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About Logan

The town of Logan was founded in 1859 by settlers sent by Brigham Young to survey for the site of a fort near the banks of the Logan River and they named their new community after Ephraim Logan, an early fur trapper in the area. Logans growth reflects settlement and post-war booms along with other changes incident to conditions in Utah, Utah State University was founded here as a branch of the U. S. Departments of Interior Bureau of Land Management camp where geologists, it is also alleged that Lassen Peak National Forest employee John Muir is responsible for naming Mt. Logan – Downtown Logan, with courthouse tower on right (2014) Logan – View over northern Cache Valley from Mount Naomi , showing old highway running north toward Bear Lake . The newer I-15 runs from top left to lower right; North Park reservoir at bottom center being filled off-frame behind trees; Airport runway at far upper left corner above freeway intersection below Mount Naomi's peak (left side).