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Regreening of Cache Valley: Recreation in the Canyon

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Recreation in the Canyon

Report on Logan Canyon as a sightseeing attraction [click to enlarge; click again to browse all pages]

(Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives, Unprocessed Manuscript Collection, 0491, Box 001, Fd. 22)

This report speaks about the changing purpose of the canyon. At first it was a place to gather firewood, trap for fur, and harness the power of the river. Later it became a place for sightseers to camp near the river, hike the peaks, and experience the wild. Once the canyon became a national reserve, those who once made a living in the canyon yielded to those who went to the canyon to leave behind the worries of making a living.

Mountainous canyon

Two men with fishing rods showing their catches

(Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives, Raymond C. Somers Photograph Collection, 0324, Box 006-163)

Group of six men standing in front of car, getting ready to fish

(Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives, Raymond C. Somers Photograph Collection, 0324, Box 006-171)

A group of people on a rock formation in Blacksmith Fork Canyon

(Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collection and Archives, Blacksmith Fork Canyon photographs, 1908, P0026 1:04)

Man and woman holding fishing gear in front of tent

(Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives, Raymond C. Somers Photograph Collection, 0324, Box 006-173)

Man holding a wire with twenty fish on it

(Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives, Raymond C. Somers Photograph Collection, 0324, Box 006-172)

Team of horses pulling a carriage across river

(Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives, Raymond C. Somers Photograph Collection, 0324, Box 006-474)

Camp

(Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collection and Archives, Blacksmith Fork Canyon photographs, 1908, P0026 1:01)

Four men camping out “under the stars”

(Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives, Raymond C. Somers Photograph Collection, 0324, Box 006-035)

Man sitting in car with fishing poles hanging out the back of the car

(Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives, Raymond C. Somers Photograph Collection, 0324, Box 006-178)

Luncheon at Upper Meadows

(Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collection and Archives, Blacksmith Fork Canyon photographs, 1908, P0026 1:18)

Fishing party in Logan Canyon

(Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives, Maxwell D. Cohn Photograph Collection, 0007, Box 001-02-026)