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Show VIII INTRODUCTION A m u s e m e n ts —6 m o v in g -p ic tu re h o u s e s ; 1 th e a tr e ; 10 w a rd r e c r e a tio n h a lls ; 2 bow ling p a r l o r s ; 3 sc h o o l g y m n a s iu m s w ith sw im m in g p o o ls; 3 te n n is c o u r ts , 3 p a rk s a fo r so ftb a ll, p ic n ic k in g and r e c r e a tio n ; 1 r o l l e r sk a tin g rin k ; n a tu r a l sk a tin g rin k and sk i a r e a f o r w in te r r e c r e a ti o n . 1 r e c r e a ti o n c e n te r . E d u catio n —U tah S tate U n iv e rs ity , w ith 10,000 s tu d e n ts . 9 p u b lic sc h o o ls, including 1 s e n io r high sc h o o l and 1 ju n io r h ig h . N u m b er o f stu d e n ts in public sc h o o ls, 3,100; te a c h e r s , 111. P u b lic L ib r a r ie s —C ache C ounty L ib ra r y , w ith one of th e l a r g e s t g e n e a lo g ic a l s e c tio n s of an y li b r a r y in th e In te rm o u n ta in s t a t e s . A lso li b r a r i e s a t Utah S tate U n iv e rs ity and th e s e n io r an d junioT h ig h sc h o o ls . C hurches—20, r e p r e s e n t i n g 6 d e n o m in a tio n s . 3 s e m i n a r i e s . I n d u s try —Chief in d u s trie s of Logan and C ache County a r e m ilk and c h e e s e f a c to rie s, flour m illing and e le v a to r s , pea and b e a n can ning plan ts, knitting and w earin g a p p a r e l f a c to rie s , candy and ice c r e a m plan ts, b a k e r i e s , chicken and fish h a tc h e rie s , f l o r a l h o u s e s and n u r s e r i e s , f a r m wagon factory, iron w o rks, sand and g r a v e l p lan ts, u p h o ls te r i n g an d t a i l o r shops, saw m ill and m illw ork, m onum ent c o m p a n ie s , m a t t r e s s fa c to ry , bottling w orks, h a r n e s s shop, t u r k e y p r o c e s s i n g plant, a b a t t o i r , tr o u t f a r m s , honey cu ltu re, mobile hom e m an u f a c tu r in g div ision ; t i r e r e t r e a d ing p lan ts. B u sin e s s fo r m s p rinting, piano m a n u fa c tu rin g , f a r m m a c h in e ry , p rinting. In d u s tr i e s which a r e b e s t s u ite d fo r the c r o p s and co n d itio n s hav e .') b een e s t a b li s h e d h e r e . T h is b ein g an a g ricu ltu ral; s e c t io n , those indus-*t r i e s which u s e a g r i c u l t u r a l p ro d u c t s h av e b een f o s t e r e d a n d /S u p p o r te d . The ch ief c r o p s a r e . h a y , g r a i n , s u g a r b e e ts , p o ta to e s , peak-, b e i p S a l falfa s e e d , a p p le s , f r u its and v e g e ta b le s $ D a iry in g ori& of the m a in i n d u s t r i e s , with p o u ltry , in cluding t u r k e y s , d ev e lo p in g v e r y \ f a s t . Trade Jobs But m a n u f a c tu r in g is n ot the only c o n t r i b u t o r to the hew C a c h e C ounty look; T ra d e job s, than k s p r i n c i p a l l y to the opening l a s t s u m m ® of the C ache V a lle y Mall, a r e up a l m o s t 600 in the l a s t five y e a r s . G o v e r n m e n t jo bs a r e up 1,000. C o n s tr u c ti o n h a s ad d e d 200 jobs^in five y e a r s . S e r v | | ^ jobs a r e 500 m o r e than in 1970. And a g r i c u l t u r e h a s k e p t p a c e ; w ith an in c r e a s e fr o m 1,538 in 1970 to 2,242 in 1975. General Review •>Logan was s e t tl e d in the e a r l y s p r i n g of 18!p9, by two s m a ll " g r o u p s of fa m il ie s that c a m e fr o m the Salt L ak e V alley to build h o m e s in the b eautiful C ache V alley . The p lateau on which p a r t o f H o g a n is now s i t u a ted , and the L o gan R iv e r, with its p o w er.an d I r r i g a t i o n p o s s i b i l i t i e s , soon convinced th e s e p io n e e r s that this*‘w M an e x c e l le n t p la c |S |o s t a r t a settlem ent. The city is lo c a te d on the lak e bed and d e lta s of t h ^ a n c i e n t L ake B o n neville. The s h o r e lin e s of th is old la k e a r e plain ly v is ib le on the s lo p e s of the fo othills of the e a s L m o u n t a in s . The s i te of t h e S i t y w as c o v e r e d with 700 feet of w a te r a t the high lev el of the la k e . L ogan was in c o r p o r a t e d on J a n . 17, 1866, with Alvin C r o c k e t t . a s the f i r s t m a y o r . The C ity b ein g n e a r the c e n t e r of the valley and with the l a r g e s t s t r e a m f o r i r r i g a t i o n and p o w e r p u r p o s e s , n a tu r a ll y m a k e i t the c e n t e r of d evelo p m en t, and it b e c a m e the county s e a t so o n a f t e r its settlem ent. F r e ig h t s e r v ic e to L o g an and the s u rro u n d in g a r e a is su p p lie d by the O reg o n S h o rt L in e R , R . (U nion P a c ific ); fo u r tru c k in g c o m p a n ie s; one a ir lin e s e rv in g C ach e a ir p o r t w ith fo u r flig h ts d a ily , an d U n ited P a r c e l P o s t. Two th ro ug h bus s e r v i c e s , one Logan in t r a c i t y lin e , c a r r e n t a l, one taxi f i r m and two c h a r t e r a i r s e r v i c e s p ro v id e p e r s o n a l and g ro u p t r a n s p o rta tio n . |
