified hydroelectric flumes (07:073-076 &07:095-096), and several
unidentified lakes and rivers, 1908 (07:122-123, 07-126-127, 07:133-136, 07:138,
& 07:153-155).
Sorosis Society Sorority Photograph Collection. Special Collections, Utah State
University, Logan, UT. Photograph Collection P0139.
Two photographs taken between 1910 and 1920 of sorority girls posed along the
Logan Canal (1:10:07) and the Hercules Flume at the mouth of Logan Canyon
(1:10:16).
Sun Pictures of Rocky Mountain Scenery. Special Collections, Utah State University,
Logan, UT. Photograph Collection P0019.
Includes two albumen photographs of Moore Lake at the headwaters of the Bear
River (Images 1 &14).
Thatcher Family Photographs. Special Collections, Utah State University, Logan, UT.
Photograph Collection P0036.
Photographs of a family camping trip in Logan Canyon with the Logan River
(3:35-48).
Twin Lakes Canal Company Photograph Collection. Special Collections, Utah State
University, Logan, UT. Photograph Collection P0029.
The Twin Lakes Canal Company photograph collection consists of 216 color
slides and 43 photographs showing canals, watercourses and reservoirs, canal
building and maintenance, pipeline maintenance, and construction projects of the
Twin Lakes Canal Company from 1917 to the 1990s.
U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Fisheries (1929-1935). Special Collections,
Utah State University, Logan, UT. Photograph Collection P0016.
Contains one folder of Bear Lake Migratory Bird Refuge images showing dikes,
birds, and buildings (1:13:1-9).
Utah Cooperative Extension Division. Special collections, Utah State University, Logan,
UT. Photograph Collection P0017.
Box 6. Several photographs of reservoirs, canals, dams, and rivers including
Hyrum Reservoir (06:04), a cement water holding structure (06:05), a man
irrigating a field (06:11-12), a water pipe in a field (06:13), and an unidentified
irrigation ditch (06:14).
Utah State University County Extension Agent Report Photographs. Special Collections,
Utah State University, Logan, UT. Photograph Collection P0138.
Contains various photographs of the Bear River including the 1935 construction
of Woodruff’s culinary Water System (7:16:17-18), the Bear River Valley in Rich
County, 1935 (7:16:16), the Bear River at the point of a proposed Weber County
Canal, 1919 (17:10:02), Cutler Dam, 1940 (21:22:09), and a pump on the Bear
River, 1922 (23:29:02).
Utah State University Historical Photo-board Collection. Special collections, Utah State
University, Logan, UT.
Utah State University during its first hundred years including photographs of
irrigation works and other water related resources and irrigation structures on the
experiment farms, ca. 1908 (USU A-0374, USU A-0377, USU A-1206),
construction of the Water Research Lab, 1964-1965 (USU A-0962, USU A0127b), a group of men taking river samples, 1950's (USU A-0755b), a group of
men and women sitting on log bridge possibly over the Logan River, ca. 1920
(USU A-1196), head gates of an unidentified irrigation system (USU A-1570a), a
man squatting by an irrigation ditch (USU A-1585b), and men watching water
flow into an irrigation system, ca.1900 (USU A-1589a).
Wennegren, Mae Crookston, Photograph Collection. Special Collections, Utah State
University, Logan, UT. Photograph Collection P0130.
Photographs of Logan Canyon during the 1910's including several of the Logan
River (1:031-1:033), White Pine Lake (1:034-1:035), and the reservoir behind
First Dam (1:062).
Windsor, L.M., Photograph Collection. Special collections, Utah State University, Logan,
UT. Photograph Collection P0343.
Contains photographs taken by irrigation and flood control specialist L.M.
Windsor. Includes photographs of the construction of the Woodruff Reservoir,
1926 (2:144, 2:146, 2:147, 2:181, and Box 5 Folder 11), and the Bear River
Migratory Bird Refuge including survey crews, potential locations for river
control structures, equipment, and birds, 1928 to 1930 (Box 2 and Box 3).
Utah State University Archives
Andrews, Wade H. Papers, 1949-1969. Special Collections and Archives, Utah State
University, Logan, UT. USU call number: University Archives 17.16: 17.
Utah State University Professor of Sociology Wade H. Andrews studied the social
repercussions of natural resource development. Part of this collection consists of
interviews, newspaper clippings, reports, study notes, and meeting minutes
relating to the Bureau of Reclamation’s 1962 Bear River Project.
________. Function of Social Behavior in Water Resource Development. Logan: Utah
State University, Institute for Social Science Research on Natural Resources,
1970. USU call number: Main Library HD 1695. B42 A53; also University
Archives 17.16: 37 no. 1
This report investigates the 1962 Bear River Project by arguing that how a
community reacts to an irrigation project is important, though rarely considered.
________. Social Case History of a Water and Land Use Decision in the Bear River
Basin. Logan: Utah State University, 1973. USU call number: University
Archives 17.13: 59 no. 4
This report proposes a study to examine the social consequences of and conflicts
over interstate water use in the Bear River Basin. The report includes a
preliminary bibliography and projected expenses for the study.
________, and William C. Dunaway. Social Effects of Changes in Uses of Bear Lake, an
Interstate Body of Water. Logan: Utah State University, 1975. USU call number:
University Archives 17.16: 37 no. 5
This report examines the reactions of land owners and government officials to
changes in the uses of Bear Lake.
Annual Report of Agricultural Activities, Weber County Farm Bureau, 1919. Logan: Utah
Cooperative Extension Service, 1919. USU call number: University Archives
19.1/1: 47 Box 88, 1919
This report discusses the development of reservoirs in Weber County, including a
proposal to construct a canal from the Bear River to Weber County.
Barker, Kenneth W., Darwin L. Sorensen, Jay C. Anderson, Jean M. Ihnat. Bear River
Water Quality: Bioavailable Phosphorous Measurement, Sources, and Control.
Logan: Utah Water Research Laboratory, 1989. USU call number: University
Archives 17.9: 63 no. 18.
This report studies algae growth in existing Bear River reservoirs in anticipation
of the construction of additional reservoirs in the lower basin of Bear River.
Bear Lake Nomination for Aquatic Study Site in the Desert Biome. Logan: Utah State
University, 196[?]. USU call number: University Archives 17.24: 73 no. 2
This cooperative study involving Idaho State University, Weber State College,
University of Utah, Brigham Young University, and Utah State University
proposes having Bear Lake selected as an aquatic study site in association with
the Northern Biome Studies of International Biological Productivity Programs.
Bear River Water Quality: Phosphorus Control and the Impacts of Exchanging Water
with Willard Reservoir. Logan: Utah Water Research Laboratory, 1987. USU call
number: University Archives 17.9:73 no. 67
This report studies phosphorus in the waters of the Bear River to determine its
role in algae growth. It identifies areas with above average phosphorus, and
evaluates phosphorus management practices to determine the amount of bioavailable phosphorus carried by different tributary streams.
Beers, Gary D., and John M. Neuhold. Study of Biological, Chemical and Physical
Nature of Water Quality Factors Under Utah Conditions, Annual Reports 19651970. Logan: Utah State University, Department of Wildlife Resource, 1970.
USU call number: University Archives 14.7/4: 56
This study measures water quality before and after construction of the sewage
water holding lagoons, and reports on water quality in the Logan River from 1965
to 1970.
Blue Prints Oneida Development Dike. Salt Lake City: Utah Power and Light, 1917.
USU call number: University Archives 19.1: 73 no. 42
This collection consists of blue prints and specifications for Oneida Narrows
Dam, northeast of Preston, Idaho.
Clyde, Calvin G., J. Paul Tullis, and Ronald W. Jeppson. Fielding Ditch Pipeline
Computer Simulation Study. Logan: Utah Water Research Laboratory, 1981.
USU call number: Main Library TD224.U8 H93 1981; and University Archives
17.9: 58r no. 11.
This report assesses the structural failure of the Fielding Ditch Company Pipeline
in Box Elder County.
________., Ronald Jeppson, and Win-Kai Liu. Groundwater Model of Cache Valley,
Utah. Logan: Utah Water Research Laboratory, 1984. USU call number: Main
Library TD224.U8 H93 1984-4; and University Archives 17.9: 58r no. 19
“This report describes the development, calibration and use of a quantitative,
predictive management model for the groundwater in the Utah portion of the
Cache Valley in northern Utah.”
Comprehensive Water Quality Management Plan for the Bear River System in the State
of Utah. Logan: Utah Water Research laboratory in cooperation with Utah Bureau
of Environmental Health, 1974. USU call number: University Archives 17.9: 73
no. 30
This report recommends adoption of a water quality plan in conjunction with
construction of new water treatment facilities.
Conference on Pollution of Interstate Waters of the Bear River, Utah, Wyoming, Idaho.
Washington D.C.: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1958.
USU call number: University Archives 20.13/1 no. 16; and Special Collections
628.16 C76
On October 8, 1958, a water quality conference was held at Utah State University.
This is the published proceedings, which discusses the effects of sewage from
municipal and industrial sources on Bear River from Evanston, Wyoming,
downstream to the Great Salt Lake.
Cronin, Eunice A. Progress Report: An Ecological Survey of Aquatic Fungi of Cache
Valley. USU call number: University Archives 17.13: 58 no. 20
This unpublished report evaluates fungi as a pollution indicator in Bear River.
Drury, Douglas d., Danald B. Porcells, and Robert A. Gearheart. The Effects of Artificial
Destratification on the Water Quality and Microbial Populations of Hyrum
Reservoir. Logan: Utah Water Research Laboratory, 1975. USU call number:
Main Library TD224.U8 D79x 1975; and University Archives 17.9: 58e no. 6
This report studies the effects of artificial de-stratification (displacing warm
surface waters with colder deep waters) as a means of controlling algae to
improve water quality in Hyrum Reservoir.
Duty of Water Under the Bear River Compact: Field Verification of Empirical Methods
for Estimating Depletion. Utah Agricultural Experiment Station research report
125. Logan: Utah Agricultural Experiment Station, 1989. USU call number:
University Archives 18.5 no. 125
Cooperative study involving Wyoming, Utah and Idaho to determine the amount
of water needed to irrigate crops in the upper and middle Bear River Valley, and
to "develop a methodology to estimate historical depletions."
Fortier, Samuel. The Water Supply of Cache Valley. Utah Agricultural Experiment
Station, bulletin 50. Logan: Utah Agricultural Experiment Station, 1896. USU
call number: University Archives 18.1 no. 50
This is the first detailed study of ground water resources in Cache Valley,
including springs and tributaries of Bear River.
________. The Carrying Capacities of Irrigation Canals. Utah Agricultural Experiment
Station bulletin 71. Logan: Utah Agricultural Experiment Station, 1900. USU call
number: University Archives 18.1 no. 71
This study determines the condition of major canals in northern Utah. It lists the
carrying capacities of sixty-four different canals.
Greaves, J.E., and C.T. Hirst. Composition of the Irrigation Waters of Utah. Utah
Agricultural Experiment Station bulletin 163. Logan: Utah Agricultural
Experiment Station, 1918. USU call number: University Archives 18.1 no. 163
This report measures the salts in the Bear River, Little Bear River, Logan River,
Cub River, and other rivers and streams used for irrigation to determine if salt
levels exceeded tolerances for irrigation.
Gresswell, Robert E., and Clair B. Stalnaker. “Post-Stocking Mortality of Catchable-Size
Rainbbow Trout in Temple Fork of the Logan River, Utah.” Proceedings of the
Utah Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters , vol. 51 (1974). USU call number:
University Archives 17.19: 66 no. 25
This report explores the mortality rate of rainbow trout in the Temple Fork of the
Logan River.
Hill, Robert W., Eugene K. Israelson, A. Leon Huber, and J. Paul Riley. Hydrologic
Model of the Bear River Basin. Logan: Utah Water Research Laboratory, 1970.
USU call number: University Archives 17.9: 58a no. 66; and Quinney Library
Document 4220
This report compares the observed and computed outflow hydro-graphs for each
sub-basin of the Bear River. These comparisons were used to predict the effects of
various possible water resource management alternatives.
________., Eugene K. Israelsen, and J. Paul Riley. Computer Simulation of the
Hydrologic and Salinity Flow Systems Within the Bear River Basin. Logan: Utah
Water Research Laboratory, 1973. USU call number: University Archives 17.9:
58a no. 95
This reports on a computer simulated model of the Bear River used to predict the
“monthly values of water and salt outflow from river basins containing irrigated
agriculture.”
________. Procedures for Estimating Depletion in the Lower Bear River Basin in Idaho.
Logan: Utah State University, 2003. USU call number: University Archives
14.4/2: 63 no. 17
Prepared for Pacificorp, this report on the depletion of water in Bear Lake,
Caribou, and Franklin Counties of Idaho includes tables for crops, dairy,
livestock, municipal and industrial uses from 1976-1996.
Harris, F.S. The Duty of Water in Cache Valley, Utah. Utah Agricultural Experiment
Station bulletin 173. Logan: Utah Agricultural Experiment Station, 1920. USU
call number: University Archives 18.1 no. 173
This report studies crop yields under different amounts of irrigation water on
Cache Valley soils.
Hart, George E., Alvine R. Southard, and J. Stewart Williams. Influence of Vegetation
and Substrate on Streamwater Chemistry in Northern Utah. Washington D.C.:
Office of Water Resource Research, 1973. USU call number: University Archives
17.9: 73 no. 58
This study reports the effect of vegetation on water quality in rivers of northern
Utah. Study sites include the Blacksmith Fork and Logan Rivers.
Haws, Frank W. Water Related Land Use In the Bear River Drainage Area; Utah Study
Unit no. 2. Logan: Utah Water Research Laboratory, 1969. USU call number:
University Archives 17.9: 58a no. 1
This report documents water related land use data obtained through aerial
photographs and on-site identification in the Bear River Basin. Maps show roads,
canals, springs, rivers, railroads, and crops grown in each field.
Hoagland, John F., David C. Iverson, and Lawrence F. Davis. Methods for Determining
Recreational, Environmental and Economic Consequences of Alternative
Development Programs for the Bear Lake Area. Logan: Utah State University,
1976. USU call number: University Archives 14.7/2: 63 no. 3; and Quinney HC
107.B36 H6x 1976
This report was designed to help planners develop a methodology to evaluate
recreation opportunities on Bear Lake and the environmental effects of such
activities.
Israelsen, C. Earl. Model Analysis of Spillway and Stilling Basin of Porcupine Dam.
Logan, UT: Engineering Experiment Station, 1961. USU call number: University
Archives 17.6: 78 no. 35
This report evaluates the spillway at Porcupine Reservoir. “The Purpose of the
model study was to design an economical spillway that would carry the designflow with a minimum of overhead crest.”
Israelsen, O.W., J. Howard Maughan, and George P. South. Irrigation Companies in
Utah: Their Activities and Needs. Utah Agricultural Experiment Station bulletin
322. Logan: Utah Agricultural Experiment Station, 1946. USU call number:
University Archives 18.1 no. 322
This report studies irrigation companies in Utah to determine their needs, as well
as improvements which could be made to meet such needs. While the Bear River
is not specifically mentioned, several tables list canals in the Bear River
Watershed.
________. Drainage in the Lewiston Area of Utah. Utah Agricultural Experiment Station
special report 9. Logan: Utah Agricultural Experiment Station, 1953. USU call
number: University Archives 18.6 no. 9
This report discusses the tile drain project near Lewiston, Utah including a brief
history of irrigation and seepage in the area.
Keith, John E., and Van Johnson. Economic Impact on Box Elder County of Honeyville
Dam and Reservoir. Logan: Utah State University, 1995. USU call number:
University Archives 14.2/6: 63 no. 14
This report describes the economic effects of the Honeyville Dam, by examining
the loss of farm land, homes, historical sights, parks, and hunting areas. The
report evaluates the benefits of new forms of recreation and sale of water rights,
and concludes that Honeyville Dam will have only a slight impact on the
economy of Box Elder County.
Kennedy, James J., and Komain Unhanand. Multiple Uses of Utah Irrigation Canals:
Cache County as a Case Study. Logan: Utah Water Research Laboratory, 1974.
USU call number: University Archives 17.9: 58d no. 1
This report discusses and encourages the use of irrigation canals for recreational
purposes and as a source of open space by recommending canals be available for
public use. The uses include swimming, tubing, and fishing. Several photographs
of these recommended uses are included.
Koob, Derry D. The Relationship of Enzyme Kinetic Heterotrophy Analysis to Other
Eutrophication Indices. Utah Agricultural Experiment Station research report 11.
Logan: Utah Agricultural Experiment Station, 1973. USU call number: University
Archives 18.5 no. 11
This is a study of seasonal pollution levels in Bear Lake.
Little Bear Newsletter. Logan: Utah State University Cooperative Extension Service,
1991-1994. USU call number: University Archives 19.21/22
This newsletter was disseminated to water users on the Little Bear River. It
describes methods for improving water quality and addresses water conservation.
Lynn, R.I., and R.B. Murray. Water Quality of Hyrum Lake and Its Relationship to Algal
Blooms. Logan: Utah Water Research Laboratory, [1977]. USU call number:
University Archives 17.9: 73 no. 39
This report studies water quality in Hyrum Lake to determine the relationship
between water quality and algal blooms.
Maughan, J. Howard. Management of Irrigation and Drainage Enterprises in Utah. Utah
Agricultural Experiment Station bulletin 349. Logan: Utah Agricultural
Experiment Station, 1951. USU call number: University Archives 18.1 no. 349
This report describes and evaluates management practices for Utah irrigation
districts, focusing on the Cub River Irrigation Company. Included is a description
of the area, irrigation structures, and drainage needs, a history of system
development, a review of water rights, and an evaluation of the company.
Mazur, Mike M., and David Beauchamp. Population, Dynamics and interactions among
Fishes of Bear Lake. Salt Lake City: Utah Division of Wildlife resources, 1999.
USU call number: University Archives 17.18: 73 no. 25
This study determines what fish species in Bear Lake conflicted with one another.
The report’s purpose was to determine appropriate management techniques.
McLaughlin, W.W. Report on Irrigation and Drainage Investigations during 1905-1906.
Utah Agricultural Experiment Station bulletin 99. Salt Lake City, UT: TribuneReporter Printing Co., 1906. USU call number: University Archives 18.1 no. 99
This report studies irrigation and drainage in counties throughout Utah, included
are sections on irrigation in Box Elder County and on drainage near Hyde Park,
Cache County.
Papers Concerning College Power Plant, 1913-1945. Special Collections and Archives,
Utah State University, Logan, UT. USU call number: University Archives 6.2: 45
These papers concern the construction and operation of the College Power Plant,
located at the mouth of Logan Canyon.
Papers Relating to the Bear River Project, 1962-1969. Special Collections and Archives,
Utah State University, Logan, UT. USU call number: University Archives 19.1:
45 no. 2
This collection consists of meeting notes, facts sheets, and news releases
promoting the 1962 Bear River Project. A list of attendees at informational
meetings is also included.
Passineau, Joseph F., Micheal J. Dalton, and Ann L. Schimpf. Cutler Reservoir: Phase 1,
an Ecological Inventory and Analysis of the Natural Resources. Logan: Utah
State University, 1972. USU call number: University Archives 17.14: 76 no. 4
This report divides Cutler Reservoir into seven regions and evaluates the
ecological resources, such as vegetation, climate, soils and water quality, in each.
Peterson, D. F., and Dwayne Nielson. Soil Tests and Stability Analysis for Porcupine
Dam. Logan, UT: Engineering Experiment Station, 1961. USU call number:
University Archives 17.6: 78 no. 22
This report investigates the soil used for the construction of Porcupine Dam on
the Little Bear River to determine its reliability for dam construction.
Peterson, William. Cache County Water Conservation District. Utah Agricultural
Experiment Station bulletin 193. Logan: Utah Agricultural Experiment Station,
1925. USU call number: University Archives 18.1 no. 193
This report examines problems of water logging and alkali induced by the Cache
County Water Conservation District’s irrigation system. The irrigation system
pumped water from Cutler Reservoir to farms in Cache Junction and Petersboro
during the 1920's.
________. Ground Water Supply in Cache Valley, Utah Available for Domestic Use and
Irrigation. Utah Cooperative Extension Service new circular series 133. Logan:
Utah Cooperative Extension Service, 1944. USU call number: University
Archives 19.5 no. 133
This survey of groundwater development in Cache Valley determines the
availability of ground water in different areas. A list of well owners and the wells’
locations, and measurements for the flow of various springs in Cache Valley is
also included.
Planning For Water Quality in the Bear River System in the State of Utah. Logan: Utah
Water Research Laboratory, 1974. USU call number: Main Library TD 224.U8
U85 no. 142-1; and University Archives 17.9:58a no. 128; and Quinney Library
TD 224.U8 U85 no. 142-1
This planning document describes the need for developing a water quality plan for
the Bear River Watershed.
Progress Report Woodruff Narrows Spillway Model Study. Logan: Utah State University,
College of Engineering, 1961. USU call number: University Archives 17.6:78 no.
38
This report describes preliminary results of a model study for a spillway for
Woodruff Narrows Dam on Bear River, east of Woodruff, Utah. It includes
photographs.
Regenthal, Albert F. Analysis of the Creel and Evaluation of the Fish Stocking Programs,
Logan River, Utah. Logan: Utah Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit, 1952. USU
call number: University Archives 17.18: 73 no. 3
This study reports on the fish stocking practices in Logan River for 1948-1950.
Renk, Russel R., V. Dean Adams, and Donald B. Porcella. Naturally Occurring Organic
Compounds In Eutrophic Hyrum Reservoir, Utah. Logan: Utah Water Research
Laboratory, 1978. USU call number: University Archives 17.9: 58q no. 1
“Specific objectives to the research were: 1) identify organic compounds present
in the reservoir and their possible sources; 2) determine temporal variations of
these organic compounds; and 3) determine specific effects of certain organic
compounds on certain organisms, namely algae and in particular their possible
role in the dynamics of blue-green alga populations.”
Richards, Stuart H., Dr. Lynn H. Davis, and Richard E. Griffin. Irrigation and Canal
Companies of Utah. Utah Cooperative Extension Service new circular series 331.
Logan, UT: Utah Cooperative Extension Service, 1972. USU call number: Main
Library HD 1739 .U8 R52x; and University Archives 19.5 no. 331
This publication lists irrigation companies, water sources, incorporation dates, and
acre feet of water right for 1963. The report was revised in 1972.
Sigler, William F. The Life History and Management of the Mountain Whitefish
Prosopium Williamsoni (Girard) in Logan River, Utah. Utah Agricultural
Experiment Station bulletin 347. Logan: Utah Agricultural Experiment Station,
1951. USU call number: University Archives 18.1 no. 347
This report describes whitefish in the Logan River, including habitat, body-scale
relationship, age, growth, reproduction, length-weight relationship, and food
habits. The report also recommends management practices.
________. Bear Lake and Its Future. Utah State University Faculty Association Honor
Lecture 26. Logan: Utah State University, 1962. USU call number: University
Archives 9.2 no. 26; and Herbarium QH98 .S65
This lecture describes water temperature changes and its effect on Bear Lake.
________., and Gar W. Workman. The Bonneville Cisco of Bear Lake. Logan, UT: Utah
Agricultural Experiment Station Utah State University, 1978. USU call number:
University Archives 18.5 no. 33
This pamphlet describes the Bonneville Cisco, its habitat, and evolution, arguing
that predators are the main factor in Cisco mortality.
Simms, Steven R. Archaeological Reconnaissance in the Lower Bear River Marshes.
Logan: Utah State University, 1990. USU call number: University Archives
14.6/103: 63 no. 13
This report tracks the prehistoric use of the Bear River Delta in the vicinity of the
Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge.
Skogerboe, Gaylord V., Winford M. Barrus, and Lloyd H. Austin. Rating Flow
Regulation Structures in the Bear River Canal System. Logan: Utah Water
Resource Laboratory, 1966. USU call number: University Archives 17.9: 58a no.
11
This report suggests new methods of measuring the delivery of water into the
Bear River Canal in Box Elder County.
Sorensen, Darwin L., Craig Caupp, William Genney, Steve Eberl, Jay Messer, Philip
Ludvigsen, and Charles Ariss. Water Quality Management Studies for the Water
Resource Development in the Bear River Basin. Logan: Utah Water Research
Laboratory, 1986. USU call number: University Archives 17.9: 73 no. 79
This evaluates the proposed reservoirs at the Oneida, Mill Creek, Avon and
Honeyville sites and their effect on water quality in the Bear River.
Strong, Douglas C. Some Economic and Legal Aspects of Ground Water Development in
Cache Valley. Utah Agricultural Experiment Station bulletin 435. Logan: Utah
Agricultural Experiment Station, 1962. USU call number: University Archives
18.1 no. 435
This report addresses how upland irrigation projects can contribute to the waterlogging of lower lands. It reviews legal and economic issues, and argues that
additional land could be made productive through drainage of these lands in
Cache Valley.
Summary of First Dam Renovation Project. Logan: Utah State University, [n.d.]. USU
call number: University Archives 17.9: 63 no. 61
This pamphlet describes and proposes a need and plan for renovating First Dam
on the Logan River.
Thomas, Jimmie L., J. Paul Riley, and Eugene K. Israelsen. Computer Model of the
Quantity and Chemical Quality of Return Flow. Logan: Utah Water Research
Laboratory, 1971. USU call number: University Archives 17.9: 58a no. 74; and
BARN TC 809.T48
This report conveys the results of a hybrid computer program designed to predict
water and salt outflow on the Little Bear River.
Wennergren, E. Boyd, and Darwin B. Nielsen. A Probalistic Approach to Estimating
Demand for Outdoor Recreation. Utah Agricultural Experiment Station bulletin
478. Logan: Utah Agricultural Experiment Station, 1968. USU call number:
University Archives 18.1 no. 478.
This report explores the expectations of recreational users on Bear Lake.
Woffinden, Duard S., and Allen D. Kartchner. Water Quality Telemetry: Final Progress
Report. Logan: Utah Water Research Laboratory, 1969. USU call number: Main
Library TD 224 .U8 U85 no. 53-2; and University Archives 17.9: 58a no. 38
This study reports a two year trial of telemetry stations used to measure water
quality through radio transmissions. It addresses changes made to the stations
after the first year and gives cost projections for future use. The report includes
several photographs of the stations.
Woffinden, Daurd S., and Allen D. Kartchner. Water Quality Telemetry: First Annual
Progress Report. Logan: Utah Water Research Laboratory, 1968. USU call
number: Main Library TD 224 .U8 U85 no. 53-2; and University Archives 17.9:
58a no. 37
This report promotes the use of battery operated monitoring stations and reports
on the first year of use, listing benefits, costs and needed improvements.
Woodruff Narrows Dam Model Analysis of Spillway and Outlet Works. Logan: Utah State
University, College of Engineering, 1961. USU call number: University Archives
17.6:78 no. 36
This report describes a model analysis for the Woodruff Narrows Dam.
Wurtsbaugh, Wayne, and Charles Hawkins. Trophic Interactions Between Fish and
Invertebrates in Bear Lake, Utah-Idaho. Logan: Utah State University, 1990.
USU call number: Main Library QH 541.5 .W3 T7x 1990; and University
Archives 17.18:73 no. 20; and Quinney QH 541.5 .W3 T7x 1990
This report studies fish in Bear Lake to determine how management practices of
stocking cutthroat trout affect other fish species.
Manuscript Collections:
Allred, Berten Wendell. Papers, 1880-1975. Special Collections, Utah State University,
Logan, UT. Coll. Mss. 118
Soil scientist who studied the biotic resources of the Bear River Basin. Most of his
papers describe cattle, cattle trails, and western livestock. Boxes four and five
discuss erosion, flooding, irrigation, and fish in the Bear River Basin.
Anderson, John C. Journal. Special Collections, Utah State University, Logan, UT.
Coll. Mss. 143
Journal of Anderson’s trip from St. Louis to Virginia City, Montana in 1866.
Records crossings of the Bear River. (Once on the way to Salt Lake City before
entering Echo Canyon and once at Hampton’s crossing north of Brigham City.)
While these entries are brief there is some description of the plant life and
landscape of the surrounding area, including a description of Echo Canyon.
Anderson, Nephi and Lorenzo. Papers, 1889-1946. Special Collections, Utah State
University, Logan, UT. Coll. Mss. 89
Survey notebooks and maps from Box Elder County surveyors Nephi and Lorenzo
Anderson. Included are plans for the Bear River-Ogden Canal.
Arrington, Leonard J. Papers. Special Collections, Utah State University, Logan, UT.
LJAHA MSS 1
Prominent Utah State University historian (1946-1972) who studied Utah and
Mormon economic history. He later served as Historian for the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints. His papers contain scattered references to the Bear
River.
Series VII: Utah History.
Box 23. Contains three folders on the history of Utah’s power industry. Included
are published and unpublished reports, newspaper articles, histories, and
correspondences relating to the Utah power industry from 1914 to 1961 (fd. 1-3).
Several of these mention Bear River development.
Box 40. Contains information on reclamation projects in Utah, mostly notes and
student papers. While much of the information is general, there is information on
the Bear River including early Mormon irrigation (fd. 7), the Last Chance Canal
(fd. 8), and the Newton Dam (fd. 10).
Box 41. Contains information on specific reclamation projects including notes
cards on the Newton Dam Project (fd. 1).
Box 43. One folder contains maps of Utah including “East Cache Project-UtahIdaho: Potential and Existing Irrigation Systems”, 1953; “Preston Bench and
Vicinity” including reservoirs and rivers, 1947 ; “Cache Valley Basin in Northern
Utah and Southern Idaho” by Samuel Fortier showing major canals (no date); and
a hand drawn map showing major canals in Cache Valley from 1856-1956 (fd. 6).
Box 47. Contains information on the history of Cache Valley. Includes notes,
newspaper articles, and transcriptions of oral histories from various time periods.
Scattered among these documents are references to irrigation in Cache Valley.
Box 48. Continues the history of Cache Valley and contains a folder on irrigation.
Included are notes for the writing The History of a Valley and a list of irrigation
ditches and companies. Another folder contains a 1965 article by A.J. Simmonds
entitled “Life Blood of Western Cache Valley: The West Cache Canal.”
Series XII: Writings of Leonard J. Arrington
Box 141. Contains a folder on the Newton Reservoir, including notes and an
article written on the subject (fd. 9). Other articles in this series discuss water and
irrigation but are not specific to the Bear River.
Bishop and Peterson Professional Engineers. Papers. Special Collections, Utah State
University, Logan, Utah. Coll. Mss. 45
Contains papers from 1949-1972 with the majority from1960-1965. Most of the
papers are about the Logan City water and sewer systems, including
correspondence, estimates, reports, and blue prints. Papers listing Cache Valley
wells are also included.
Bullen, Herchel Jr. Papers, 1883-1966. Special Collections, Utah State University,
Logan, UT. Coll. Mss. 178
A business man from Logan involved in several different enterprises including the
Promontory-Curlew Land Company, the Cache Land Company, and the Utah-Idaho
Land and Water Company. His papers included financial statements,
correspondence, meeting minutes, and legal contracts for several different projects.
Scattered among these are references to irrigation including the building of Culter
Reservoir (Box 9 fd. 10), Cache Valley Conservancy District No. 1 (Box 11 fd. 8),
West Cache Irrigation Company (Box 9 fd. 11), and the Bear Lake Benson
Irrigation Company (Box 9 fd. 12). Maps of the Cutler Reservoir and Cache Valley
Conservancy District are also included (Box 12).
Cache Chamber of Commerce. Papers, 1904-1999. Special Collections, Utah State
University, Logan, UT. Coll. Mss. 293
These papers include occasional references to water issues, including letters from
1911 to 1914 regarding the use of Dewitt Springs for the Logan City water supply
(Box 13 fd. 5), reports on the finished Logan City water supply project, 1914 (Box
13 fd. 6), a resolution regarding the Hyrum Irrigation Project, 1929 (Box 13 fd. 27),
papers concerning the building of a hydroelectric plant in Logan Canyon, 19231925 (Box 14 fd. 21 & 22), and a Logan and Cache Valley promotional brochure
including women in swim suits at Tony Grove and Bear Lake, 1950's (Box 12 fd.
5). Minutes from meetings and financial information are also included.
Champ, Frederick P. Papers, 1930-1976. Special Collections, Utah State University,
Logan, UT. Coll. Mss. 50 (See full inventory in Special Collection for additional
details.)
A banker and businessman in Cache Valley, Champ also held many government
positions including Chairman of the Governor’s Committee on Emergency
Distribution Waters of the Bear River and the director of the National Water
Conservation Conference. The 375 manuscript boxes in this collection primarily
contain business correspondence for Champ. Scattered among them is information
on the Bear River.
Box 18. Contains correspondence and reports on the Bear River Project from 19611970 (fd.9-13) and 1941 correspondence with the Bear River Water Users
Committee of Lewiston regarding Champ’s membership (fd. 8).
Box 22. Contains letters from A.P. Bigelow from 1921-1928 concerning the
improvement of a road for the Cache Valley Duck Club and the Bear River Duck
Club (fd. 14).
Box 23. Contains correspondence between Champ and Governor Blood from 19331942. These letters cover a wide range of political topics including the distribution
of water on the Bear River and the pumping of water from Bear Lake (fd. 11-23).
Box 57 Contains four folders relating to the Cache Valley Development Company.
This company was organized to aid the Hyrum Project. Includes correspondence
between Champ and other members of the Board from 1934-1963 and minutes
provided by Mr. Hurren who attended stock holder meetings in Champs absence
from 1940-1963 (fd. 8-11). Financial information on the Cache Valley Duck Club
including the building of a dike is also included for 1925-1937 (fd. 12).
Box 80. Contains letters between Champ and George Dewey Clyde from 19381960. While these letters range in topic from personal matters to the building of the
Cache Valley Airport, many of them concern irrigation in the Bear River Basin.
Included are letters about financing a project for the Smithfield Canal Company (fd.
1-8).
Box 138. Contains correspondence between Champ and Congressman Walter K.
Granger from 1940-1951. Among the items discussed are the Newton Reservoir and
the High Line Canal (fd. 5 & 9).
Box 152. Contains letters between Champ and State Engineer T.H. Humphery, from
1935-1955. Included in this correspondence are letters about the Newton Reservoir
and a report written by Humphrey’s in 1935 titled “A Statement of Probable Water
Supply of Utah Streams for Season of 1935” including an evaluation of the Bear
River water supply (fd. 10).
Box 178. Contains correspondence by Champ relating to the Irrigation Committee
of the Cache Valley Chamber of Commerce of which Champ served as chairman
from 1937-1942. Included are papers relating to the Newton Dam Project and the
Green River Project (fd. 1-11).
Box 183. Contains letters written between Champ and W.W. McLaughlin, Chief
Division of Irrigation United State Department of Agriculture, from 1936-1942.
While most correspondence is about irrigation in general, some of it discusses the
Bear River (fd. 17).
Box 237. Contains the correspondence from 1926 to 1958 of Champ and William
Peterson, Director of the Utah Agricultural College Experiment station and
Extension service. Among the many topics covered in this correspondence are the
Franklin Water District and the Bear River Committee (fd. 8-12).
Box 322. Contains correspondence with the United State Department of the Interior
from 1941-1943 regarding the Newton Dam. Included is a letter written by Champ
encouraging the continued building of the dam and letters determining whether
certain property would be covered by dam water (fd. 6). Letters and reports
concerning the 1962 proposals for the Bear River Project are also included (fd. 7).
Box 346. Contains correspondence between Champ and Utah Power and Light
from1934-1975, including letters concerning the Bear River Project (fd. 18, 19, &
20).
Christensen, J. Arbon. Radio Transcripts. Special Collections, Utah State University,
Logan, UT. Coll. Mss. 231
Short (10-15 minutes) radio transcripts about history, broadcast on KVNU 19601979. Most are about Cache Valley history with some relating to the Bear River.
Among these are “Early Settlers Crossing Utah Stream” talking about early bridges
and ferries (Box 2 fd. 1 no. 294 and Box 3 fd. 22 no. 829); “I gotta take the water”
about the importance of early irrigation (Box 2 fd. 4 no. 328); and “Water” about
the digging of the Hyrum Ditch (Box 2 fd. 14 no. 423 and Box 3 fd. 1 no. 617).
Clyde, George Dewey. Papers, 1919-1954. Special Collections, Utah State University,
Logan, UT. Coll. Mss. 176
In his position with the Soil Conservation Service, Clyde supervised surveys
measuring return flows, pumping, and stream flows on all the tributaries of the Bear
River in 1925. As Governor he was a fervent supporter of reclamation and played a
leading role in the development of the upper Colorado River. His papers contain
information on water quality in the lower Bear River including a 1956 U.S.
Department of Health report (Box 1 fd. 3), Bear River stream flow in Cache Valley
(Box 1 fd. 5-7), water rights in Utah including a copy of the Dietrich Decree (Box
13 fd. 16), proposed reservoir sites in Cache Valley (Box 1 fd. 8), erosion on Five
Mile Creek (Box 5 fd. 5), and the Newton Dam (Box 8 fd 3).
Clyde, George Dewey. Research Materials. Special Collections, Utah State University,
Logan, UT. Coll. Mss. 279
This collection contains Clyde’s research files from the 1920's through the 1960's
including reports, correspondence, notes, and papers that contain scattered
references to the Bear River Watershed. Of particularly interest is a 1934 report on
the Bear Lake drought with a map of irrigated areas of the Bear River (Box 3 fd. 4),
minutes from the executive committee with regards to the emergency distribution of
water on the Bear River (Box 3 fd. 4), and a proposal and other papers relating to
the building of the Utah State Water Lab (Box 7 fd. 8).
Ellsworth, S. George. Papers, 1916-1997. Special Collections, Utah State University,
Logan, UT. Coll. Mss. 228
Dr. Ellsworth was a professor of history at Utah State University. Much of his
collection deals with local history and contains scattered information about the Bear
River Watershed. Two folders contain newspaper articles and pamphlets relating to
Bear River Development and the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge (Series XVII
Box 1 fd.17 &18).
Hart, Newell. Papers. Special Collections, Utah State University, Logan, UT. Special
Collection Caine Coll. Mss. 3
Newell Hart collected large amounts of historical material on the Bear River Valley.
Included are newspaper articles in the Trailblazer, Herald Journal, Idaho State
Journal, and Preston Citizen from 1962-1976 describing Bear Lake and the Bear
River (Box 1 fd. 14-16) as well as correspondence, reports, and newspaper articles
from 1968-1971 concerning the controversy over Bear River water rights (Box 1 fd.
17-18). There is a small amount of information on the Oneida irrigation project,
including records of a 1913 Clifton Ward water right dispute (Box 2 fd. 13) and the
ensuing court case (Box 9 fd. 1). This collection also contains an unpublished report
detailing alternatives to future water development in Franklin County, Idaho. This
report, entitled “Franklin County History, Situation and Factual Report,” by Daniel
Roberts in 1966, includes a list of water resources, reservoirs, and major canals in
Franklin County (Box 4 fd. 2).
Huffaker, Lynn. Day Books. Special Collections, Utah State University, Logan, UT. Coll.
Mss. 153
A small collection of daybooks by Woodruff, Utah farmer Lynn Huffaker from
1959-1964. Includes references to irrigation meetings, irrigation problems, and
meetings with the State Engineer.
Humpherys, LeGrande Rich. Papers. Special Collections, Utah State University,
Logan, UT. Coll. Mss. 36 Box 8 folders 1-3
Contains papers relating to the appropriation of water from several Cache Valley
springs by Oscar Wennergern in 1951. L.R. Humpherys, an agricultural professor at
the Utah Agricultural College, worked as an engineer on this project. These papers
include maps of the springs, correspondences with the state engineers office, and
calculations of stream flow.
Israelsen, Orson Winso. Papers. Special Collections, Utah State University, Logan, UT.
Coll. Mss. 31 (See full inventory in Special Collections for additional details.)
O.W. Israelsen was a professor of Irrigation and Drainage at Utah State University
from 1914-1954. He is most well known for his book Irrigation Principles and
Practices. His papers contain many documents relating to irrigation in Utah, several
of which are relevant to the Bear River Watershed.
Box 1. Contains correspondence with George Dewey Clyde (fd. 22).
Box 2. Contains correspondence with State Engineer T.H. Humphreys (fd 21).
Box 4. Contains correspondence with Utah Power and Light (fd. 23).
Box 8. Contain reports on the Last Chance Canal, 1917-1924 (fd. 2).
Box 9. Contains irrigation reports for the Lewiston area, 1949-1951 (fd.2).
Box 10. Contains field notebooks from Hyrum (fd. 11), Lewiston, 1948 (fd. 12-18),
and Logan, 1938 (fd. 19).
Box 11. Contains field notebooks for Newton, 1922-1934 (fd. 1-5), North Logan,
1934 (fd. 6-9), Paradise, 1944 (fd. 10-13), and the West Cache Irrigation Company,
1944 (fd. 22-26).
Box 24-26. Contain various drainage reports for Cache Valley.
Box 32. Contain papers concerning Malad Valley water issues (fd. 1-3).v
Box 33. Contains Two reports on the Bear River Compact, 1947-1948 (fd. 1-2).
Box 42. Contains commissioners reports on the Little Bear River from 1945 and
1946 (fd. 11-12).
Box 43. Contains incorporation documents for the Logan Northern Irrigation
Company, 1926 (fd. 2).
Lauritzen, Cyril Walker. Papers. Special Collections, Utah State University, Logan,
UT. Coll. Mss. 24
Soil scientist at Utah State University whose papers include reports on northern
Utah soil erosion from 1943-1947 (Box 2). One on the Paradise Irrigation Company
was co-authored by O.W. Israelson (Box 2 fd. 9).
Logan City Light and Power Plant. Papers. Special Collections, Utah State University,
Logan, UT. Coll. Mss. 72
Correspondence, financial records, and performance reports for the Logan City
Light and Power Plant from 1906 through 1928. Also contains a description and
blueprints of a proposed dam at Dewitt Springs.
Logan, Hyde Park, and Smithfield Canal Company. Minutes, 1889-1904. Special
Collections, Utah State University, Logan, UT. Coll. Mss. 238 Bound Manuscripts
no. 53
Minutes from canal company meetings as well as articles of incorporation,
amendments, and by-laws.
Logan, Hyde Park, and Smithfield Canal Company. Stock Ledger, 1889-1919.
Special Collections, Utah State University, Logan, UT. Coll. Mss. 238 Bound
Manuscripts no. 54
Lists stock ownership and stock transfers of the Canal Company.
The Logan Island Defense Committee. Papers. Special Collections, Utah State
University, Logan, UT. Coll. Mss. 141
Papers relating to a grass roots committee organized to deter the building of the
State Dam at the mouth of Logan Canyon. Residents of the area below the dam
known as the “Island” feared the dam was not structurally sound and would lower
property value or collapse and destroy their homes. Included are financial records
for the Committee, correspondences, engineering reports and notes from 19111917.
Logan and Richmond Irrigation Company. Minutes, 1878-1893. Special Collections,
Utah State University, Logan, UT. Coll. Mss. 238 Bound Manuscripts no. 55
Contains minutes, by-laws, and financial records for the Logan and Richmond
Canal.
Logan River and Blacksmith Fork Irrigation Company. Stock Ledger. Special
Collections, Utah State University, Logan, UT. Coll. Mss. 181 folder 1
Stock ledger for a Cache Valley irrigation company. Entries indicate name and
certificate number of the shareholder. Additionally, there are several pages of
entries involving federal land applications. 60 pages in total (no date).
Logan River Survey A: Irrigated lands. Special Collections, Utah State University,
Logan, UT. Cache County Records Collection no. 218
Survey of the Logan River that lists land owners, the numbers of acres owned, and
the source of irrigation. Lands used for orchards, grains, and dryland crops are
marked.
Nibley Water Works Department. Ledger, 1944-45. Special Collections, Utah State
University, Logan, UT. Coll. Mss. 238 Bound Manuscripts no.87
Financial records for the Nibley Water Works from 1942 to 1945. Majority of
ledger is blank.
Peterson, Oliver Larson. Diaries. Special Collections, Utah State University, Logan,
UT. Coll. Mss. 101
As a dry farmer in Petersboro, Utah, Peterson records the daily events on the farm
from 1895 until 1951. Special Collections has the diaries from 1896 until 1926 and
from 1941 until 1951. Peterson makes occasional references to the Bear River
including descriptions of the 1920 Cache Valley Conservancy District No. 1 project
that pumped water from the Little Bear River to Petersboro’s farms. There are also
brief descriptions of the river bottoms and Bear River Canyon.
Preliminary Studies Logan City Power Plant No. 2. Special Collections, Utah State
University, Logan, UT. 621.312 L828p
Box containing several documents relating to a proposal for a power plant on the
Logan River. Includes letters from different agencies discussing the plant, a report
by Frank Haws, and copies of the water right applications, 1981-1982.
Ricks, Joel Edwards. Collection of Biographies and Histories. Special Collections,
Utah State University, Logan, UT. Coll. Mss. 46
Contains histories and autobiographies of Cache Valley and Cache Valley residents
gathered by Ricks while a history professor at Utah State University from 19221966. Included are several histories of towns in Cache Valley as well as a
Daughters of the Utah Pioneers History of Newton Dam.
Ricks, Joel Edwards. Papers, 1800-1972. Special Collections, Utah State University,
Logan, UT. Coll. Mss. 114 (See full inventory in Special Collections for additional
details.)
Contains the personal and professional papers of Utah State University history
professor Joel E. Ricks. The bulk of the collection focuses on Utah and Mormon
settlement history with brief references to the Bear River, including a review of the
travels of Jeremiah Smith and Charles Fremont and histories of communities in the
Bear River Basin.
Roskelley, Richard Welling. Papers, 1837-1984. Special Collections, Utah State
University, Logan, UT. Coll. Mss. 284
Contains papers relating to a sprinkler irrigation project in Smithfield, Utah from
1980-1984. Includes land use tables listing acreage planted in each crop and yields
for those acres with and without sprinkler irrigation (Box 2 fd. 5 & 6).
Seventh Ward Irrigation Company. Papers. Special Collections, Utah State
University, Logan, UT. Coll. Mss. 100
Contains records from the Seventh Ward Irrigation Company from 1919-1950.
Includes receipt books, minutes from stockholder meetings, correspondence,
financial papers, and water time tables.
Smith, Ralph and Henry Ballard. History of Logan, Utah. Special Collections, Utah State
University, Logan, UT. Coll. Mss. 244 Box 1 folder 28
Hand written history [ca. 1909] of Logan, Utah by two early settlers, including
crossing of the Logan River, and location of farms near the river. Covers the period
from May 6, 1859 to April 2, 1860.
Twin Lakes Canal Company. Papers. Special Collections, Utah State University,
Logan, UT. Coll. Mss. 203
Papers of the Twin Lakes Canal Company from its founding in 1901 through the
1990's. Included in the papers are financial records, correspondences, engineering
reports, and court cases related to the company. Twin Lakes Canal takes water from
Mink Creek, on the east side of Cache Valley, and through a system of pipes and
syphons moves water over the Bear River to the west side of Cache Valley.
Utah Chapter of the Sierra Club. Papers. Special Collections, Utah State University,
Logan, UT. Coll. Mss. 148
This collections contains papers on the Sierra Club of Utah, from its organization in
1969 until the present, including newspaper clippings, correspondences, and club
reports. Limited amounts of this information relate to the Bear River Watershed.
Series II: Sierra Club, Utah Chapter administration files. Contains folders on 1989
water development in Cache Valley (Box 7 fd. 6), Bear River (Box 7 fd. 7), and
Bear Lake from 1987-1993 (Box 7 fd. 8) as well as a folder on the Bear River Basin
Water Alliance, 1986 (Box 7 fd. 12). There also is a folder of photos of fly fishing
and kayaking on the Bear River (Box 7 fd. 13).
Series VIII B: Logan Canyon. Contains three boxes of material concerning the
expansion of the road in Logan Canyon, 1979-1996. Scattered information
mentions the effects of the road expansion on the Logan River (Boxes 27-29).
Utah Mortgage and Loan Corporation. Records, 1895-1925. Special Collections, Utah
State University, Logan, UT. Coll. Mss. 131 Book #28
Contains a listing of loans made to buy water shares in several different canal
companies including the Last Chance Canal Company, Logan Hyde Park Canal
Company, and the Paradise Irrigation Company.
Utah State Power Plant. Papers. Special Collections, Utah State University, Logan,
UT. Coll. Mss. 74
Papers of the state power plant from 1915 to 1932. Predominantly consumption
tables of different state institutions but also contains financial records,
correspondences, plans, and descriptions of improvements on the dam.
West Cache Irrigation Company. Papers. Special Collections, Utah State University,
Logan, UT. Coll. Mss. 97
Papers in this collection were found among materials donated by George Herbert
Champ as part of the Utah Mortgage and Loan Corporation Papers. Utah Mortgage
and Loan was a major investor in the West Cache Canal, and the records in this
collection reflect its financial interests. Included are minutes from stockholders
meetings, stock certificates, agreements, bills, and receipts from 1898-1933.
West Cache Irrigation Company. Secretary’s Papers, 1894-1919. Special Collections,
Utah State University, Logan, UT. Coll. Mss. 199
Papers of C.G. Wood who served as a secretary for the West Cache Irrigation
Company. Included are the founding papers of the company, engineers reports,
receipt books, Board of Directors meeting notes, and correspondences with Utah
Mortgage and Loan Corporation in Logan.
Windsor, L.M. Papers and Photographs. Special Collections, Utah State University,
Logan, UT. Coll. Mss. 98
L.M. Windsor was an irrigation specialist from Utah. His papers contain several
articles on irrigation practices and flood control. Included is a file of letters written
concerning the erosion that occurred at Five Mile Creek in Cache Valley (Box 1 fd.
15). There are also several boxes of captioned photographs showing the Bear River
Migratory Bird Refuge from 1927-1949 (Box 13, & Box 12 fd. 3), 1923
photographs showing the head gates of the Bear River Canal System (Box 13 fd.
10), photographs of dike construction at Ogden Bay, 1937-1941(Box 15 fd. 1-4),
photographs of the dam at Woodruff, Utah from 1926-1932 (Box 15 fd. 8 & Box 7
fd. 8), and photographs of irrigation structures in and around Logan, Utah (Box 5
fd. 1).
Wood, Charles G. Papers. Special Collections, Utah State University, Logan, UT. Coll.
Mss. 191 (See full inventory in Special Collections for additional details.)
A Cache Valley farmer Wood’s collection contains correspondence, financial
papers, and college lecture notes from 1889 to 1939. Scattered among these papers
are references to irrigation including financial records concerning the 1919
installation of irrigation pumps. Bills from Utah Power and Light, Allis-Chambers
Manufacturing Company, and Amalgamated Sugar concerning this installation are
also included (Box 3).
Individual Manuscripts (File and Item Mss):
Barker, Jessie. “Reflections of Newton.” Interviewed by Lynn H. Polson. February 1,
1974. Special Collections, Utah State University, Logan, UT. File Mss. 370
Transcription of an interview focusing on Barker’s life in Newton, Utah. Includes
discussion of the building of the Newton Reservoirs on Clarkston Creek.
Bear River Basin Water Quality Task Force. Papers. Special Collections, Utah State
University, Logan, UT. File Mss. 701
Papers taken from the files of Utah Senator J.P. Holmgren concerning the water
quality organization known as the Bear River Task Force, 1995-1996. Includes
unpublished reports on the quality of water in the Bear River, organizational
information about the task force, and letters from state agencies concerning the
Honeyville Dam.
Berghout, Oreta Rich. “Reminiscences.” Interviewed by Joyce Berghout. March 18,
1977. Western Studies Oral History Project. Special Collections, Utah State
University, Logan, UT. Photocopy. File Mss. 353
Interview with Bear Lake Valley pioneer Oreta Berghout describing early life in the
Bear Lake region, including information on the creation of the Bear Lake Monster.
Bodily, Mervin J. Interviewed by Alec Avery. March 30, 1981. Special Collections, Utah
State University, Logan, UT. Photocopy. File Mss. 615
Interview with Mervin J. Bodily, water master for the Cub River Irrigation
Company in Lewiston, describing his experiences as water master and his memories
of early twentieth-century farming and irrigation practices.
Clark, Charles R. Diary, 1895-1925. Special Collections, Utah State University, Logan,
UT. Photocopy. File Mss. 144-145
Diary of Charles R. Clark, a rancher in the Bear Lake Valley, that records work
done on the ranch with occasional references to the Bear River and Bear Lake.
Cook, Eldon W. “Sketch of My Life, 1892.” Special Collections, Utah State University,
Logan, UT. Photocopy. File Mss. 100
Early life history of Eldon W. Cook with discussions of work on his family’s ranch
in the Bear Lake Valley, including building several canals. He also mentions
working for different canal companies.
Cook, Eliza Snow Bryson. “Life and History of Eliza Snow Bryson Cook, 1872-1955.”
Special Collections, Utah State University, Logan, UT. Photocopy. File Mss. 102
Describes growing up and living in Woodruff, Utah, including a brief description of
fishing on the Bear River.
Cook, Joseph Wolcott. “Autobiography of Joseph Wolcott Cook, written winter 1928,
Paris, Idaho.” Special Collections, Utah State University, Logan, UT. Photocopy.
File Mss. 101
Son of original Swan Creek, Utah settler Phineas W. Cook, describes early life on
Swan Creek with occasional references to the Bear Lake Valley.
Cottle, Jesse Lewis. “Dates and Brief Notes From My Diaries, 1912 through 1942.”
Special Collections, Utah State University, Logan, UT. Photocopy. File Mss. 143
Rmbrances of an early Fish Haven, Idaho resident. Includes records of trips to the
hot springs and community social events.
Cottle, Jessie. “Life in Fish Haven, Idaho.” Interview by Maleta Robinson. May 18, 1975.
Special Collections, Utah State University, Logan, UT. File Mss. 339
Oral interview with Bear Lake Valley settler Jessie Cottle. Mentions fishing and
running an excursion boat, Columbia, on Bear Lake.
Fortier, Samuel, and W.W. McLaughlin. The Utilization of the Undeveloped Water
Resources of Cache Valley, Utah. Washington: United States Department of
Agriculture, 1921. Special Collections, Utah State University, Logan, UT.
Photocopy. Item Mss. 75
Report on the availability of water for irrigation in Cache Valley that shows all the
streams in Cache Valley have been fully used. Water for future irrigation must be
taken from Bear Lake. Also evaluates storage possibilities along the Logan River.
Contains maps and plans for reservoirs.
Haws, Frank W. “Water Rights on the Logan River.” Interviewed by Jay Haws. March
11, 1973. Kellogg Community Improvement through Local History Project. Special
Collections, Utah State University, Logan, UT. Item Mss. 10
Discusses Logan River water use from early settlement to the 1970's. Included is a
description of the land irrigated by the Logan River, early mills, power
development, and municipal water supplies.
Jackson, Loran. “The Life of George and Loran Jackson.” Interview by Willa T.
Kennedy. July 15, 1975. Western Studies Oral History Project. Special Collections
Utah State University, Logan, UT. File MS 360
Oral interview discussing the life of George and Loran Jackson. Mostly discusses
ranching and farming in the upper Bear River Valley.
Logan River Water Users Association. Irrigation History and Papers. Special Collections,
Utah State University, Logan, UT. Photocopy. File Mss. 378
Contains papers of the Logan Water Users Association including the Articles of
Agreement and a list of Logan River water distribution, 1903-1912.
Lamborn, Ray. “Growing Up in Laketown, Utah.” Interviewed by Reed Ebron. May 3,
1975. Western Studies Oral History Project. Special Collections, Utah State
University, Logan, UT. File Mss. 346
Discusses many aspects of early settlement of Laketown, Utah, including fishing in
Bear Lake, trapping, and ranching.
Materials relating to Utah Power and Light’s dredging of Bear Lake, and the historical
use of Bear Lake as a reservoir. Special Collections, Utah State University, Logan,
UT. Item Mss. 63
Contains information on the dredging of a canal into Bear Lake at the Lifton Pumps
to allow for Utah Power and Light to obtain water. Includes affidavits, letters, and
newspaper articles of several people stating the effects of lowering the lake further,
1984-1995.
Nebeker, Louise K. “Reminiscences.” Interviewed by Joyce Berghout. March 25, 1977.
Western Studies Oral History Project. Special Collections, Utah State University,
Logan, UT. Photocopy. File Mss. 356
Louise Nebeker describes her life on a farm in St. Charles, Idaho near Bear Lake.
Most of the interview centers around life on the farm, including washing dishes,
making butter, entertainment, and gardening.
Reay, Claude. “Early Medicine in Rich County, Utah: Dr. Reay.” Interviewed by Jane
Adams. August 19, 1974. Western Studies Oral History Project. Special
Collections, Utah State University, Logan, UT. Photocopy. File Mss 310
Description of the life and work of Doctor Reay, the first doctor in Bear Lake
Valley. Occasionally mentions Bear Lake and Bear River.
Reeder, Adolph M. “Hidden Tales of the Bear River Valley.” 1958. Special Collections,
Utah State University, Logan, UT. 979.2 R257
Unpublished history of water development in Box Elder County focusing on the
creation of the Bear River Canal Company.
Rose, D. Brent. “Bear Lake Storage Challenge and Solutions: Bear River Canal
Company’s Position.” Paper presented at the Utah Water Summit, November 15,
1994. Special Collections, Utah State University, Logan, UT. Photocopy. File Mss.
682
Paper by the Bear River Canal Company’s lawyer, D. Brent Rose. Discusses the
history of using Bear Lake as a storage facility and gives a description of the laws
behind water rights. Also includes a statement supporting the right of farmers to use
the water of Bear Lake for irrigation.
Sleight, Jennie B. “History of Geneva, Bear Lake County, Idaho.” Special Collections
Utah State University, Logan, UT. Item Mss. 89
Discusses the early settlement of Geneva, Idaho, including a description of the
Thomas Fork River and the digging of a well. Included are two stories describing
the first winter that settlers spent in the valley and a detailed history of the Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the valley.
Smith, Phebe. “Dry farming in Rich County.” Interview by Willa Kennedy. April 24,
1975. Western Studies Oral History Project. Special Collections, Utah State
University, Logan, UT. Photocopy. File Mss. 261
Discusses dry farming practices in Rich County, Utah, including occasional
references to water use.
Stuart, Earl. “Agriculture in South Rich County.” Interview by Willa Kennedy. May 27,
1975. Western Studies Oral History Project. Special Collections, Utah State
University. Photocopy. File Mss. 293
Discusses the effects of Evanston, Wyoming irrigation projects on the flow of the
Bear River.
“What Happened to the Bear Lake Monster?” Special Collections, Utah State University,
Logan, UT. File Mss. 160
Article from an unidentified newspaper discussing the lack of sightings of the Bear
Lake Monster. The article also summarizes past sightings and encourages the
reporting of sightings for “scientific purposes.”
Weston, Grace E. “History of Meadowville.” Special Collections, Utah State University,
Logan, UT. Photocopy. File Mss. 161
A brief history of Laketown, Utah from 1907 through 1958 including descriptions
of the building of the Big Creek dam and canal.