The battle of the Bear River, 1973 Sept. 27 / talk given by Newell Hart.

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The battle of the Bear River, 1973 Sept. 27 / talk given by Newell Hart.

Typed transcription of a talk given by Newell Hart on the Battle of Bear River (usually called the Bear River Massacre) during a Cache Valley History Meeting, on September 27, 1973 (as taped and transcribed by Ray Somers).

1 item (20 leaves) ; 28 cm.

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Cache Valley Historical Society (Utah)

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The Cache Valley Historical Society (CHVS) was founded October 24, 1951 in Logan, Utah as the first local chapter of the Utah State Historical Society. The founding of CVHS was largely spearheaded by Dr. Joel E. Ricks, a Utah State University (USU) history professor, and during initially had fifty-two members. The first major project by the society was to compile the history of Cache Valley to commemorate the one-hundredth anniversary of its settlement. In 1956 the society produced ...

Somers, Ray, 1917-

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Ray Somers was born on Nov. 28, 1917, in Garland, Utah. Somers graduated from the Bear River High School in 1936 and attended the Utah State Agricultural College in 1937. In school, Somers discovered his passion for radio and electronics. To support himself through his education, he opened and managed a radio repair shop in the spring of 1938. In 1940, Somers decided to pursue other interests and was employed at the Western Music Company where he assembled and installed Wurlitzer jukeboxes throu...

Hart, Newell

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Local historian in Preston, Idaho; editor of the Cache Valley Newsletter and author of Bear River Massacre. From the description of Newell Hart papers, 1860-1983. (Utah State University). WorldCat record id: 20150930 Newell Hart (1913-1983) was a Preston native and local historian. He served an LDS mission in Minnesota and Montana and founded the Hart Music Company in Preston in 1939. He edited and published the Cache Valley Newsletter and was a frequent contrib...