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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 | ||
* | *1856. Cache County was formed by the territorial legislature | ||
* | *1859. The town of Logan was founded in 1859 by Mormon settlers | ||
*1864. 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. 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> | ||
=== Resources === | === Resources === | ||