Cache County Sheriff's Office correspondence 1920-1925

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Cache County Sheriff's Office correspondence 1920-1925

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The Cache County Sheriff's Office Correspondence collection is composed of incoming and outgoing correspondence from 1920 to 1925. The letters reflect the two terms of Sheriff Miles L. Peterson, who held office from 1921 to 1926. There are also several letters to and from Sheriff J.H. Barker, who ended his service in 1920. In addition to correspondence, the collection includes bank notes, checks, invoices, receipts, and bills of sale reflecting the routine business and financial affairs of the sheriff's office.

4 boxes; 2 linear ft.

eng,

Utah State University. Merrill-Cazier Library. Special Collections and ArchivesUniversity Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 6624024

Utah State University. Merrill-Cazier Library. Special Collections and ArchivesUniversity Archives

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Peterson, Miles L. (Miles Larsen), 1887-1938

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Barker, J. H.

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Cache County (Utah). Sheriff's Office

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In 1854 the Utah Territorial legislature passed an act establishing the office of county sheriff with a two-year elected term. In 1857 Judge Peter Maughan appointed William Henry Garr as the first sheriff of Cache County. The first legislature of the state of Utah officially incorporated the office in 1896, and cited preservation of the peace and the making of lawful arrests among its major duties. Over the years the Cache County sheriff's office grew and expanded with the populatio...