Cache Valley Historical Society

04/01/2026

Our next lecture is on Wednesday, April 8, at 7pm at the Logan Library (285 N Main)!

This month we present our 2025 Cache Valley Historical Society Scholarship winners!

Ashlyn Erickson will be presenting on her project on the history of the Intermountain Indian School.

Aurora Durfee will be presenting on her project on Vernacular Polygamist Architecture in Cache Valley.

All CVHS lectures are free and open to the public!

03/03/2026

Our next lecture is on Wednesday, March 11, at 7pm at the Logan Library (285 N Main)!

“Early Bear Lake Valley History and Tales of Peg Leg Smith and the Bear Lake Monster” by Sherry Wells Brown

Sherry Wells Brown has served on The National Oregon/California Trail Center board. For the past two years, she has served as a Regional Church History Specialist for the 21 stakes in the Soda Springs and Pocatello Coordinating Councils for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She is extremely proud of her pioneer heritage and is a member of the Daughters of Utah Pioneers (since 1984) and the Bear Lake County Historical Society (where she served as president for almost 10 years).

All CVHS lectures are free and open to the public!

02/10/2026

Dont forget about our February lecture tomorrow night!!! Wednesday, February 11, at 7pm at the Logan Library (285 N Main)!
"From Shoebox to Showcase: Organizing and Preserving a Personal Archive at Home" presented by Sarah Berry & Braydon Wright, USU Special Collections & Archives. Whether they are tucked away in shoeboxes, filing cabinets or on hard drives, our family treasures deserve better than to be tucked away, lost or forgotten. In this brief workshop, two employees of USU's Special Collections and Archives will outline simple and practical ways to start organizing, preserving, and sharing personal archives at home. The material in home archives range across a wide variety of mediums such as journals, letters, scrapbooks, photos, digital media and more. We will be discussing how archivists consider memory, consolidation, significance, and long-term care for their cherished memories in their own lives. We hope you'll walk away from this personal archiving workshop with some simple and effective tools to implement with your own material at home.
All CVHS lectures are free and open to the public!

02/05/2026

Our next lecture is on Wednesday, February 11, at 7pm at the Logan Library (285 N Main)!

"From Shoebox to Showcase: Organizing and Preserving a Personal Archive at Home" presented by Sarah Berry & Braydon Wright, USU Special Collections & Archives.

Whether they are tucked away in shoeboxes, filing cabinets or on hard drives, our family treasures deserve better than to be tucked away, lost or forgotten. In this brief workshop, two employees of USU's Special Collections and Archives will outline simple and practical ways to start organizing, preserving, and sharing personal archives at home. The material in home archives range across a wide variety of mediums such as journals, letters, scrapbooks, photos, digital media and more. We will be discussing how archivists consider memory, consolidation, significance, and long-term care for their cherished memories in their own lives. We hope you'll walk away from this personal archiving workshop with some simple and effective tools to implement with your own material at home.

All CVHS lectures are free and open to the public!

01/15/2026

Thank you to Emily Utt and everyone who came to Logan's historic tabernacle to learn about its recent preservation and renovation for this month's CVHS presentation!

01/14/2026

TONIGHT! 7pm at the Logan Tabernacle (50 N Main)! Come learn about the restoration of the tabernacle with Emily Utt, the historic properties specialist for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Free and open to everyone, so bring a friend!

Our first lecture of 2026 is next week! Wednesday, January 14, at 7pm at the Logan Tabernacle, Emily Utt will present "The Logan Tabernacle: Preserving for the Future!"

Emily Utt is the historic properties specialist for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and oversaw the recent restoration of the tabernacle.

NOTE: the location has changed to the historic Logan Tabernacle (50 Main Street) for this month only!

All CVHS lectures are free and open to the public!

01/06/2026

Our first lecture of 2026 is next week! Wednesday, January 14, at 7pm at the Logan Tabernacle, Emily Utt will present "The Logan Tabernacle: Preserving for the Future!"

Emily Utt is the historic properties specialist for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and oversaw the recent restoration of the tabernacle.

NOTE: the location has changed to the historic Logan Tabernacle (50 Main Street) for this month only!

All CVHS lectures are free and open to the public!

11/03/2025

📆 "Utah Family and Material Culture of WII" on Wednesday, November 12 from 7-8 p.m. at the Logan Library, hosted in partnership with the Cache Valley Historical Society.

How have everyday objects and cherished family memories become our most powerful link to Utah's World War II experience? This interactive lecture, featuring object stories from the "Bringing War Home" project archive, goes beyond textbooks to show how personal artifacts can act as time capsules. We’ll explore how these tangible items, paired with the stories passed down through generations, shape our understanding of how ordinary Utahns faced extraordinary challenges. Join us to see how memory is preserved, not just in history books, but in the things we hold most dear.

Hear from Molly Cannon, Assistant Professor in Anthropology and Executive Director and Curator for the Museum of Anthropology. She shares her research through public programming and exhibits with USU and Cache Valley communities.

View full event details and RSVP at https://secure.qgiv.com/for/publicprogramming/event/familymaterialculture/

10/27/2025

Our next lecture is on Wednesday, November 12, at 7pm at the Logan Library (285 N Main)! This month we are excited to partner with Utah Historical Society as part of their Perspectives Speaker Series.

"Utah Family and Material Culture of WWII | Perspectives Speaker Series" will be presented by Molly Cannon. How have everyday objects and cherished family memories become our most powerful link to Utah’s World War II experience? This interactive lecture, featuring object stories from the “Bringing War Home” project archive, goes beyond textbooks to show how personal artifacts can act as time capsules. We’ll explore how these tangible items, paired with the stories passed down through generations, shape our understanding of how ordinary Utahns faced extraordinary challenges. Join us to see how memory is preserved, not just in history books, but in the things we hold most dear.

All CVHS lectures are free and open to the public! Registration is not required!

10/02/2025

Our next lecture is on Wednesday, October 8, at 7pm at the Logan Library (285 N Main)!

“From Black to White: The Racial Passage of the Enoch and Mary Jordi Able Children” will be presented by W. Paul Reeve. The 1900 United States census for Cache County, Utah, listed a total of ten Black people in the entire county. Nine lived in Logan, one in Richmond, and eight belonged to the same household, that of Enoch and Mary Jordi Able. This presentation will explore the racial passage of the Enoch Able family, from “Black” in the 1900 census, to “mulatto” in 1910, to “white” by 1920. Enoch died in 1901, leaving his white, French-speaking, Swiss-born-wife a widow with seven children to raise. The Logan Journal newspaper announced his death in 1901 and then noted that “Able left a wife and large family in destitute circumstances.” The family’s difficulties navigating those circumstances will form the backbone of Professor Reeve’s presentation. The story that emerges represents the challenges of being of mixed racial ancestry in the Jim Crow era of racial segregation in the United States.

All CVHS lectures are free and open to the public!

10/01/2025

ATTENTION STUDENTS! We are now accepting applications for our spring semester 2026 scholarships. CVHS will award two $1500 scholarships to undergraduate or graduate students working on a faculty-supervised project relating to the history of Cache Valley. Applications are due October 27. Winners will be expected to present their project at a CVHS lecture next spring. See the attached flyer for more information and how to apply.