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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 | *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 | *1856. Cache County was formed by the territorial legislature. | ||
*1859. The town of Logan was founded in 1859 by Mormon settlers | *1857. Smithfield was founded by Robert Thornley. Dairying, a Del Monte canning factory, and the sugar beet were the main industries. | ||
*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) | *1859. The town of Logan was founded in 1859 by Mormon settlers sent by Brigham Young. | ||
*1859-60. Providence settled, mostly by Swiss LDS converts. | |||
*1860. Hyrum was founded by Danish immigrants of sons of Ezra T. Benson. | |||
*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). | |||
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