Cache Valley Historical Society

A commitment to
keeping history alive.

The Cache Valley Historical Society (CVHS) is the oldest local chapter of the Utah State Historical Society. CVHS began in 1951 and some of it’s early members included Joel E. Ricks, Leonard Arrington, George Ellsworth, J. Duncan Brite, and Merlin Hovey. The organization is unique in the West in that it includes an area involving two states.

ABOUT CVHS

Our Monthly Lectures

  • March 2026 lecture
    Our next lecture is on Wednesday, March 11, at 7pm at the Logan Library (285 N Main)! “Early Bear Lake Valley History and Tales of Peg Leg Smith and the Bear Lake Monster” by Sherry Wells Brown Sherry Wells Brown has served on The National Oregon/California Trail Center board. For the past two years, she has… Read more: March 2026 lecture

2026 Calendar

  • January 14 – The Logan Tabernacle: Preserving for the Future by Emily Utt *NOTE Location: Logan Tabernacle, 50 North Main*
  • February 11 -From Shoebox to Showcase: Organizing and Preserving a Personal Archive at Home by Braydon Wright and Sarah Berry
  • March 11 – History of the Bear Lake Valley and its Connection to Cache Valley by the Bear Lake Historical Society
  • April 8 – USU Scholarship winners – The History of the Intermountain Indian School by Ashlyn Erickson & The Story of Vernacular Polygamist Architecture in Cache Valley by Aurora Durfee
  • May 13 – From Oslo to Idaho: Settling Cache Valley by Devan Jensen
  • June 10 – TBD
  • September 9 – A Biography of Ezra Taft Benson by Patrick Mason
  • September TBD – Cache Valley Historic Home Tour, 10am-4pm
  • October 14 -Fur Traders and Trappers of Cache Valley with Richard Saunders
  • October TBD – Scholarship applications are due
  • November 4 or 18 – TBD

More information on each lecture will be added very soon.

Lectures take place on the second Wednesday of the month at 7pm at the Logan Library (285 N Main), unless otherwise noted.