GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS TO STATEHOOD The Territorial Legislature having given the right of voting to women, the Council proceeded to amend the ordinance in relation to elections so that the same may agree with the law of the Territory. —LOGAN CITY COUNCIL, 1 MARCH 1870
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fovernment came to Cache County very early. In fact, the county was created by the Utah territorial legislature before Peter Maughan and his codeagues came into the region. Organized as a territory in 1850, Utah empowered its territorial legislature and governor to appoint probate judges and provide elections for ad township and county officers. Townships in a midwestern sense were never formed in Utah, but the model of county and city government of townships under the Land Ordinance of 1785 was duplicated. It is ironic that within four years of wanting to leave the United States and settle in Mexican territory, Brigham Young seemed anxious to provide a local civil government based on American models. The evolution of local government in Cache County is a very interesting story. Although most were inexperienced as politicians 80
