Construction camp near Battle Creek, Jdaho, ca. 1899, at the head of the West Cache. Courtesy Special Collections, Utah State University.
Water for the Big Range BY A. J . S I M M O N D S
favored the agricultural settlement of Cache Valley. Numerous streams, easily diverted for irrigation purposes, flow from the surrounding mountains to the Bear River which bisects the valley floor. But there is one section of Cache Valley which is not so "EOGRAPHY H A S GENERALLY
Mr. Simmonds is special collections librarian at U t a h State University. This paper was first written in 1965 as partial fulfillment of the requirements for a course in economic history given by Professor Leonard J. Arrington. T h e author wishes to express thanks to Leland Cottle of Trenton, general manager of the West Cache Irrigation Company, for permission to use the records of the company.
