Little History Tour of Cache Valley

Last Saturday Liz and I Decided to go for a little drive north of Logan and get away from our house for a while. On the way i was telling her about some of the history that was close to us that was historical in national ways and religious ways. So we drove up towards Idaho. The border of Idaho is only about 15 minutes away anyways. Here are some pictures with little explanations of who, what, where, and why. Enjoy.


Bear River Indian Massacre


This is a monument and the site of one of the worst Indian Massacres to ever happen in American History. A infantry from California was ordered to attack and kill a band of Shoshones that were camping on the northern end of Cache Valley. There had been attacks on some settlers and a little Army Caravan that were reported to be warriors from this tribe. It was never proven. It happened on January 29th, 1863. There were battles back and forth between each other. In the end there were between 250 to 375 Indians dead depending on the historian you ask. It was not widely talked about since it happened during the Civil War, so not many people on the East Coast know about it and when i told Liz she never ever heard about it when she did her history classes. I learned about it a lot in school here.


Ezra Taft Benson's hometown and grave site.




Ezra Taft Benson was the first Prophet of the church that i can actually remember. He was a great man and i got the chance to meet him when i was about 12 when he came to talk at a youth fireside in Logan. He shook my hand and said hello. I also got to witness his funeral procession through Cache Valley when it came through to go to his home town of Whitney, Idaho. It was really inspiring back then to see all of these cars and people lined up and down the highway to watch his hearse drive by. My friends and i watched from the Maverick Gas Station parking lot as it drove by. His grave stone is ordinary and you would never guess he was this great important man in a lot of peoples lives.

Smiling Barn



This Barn greets you as you are leaving the Whitney Cemetery. Its colorful and it looks right at the Cemetery. Liz and i were saying how nice it is to see something so cheery coming out of someplace to solemn and sad when you are there for those events. Its great to have that watching over loved ones.


Sugar Beet Factory


All i really know about this old building is that it was a Sugar Beet Factory and i think it also did some other sort of vegetable and fruit productions until the Del Monte plant opened up in Smithfield, Utah. It also was used during WWI and WWII to produce a number of things for the military over seas. Its a beautiful structure.

US:


This is Liz ( Peanut ) and I taking pictures and having fun by a river.


Liz doing some professional poses. WORK IT, WORK IT.