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Cache Valley is a broad arid agricultural valley in northern Utah and southern Idaho in the United States. It extends approximately 50 mi (80 km) north from Avon, Utah to north of Preston, Idaho along the west side of the Bear River Mountains, the northernmost extension of the Wasatch Range, and along the east side of the Wellsville Mountains. It is largely drained and irrigated by the Bear River and its tributaries, into the watershed of the Great Salt Lake. The cultural and economic hub of the region is Logan, Utah, home to Utah State University.

In the early 19th century the valley was inhabited by Shoshone and other Native Americans. It was also the site of annual gatherings of the mountain men who inhabited the area. They used the valley as a place to trade furs, and the name of the valley comes from the practice of the mountain men who kept some of their stock of pelts in the valley to prepare for the gatherings.

In the late 1850s the valley was the site of early Mormon settlements. The first Mormon settler was William Gardner in 1852, older brother of Archibald Gardner. As the first Mormon (LDS) settlers including Brigham Young moved close to the area they began early contacts with Jim Bridger. Bridger recommended that the settlers first move into Cache Valley due to its relative abundance of fresh water. Instead, Brigham Young decided to settle in the area that has since become Salt Lake City, Utah. Yet Brigham Young later used the area for summer and fall grazing of several thousand cattle. An early snow storm covered all feed sources killing all but 800 head, thereby forcing Brigham Young to find other grazing areas.

As the LDS settlers began to prosper they began to create new settlements in other areas of the American mountain west. One of their early settlements included Logan, Utah and the eventual influx of people helped create the large number of towns that can now be found in Cache Valley. In fact, due to the strong historical ties to the people within the valley, special agreements between the states of Utah and Idaho used to allow students who live in the Idaho portion of the valley to attend Utah State University at the same cost as Utah residents. This policy has changed, however, in recent years.

In 1863 it was the site of the Bear River Massacre.

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State of Utah
Salt Lake City (capital)
Cities | Counties | Flag | Flower | Governors | | Song
Regions Cache Valley | Colorado Plateau | Dixie | Great Basin | Great Salt Lake | Great Salt Lake Desert | Mojave Desert | Monument Valley | San Rafael Swell | Uinta Mountains | Wasatch Back | Wasatch Front | Wasatch Range
Largest Cities American Fork | Bountiful | Cedar City | Clearfield | Cottonwood Heights | Draper | Holladay | Kaysville | Layton | Lehi | Logan | Midvale | Murray | Ogden | Orem | Pleasant Grove | Provo | Riverton | Roy | St. George | Salt Lake City | Sandy | South Jordan | South Salt Lake | Spanish Fork | Springville | Taylorsville | Tooele | West Jordan | West Valley City
Counties Beaver | Box Elder | Cache | Carbon | Daggett | Davis | Duchesne | Emery | Garfield | Grand | Iron | Juab | Kane | Millard | Morgan | Piute | Rich | Salt Lake | San Juan | Sanpete | Sevier | Summit | Tooele | Uintah | Utah | Wasatch | Washington | Wayne | Weber
Attractions Arches National Park | Bonneville Salt Flats | Bryce Canyon National Park | Canyonlands National Park | Capitol Reef National Park | Great Salt Lake | Ski Areas | Sundance Film Festival | Temple Square | Utah Shakespearean Festival | Zion National Park
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State of Idaho
Boise (capital)
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Regions Boise metropolitan area | Cache Valley | Central Idaho | Columbia River Plateau | Eastern Idaho | Great Basin | Idaho Panhandle | Inland Empire | Magic Valley | North Central Idaho | North Idaho | Palouse | Southern Idaho | Southwestern Idaho | Treasure Valley | Wasatch Range | Wood River Valley | Yellowstone
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cities		 Boise | Coeur d'Alene | Idaho Falls | Lewiston | Meridian | Nampa | Pocatello | Twin Falls
Smaller
cities		 Ammon | Blackfoot | Burley | Caldwell | Chubbuck | Eagle | Garden City | Kuna | Moscow | Mountain Home | Post Falls | Rexburg
Counties Ada | Adams | Bannock | Bear Lake | Benewah | Bingham | Blaine | Boise | Bonner | Bonneville | Boundary | Butte | Camas | Canyon | Caribou | Cassia | Clark | Clearwater | Custer | Elmore | Franklin | Fremont | Gem | Gooding | Idaho | Jefferson | Jerome | Kootenai | Latah | Lemhi | Lewis | Lincoln | Madison | Minidoka | Nez Perce | Oneida | Owyhee | Payette | Power | Shoshone | Teton | Twin Falls | Valley | Washington

Agriculture (from Agri Latin for ager ("a field"), and culture, from the Latin cultura "cultivation" in the strict sense of "tillage of the soil". A literal reading of the English word yields "tillage of the soil of a field".
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State of Utah

Flag of Utah Seal
Nickname(s): Beehive State
Motto(s): "Industry"

Official language(s) English

Capital Salt Lake City
Largest city Salt Lake City

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State of Idaho

Flag of Idaho Seal
Nickname(s): Gem State, Spud State
Motto(s): Esto perpetua

Official language(s) English [1]

Capital Boise
Largest city Boise

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Motto
"In God We Trust"   (since 1956)
"E Pluribus Unum"   ("From Many, One"; Latin, traditional)
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Avon, Utah

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Location of Avon, Utah
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Country United States
State Utah
County Cache
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 - CDP  7.
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Preston, Idaho
Location in Franklin County and the state of Idaho
Coordinates:
Country United States
State Idaho
County Franklin
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 - City  6.
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The Bear River Mountains

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State | Utah

Part of Rocky Mountains

The Bear River Mountains
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The Wasatch Range



Country | United States
State | Utah

Part of Rocky Mountains

Highest point | Mount Nebo
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The Wellsville Mountains are located in northern Utah they connect with the Wasatch Mountains at their southern end. The mountains separate Cache Valley from the Wasatch Front. Most all water collected by the Wellsville Mountains drains into the Bear River.
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Irrigation is the artificial application of water to the soil usually for assisting in growing crops. In crop production it is mainly used to replace missing rainfall in periods of drought, but also to protect plants against frost.
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The Bear River is a river, approximately 350 mi (563 km) long in southwestern Wyoming, southeastern Idaho, and northern Utah in the United States. The largest tributary of the Great Salt Lake, it drains a mountainous area and farming valleys east of the lake and southwest of the
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Location Utah
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Lake type endorheic, hypersaline

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Logan, Utah

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Location of Logan, Utah
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State Utah
County Cache
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 - City  17.
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Utah State University (USU) is a public land-grant university whose main campus is located in Logan, Utah. It was established in 1888, after Anthon H. Lund introduced a bill for its creation.
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The 19th Century (also written XIX century) lasted from 1801 through 1900 in the Gregorian calendar. It is often referred to as the "1800s.
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Shoshone are a Native American tribe with three large divisions: the Northern, the Western and the Eastern. The Northern concentrated in eastern Idaho, western Wyoming, and north-eastern Utah. The Eastern lived in Wyoming, northern Colorado and Montana.
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American Indian and Alaska Native
One race: 2.5 million[1]
In combination with one or more other races: 1.6 million[2]
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Mormonism is a term used to describe the religious, ideological, and cultural elements of certain branches of the Latter Day Saint movement, specifically, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).
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Archibald Gardner (1814 – 1902) was a 19th century pioneer and businessman who helped establish communities in Alvinston, Ontario, Canada, West Jordan, Utah and Star Valley, Wyoming. He was also an early leader of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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LDS Church President

Ordained December 27, 1847
Predecessor Joseph Smith
Successor John Taylor
See also: Brigham Young University
Brigham Young
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Jim or James Bridger (March, 1804 – July 17, 1881) was among the foremost mountain men, trappers, scouts and guides who explored and trapped the Western United States during the decades of 1820-1840. He was also well known as a teller of tall tales.
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LDS Church President

Ordained December 27, 1847
Predecessor Joseph Smith
Successor John Taylor
See also: Brigham Young University
Brigham Young
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Salt Lake City, Utah
Downtown Salt Lake City
Nickname: Crossroads of the West, SLC
Location of Salt Lake City in Salt Lake County, Utah
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Bear River Massacre, also called the Battle of Bear River and the Massacre at Boa Ogoi, took place on January 29, 1863, between the United States Army and the Shoshone Indians at the confluence of the Bear River and Beaver Creek (now Battle Creek) near Preston in
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Amalga, Utah
Location of Amalga, Utah
Location of Utah in the United States
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Country United States
State Utah
County Cache
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Avon, Utah

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Location of Avon, Utah
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Country United States
State Utah
County Cache
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Benson, Utah

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Location of Benson, Utah
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State Utah
County Cache
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 - CDP  33.
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