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laid out by a colony of six families. Wliite persons had, howeyer, 

 been here before. J. C. Fremont, in the report of his explorations in 

 1842^ mentions meeting parties of emigrants in this locahty, and 

 Marcus Wliitman traversed the valley in the fall of 1842 on his mem- 



with 



savine^ Oreo^on 



Logan, the principal town in Cache Valley, has a population of 

 about 8,000 and is the location of the State Agricultural CoUege, 

 Brigham Young CoUege, and one of the four great Moinnon temples. 

 The two towers of this temple, rising above the treetops at the foot of 

 the mountains to the east, can be seen from the railroad. Two large 

 sugar factories in this vaUey, at Logan and at Lewiston, contract for 

 the yield of several thousand acres of sugar beets, the growing of 

 which is one of the principal industries. Dauying is also an extensive 

 industry and condensed-milk factories are located at Logan, Smith- 

 field, Richmond, and Franklin. 



On leaving Cache Junction the tram crosses Bear River and turns 

 to the north, giving a broad view of the south end of Cache Valley and 

 its encircling mountains. Logan Peak, the highest point on the 

 range near Logan, has an altitude of 9,713 feet. The strip of timber 

 along the foot of the mountains from Logan north is not natural forest 

 but is composed wholly of orchards, shade trees, and windbreaks 



around the farms. 



Wave-cut t^Iraces or beaches of old Lake Bonneville are well pre- 

 served on the side of Xewton Hill, west of Hammond siding. The 



rock cliff here probably is the result of comparatively 

 Hammond. recent uplift along a north-south faidt. Between 



SS'^^'i^^S/^*" Hammond and Trenton, at the point where the rail- 

 road turns from northeast to north, the wliite spots 

 that look like closely set gi^avestones on the hillside west of the 

 track arc about 200 beehives. The bees feed on alfalfa and white 

 clover, and the honey uidustry is growing. Many years ago the 

 Mormons attempted to estabUsh a silk industry in the valley but were 

 not successful. Some of the mulberry trees they set out are still 



standing. 



oram 



mills. Most of the ridge on the west is formed 



hi 



Some houses 



Trenton. ^^^ the vicmity are built of these rocks, which are 



Elevation 4,460 feet, easily quarricd and shaped. North of Trenton well- 



Popiilation 248.* 



Oeden 57 mil 



afternoon sunlig 



made narticularlv conspicuous by the shadows. To the east stretches 



ancient 



Lake BonneviUe. 



92213°— Bull. U12~15 S 



