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*1830. Jim Bridger and several other trappers bought out William Ashley and established the Rocky Mountain Fur Company, competing for the lucrative beaver pelt trade.  
*1830. Jim Bridger and several other trappers bought out William Ashley and established the Rocky Mountain Fur Company, competing for the lucrative beaver pelt trade.  
*1830s. Cache Valley was named for the fur stashes made by many of the Rocky Mountain Fur Company trappers
*1852. Mormon William Gardner became the first settler in Cache Valley  
*1852. Mormon William Gardner became the first settler in Cache Valley  
*1857. Logan was established
*1856. Cache County was formed by the territorial legislature
*1856. Cache County was formed
*1859. The town of Logan was founded in 1859 by Mormon settlers
*1864.&nbsp;Logan became the county seat, (and the principal city of the Logan, UT-ID Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Cache County and Franklin County, Idaho)<br>
*1864.&nbsp;Logan became the county seat, (and the principal city of the Logan, UT-ID Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Cache County and Franklin County, Idaho)<br>&nbsp;


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