1 50 1 https://exhibits.usu.edu/files/original/258ff3009a02ac3e3986b93cc18737bf.pdf 09c9f99f1f8a31076654b9f441bf230a Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Regreening Cache Valley Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho); Cache County (Utah); Utah; United States; Logan River (Utah); 1860-1869; 1870-1879; 1880-1889; 1890-1899; 1900-1909; 1910-1919; 19th century; 20th century; Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Morse, Kathryn T. ; Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1992 Description An account of the resource Nature's Second Course: Water Culture in the Mormon Communities of Cache Valley, Utah, 1860-1916 by Kathryn T. Morse. A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in History, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, 1992. Nineteenth-century Mormon settlers in Utah combined a unique set of religious beliefs with a fervent agrarianism and a strong sense of community. They encountered a specific arid environment along the Wasatch Front. A distinctive cultural set of irrigation institutions and practices developed out of the complex interchanges between nature and culture in Cache Valley, Utah, between 1860 and 1916. The structure of water flow, and conflicts over water rights and responsibilities, reflected the fundamental tensions within Mormon communities between individual gain and collective progress; it also reflected the patriarchal essence of Mormon culture. The season-to-season workings of irrigation institutions that distributed water from the Logan River, whether large irrigation districts or neighborhood canal cooperatives, showed how Mormon communities developed systems of exchange for water that allowed each individual irrigator to take water in direct proportion to the amount of labor, cash, or crops he contributed to the group's collective construction and upkeep of canals. The democratic nature of these exchanges, however, were tempered by natural hierarchies inherent in the geography of water canals, and by community hierarchies of power. A small group of elite town fathers held most of the responsibility for irrigation administration, and used their influence -in disputes over water. Those town fathers also tended to own more land than other irrigators. They often owned valuable land in proximity to the canals themselves. Between settlement in 1860 and the Call Decree in 1916, Logan River irrigators worked together to formulate a water distribution system that allowed for both the growth of local communities and for continued adherence to the basic religious principles on which the communities were founded. They also struggled to follow seasonal cycles of water use that fit within the natural cycles of the rise and fall of the water level in the river. Whether at the level of the high-line canal, the city block, or the family garden, Mormon water systems constituted an interesting example of the ways in which culture and the environment come together to shape natural resource use, especially in the arid regions of the American west. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf; Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context http://digital.lib.usu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/regreening/id/2866 SCABOOK042No038.pdf Language A language of the resource eng; Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Utah State University Relation A related resource Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives, Book Collections Also available online at: http://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/1248/ Regreening of Cache Valley Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Reproduction for publication, exhibition, web display or commercial use is only permissible with the consent of the author. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Morse, Kathryn T. Nature's Second Course: Water Culture in the Mormon Communities of Cache Valley, Utah, 1860-1916. Thesis (M.A.)--Utah State University, Dept. of History, 1992. Subject The topic of the resource Canals--Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho)--History; Canals--Utah--History; Water rights--Utah--Cache County--History; Water resources development--Utah--History; Mormons--Utah--Social life and customs; Logan River (Utah)--Water rights; Title A name given to the resource Nature's Second Course: Water Culture in the Mormon Communities of Cache Valley, Utah, 1860-1916 Type The nature or genre of the resource Text;