Logan, UT

    Logan, UT

    • Settled: Early Mormon colonizer, Peter Maughan located the city’s site in spring, 1859: the fourth settlement in Cache Valley, Logan became the area’s central business site within a year of its establishment
    • Original Name:  Maughan’s settlement was originally known as Logan’s Fort
    • Origin of Name: There are several versions: 1) a mountain man named Ephraim Logan, traveling with Ashley’s group and a member of Jedediah Smith’s party lost his life in the 1820s along the river, which became known as Logan River, the settlement was later named after the river ; 2) another claim is that it was named after an Indian named Logan; 3) a Mrs. Roberts wrote a letter that it was named after her father’s ox named Logan: church Apostle Hyde was reportedly asked to name the settlement after the ox and he complied
    • Known for: County seat of Cache (pronounced CASH) County, commercial center and largest city in the area: Home of Utah State University, a land-grant university, which was established by the sale of public lands to fund higher education institutions, under the Morrill Acts; the area has a vibrant economy, fueled by many innovations that were developed at USU, especially in the areas of aerospace, business and performing arts
    • Notable Features:  The region enjoys a rich history of early settlement; Cache County is named after the stashes of furs stored in “caches” buried in the earth by early mountain men and fir-traders; it has always enjoyed a more relaxed and rural reputation than its urban neighbors to the south along the Wasatch Front; USU’s curriculum has enjoyed a national reputation for its support and innovations in the ag business (hence its nickname of Aggies”)
    • Location: Located 82 miles (1 hour and 20 minutes) north of Salt Lake City, via I-15 N and Hwy 89/91 N
    • Population 2024: 56.770

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