"Old Ephraim -- #2" by J. Arbon Christensen, Undated
Old Ephraim; Grizzly bear; Cache National Forest; Logan Canyon; Frank Clark; Folklore; Radio transcripts
Transcript of Old Ephraim -- #2 by J. Arbon Christensen, between 1960 and 1979.
Christensen, J. Arbon (speaker)
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives, J. Arbon Christensen radio transcripts (MSS 231, Box 2, Folder 11, Item 392)
Utah State University Libraries
Digital Initiatives Unit, Merrill-Cazier Library
Reproduction for publication, exhibition, web display or commercial use is only permissible with the consent of the USU Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives (email: SCWeb@usu.edu)
Logan, Utah
Magnavox heading paper with Old Ephraim, Undated
Old Ephraim; Grizzly bear; Logan Canyon; Frank Clark; Folklore
Keith Jorgensen's Magnavox Home Entertainment Center heading with story of Old Ephraim typed, between 1960 and 1979.
Unknown
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives, J. Arbon Christensen radio transcripts (MSS 231, Box 3, Folder 28, Item 885)
Magnavox Home Entertainment Center
Old Ephraim story found in Chips magazine of the Utah State Foresters, 1953
Old Ephraim; Frank Clark; Logan Canyon; Folklore; Cache National Forest; Student newspapers; Grizzly Bear
Old Ephraim story from Chips magazine of the Utah State Foresters, Volume XIII, No. 19, March 3, 1953.
Clark, Frank (author)
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives, General Book collection (979.2524 C547, Item 1-3)
Cache Valley, Utah and Idaho
"Story of Old Ephraim's Death" by Frank Clark, November 21, 1952
Old Ephraim; Frank Clark; Logan Canyon; Folklore
"Story of Old Ephraim's death by Frank Clark," November 21, 1952. Typewritten.
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives, Old Ephraim file, General Book collection (979.2524 Ep38, Folder A, Item A6-A7)
"True Bear Story as told by Frank Clark, Malad, Idaho," Undated
"True Bear Story as told by Frank Clark, Malad, Idaho," undated. Typed.
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives, General Book collection (979.2524 Ep38, Folder A, Item A11-A13)
Newspaper clippings and articles about Old Ephraim, 1953
Old Ephraim; Old Ephraim legends; Grizzly bear; Cache National Forest, Utah; Idaho
Contains newspaper articles about Old Ephraim: "Around Flickering Campfires: A Story;" "[Old] Ephraim was [a] character and a gentleman: the last of the Wasatch grizzlies was the most legendary of all;" "Here's the story of Old Ephraim by the man who bagged him;" "The passing of Old Ephraim" by Ranger H. I. Rice; "Old Ephraim" by Coralie McCarty Beyers; and "The Story of Old Ephraim" by Newell Crookston.
Clark, Frank (author); Rice, H.I. (author); Crookston, Newell (author); Beyers, Coralie McCarty (author);
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives, Leonard J. Arrington papers (USU LJAHA MSS 01, Series 7, Box 48, Folder 9)
Theodore Roosevelt; Old Ephraim; Grizzly bear hunting
“Close Quarters with Old Ephraim,” an illustration from "Theodore Roosevelt’s Hunting Trips of a Ranchman," 1885.
Frost, A. B. (artist)
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives, Book Collection 16, R-67.
Bear River Mountains, Idaho; Franklin Basin; sheepherding; Cache National Forest;
A photograph of sheep grazing in Franklin Basin, 1939.
Smith, Arthur (photographer)
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives, Arthur Smith Range Management photograph collection (USU_P0021, Box 1, Photograph 1:19:06a)
Franklin Basin, Idaho
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives, Arthur Smith Range Management photograph collection (USU_P0021, Box 1, Photograph 1:19:06)
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives, Arthur Smith Range Management photograph collection (USU_P0021, Box 1, Photograph 1:19:05)
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives, Arthur Smith Range Management photograph collection (USU_P0021, Box 1, Photograph 1:19:04)
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives, Arthur Smith range management photograph collection (USU_P0021, Box 1, Photograph 1:19:03)
Bear River Mountains, Idaho; Franklin Basin; Sheepherding; Cache National Forest;
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives, Arthur Smith Range Management photograph collection (USU_P0021, Box 1, Photograph 1:19:02)
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives, Arthur Smith Range Management photograph collection (USU_P0021, Box 1, Photograph 1:19:01)
Sheep grazing in spruce and fir environment, Cache National Forest 2 of 2
Bear River Mountains; Cache National Forest; Sheep; Grazing
A photograph of sheep grazing in spruce and fire environment in Cache National Forest, ca. 1938.
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives, Arthur Smith range management photograph collection (USU_P0021, Box 1, Photograph 1:8:15)
Bear River Mountains, Utah and Idaho
Sheep grazing in spruce and fir environment, Cache National Forest 1 of 2
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives, Arthur Smith range management photograph collection (USU_P0021, Box 1, Photograph 1:8:14)
Overgrazed land in Blacksmith Fork Canyon 3 of 3
Bear River Mountains, Utah; overgrazed land; Cache Valley; range management
A photograph of overgrazed land in Blacksmith Fork Canyon, April 19, 1938.
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives, Arthur Smith range management photograph collection (USU_P0021, Box 1, Photograph 1:8:11)
Blacksmith Fork Canyon, Utah
Overgrazed land in Blacksmith Fork Canyon 2 of 3
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives, Arthur Smith Range Management photograph collection (USU_P0021, Box 1, Photograph 1:8:10)
Overgrazed land in Blacksmith Fork Canyon 1 of 3
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives, Arthur Smith Range Management photograph collection (USU_P0021, Box 1, Photograph 1:8:9)
"General Range Conditions" in Cache Valley National Forest, November 12, 1910
Cache National Forest; Bear River Range; Forest Service; Grazing; Preston, Idaho; Ralph B. Roberts; Range conditions
"General Range Conditions" Annual Grazing Report for Cache National Forest, November 12, 1910. Excerpt from "History of Cache National Forest, Volume 2" compiled by Ralph B. Roberts, District Forest Ranger.
Roberts, Ralph B. (author)
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives, Cache National Forest papers (MSS 491, Box 7, Folder 3, Vol. 2, pgs 105-120)
"The Cache Grazing Resources" from "Know Your Forest News Stories", ca. 1927.
Cache National Forest; Bear River Range; Forest Service; Grazing; Preston, Idaho; Ralph B. Roberts
"The Cache Grazing Resources," the third article in the series "Know Your Forest News Stories," 1927. This copy is from "History of Cache National Forest, Volume 2" compiled by Ralph B. Roberts, District Forest Ranger in 1968. This excerpt describes the range conditions of the Bear River Range during the early 20th century.
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives, Cache National Forest papers (MSS 491, Box 7, Folder 3)
"Old Ephraim Monument" from A Legacy of Monuments
Old Ephraim monument; folk songs; Newell J. Crookston; Nephi J. Bott
An excerpt from "A Legacy of Monuments" written by Nephi J. Bott, 1973. This excerpt describes the history of the Old Ephraim monument and the folk song associated with it.
Bott, Nephi J. (author)
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives, Cache National Forest papers (MSS 491, Box 2, Folder 19)
"Old Ephraim the Last Bear Lake Grizzly"
Old Ephraim; Frank Clark; Bear Lake; Cache National Forest
An article from Bear Lake Magazine describing the story of Old Ephraim, September 15, 1979.
Bear Lake Magazine
Bear Lake, Utah
"Sheepman Regrets Killing of Old Grizzly 'Ephraim'"
Old Ephraim; Frank Clark; Cache Valley
A Deseret News article explaining how Frank Clark regretted killing Old Ephraim, September 29, 1959. Frank Clark tells the story of Old Ephraim nearly 40 years after he shot him.
Nielson, Chris (author)
Deseret News
A brochure from American Savings explaining the Legend of Old Ephraim.
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives, USU Student Fieldwork Collection (Folk Coll 8 USU, Box 35, #86-031, Item 21)
Statue of Old Ephraim at American Savings, Logan
Old Ephraim; Cache Valley
A photograph of a statue of Old Ephraim in front of American Savings in Logan, 1986.
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives, USU Student Fieldwork Collection (Folk Coll 8 USU, Box 35, #86-031, Item 18)
Folk songs; Cache Valley; Old Ephraim; Frank Clark; Utah
A folk song of the legend of Old Ephraim.
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives, USU Student Folklore Genre collections (Folk 8a, Group 5,Box 11, Folder 1, Item FS 10.1.1.3.2)
Cache Valley, Utah
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives, USU Student Folklore Genre collections (Folk 8a, Group 5, Box 11, Folder 1, Item FS 10.1.1.3.1)
"Utah's Old Ephraim," from Man Meets Grizzly
Old Ephraim; grizzly bears tales; folklore; Frank Clark; Cache Valley, Utah
The story of Old Ephraim compiled in "Man Meets Grizzly: Encounters in the Wild From Lewis and Clark to Modern Times", 1980.
Young, F.M.; Beyers, Coralie (Authors)
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives, Old Ephraim File (General Book Collection 979.2524 Ep38, Box 1, Folder F, Items F-81 through F-89)
Houghton Mifflin Company
Nature Magazine's "A Wasatch Grizzly", March 1928
Old Ephraim; sheepherding; Frank Clark; Cache Valley
Nature Magazine article by Dallas Lore Sharp telling the story of Old Ephraim, March 1928. This article is mentioned in George R. Hill's telling of Old Ephraim. This is possibly the earliest written account of the tale.
Sharp, Dallas Lore (author)
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives, Old Ephraim File (General Book Collection 979.2524 Ep38, Box 1, Folder F, Items F-141 through F-144)
Nature Magazine
Western Folklore Conference "Old Ephraim" Article
Old Ephraim; Austin E. Fife; Frank Clark; folklore; Cache Valley
Chapter about the legend of Old Ephraim from "The Western Folklore Conference: Selected Papers (Monograph Series)" collected by Austin E. Fife.
Young, Frank M.; Beyers, Coralie (authors)
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives, Old Ephraim File (General Book Collection 979.2524 Ep38, Box 1, Folder F, Items F-44 through F-56)
Standard Examiner's "The Legend of Old Ephraim"
Old Ephraim; Frank Clark; Barre Gilbert; Newell Crookston; Mae Crookston Wennergren; Cache Valley
Standard Examiner article covering the story of Old Ephraim, October 13, 1996. Discusses grizzly bear expert Barre Gilbert's examination of the skull and Newell Crookston's version of the legend.
Cairns, Becky (author)
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives, Old Ephraim File (General Book Collection 979.2524 Ep38, Box 1, Folder F, Items F-10 through F-16)
Standard Examiner
"Fred Summers Tells it This Way: Remember Old Ephraim"
Old Ephraim; Frank Clark; Frank Summers; sheepherding; Cache Valley
Article covering Fred Summers version of the Old Ephraim legend. Fred Summers was a sheepherder who heard the story from Frank Clark.
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives, Old Ephraim File (General Book Collection 979.2524 Ep38, Box 1, Folder F, Items F-7 through F-9)
Herald Journal; Old Ephraim monument; Frank Clark; Cache Valley
Herald Journal article concerning the dedication of the Old Ephraim monument, September 23, 1968.
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives, Old Ephraim File (General Book Collection 979.2524 Ep38, Box 1, Folder C, Item C-2 through C-3)
Herald Journal
Old Ephraim parody of "Ye Elders of Israel"
Old Ephraim; parodies; Latter-day Saint; Mormon hymns, Cache Valley; Nephi J. Bott
Old Ephraim folk song, August 15, 1966. The song is a parody of "Ye Elder's Of Israel," a traditional hymn from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This song was sung at the dedication of Old Ephraim's monument on September 21, 1966.
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives, Old Ephraim File (General Book Collection 979.2524 Ep38, Box 1, Folder C, Item C-1)
Old Ephraim photo from Deseret News Article, May 17, 1978
Old Ephraim; Grizzly Bear; Deseret News
A photograph of a taxidermy bear for Deseret News article "Old Ephraim is Back: USU Displays Grizzly," May 17, 1978.
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library. Special Collections & Archives, Old Ephraim File (General Book Collection 979.2524 Ep39, Box 1, Folder B, Item 5)
"Old Ephraim is Back: USU Displays Grizzly" May 17, 1978
Old Ephraim; Frank Clark; Old Ephraim skull; Utah State University; Logan, Utah
A Deseret News article concerning the Smithsonian loaning the Old Ephraim skull to Utah State University, June 17, 1973. The article also discusses the story of Old Ephraim.
Wakley, Ralph (author)
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives, Old Ephraim File (General Book Collection 979.2524 Ep39, Box 1, Folder B, Item 4)
Frank Clark; Old Ephraim; Cache National Forest; Sheepherding; Cache Valley
Letter from Frank Clark to Forest Service, November 16, 1923 describing Frank Clark's sheep casualties and losses for the summer of 1923. Letter also mentions other range problems such as overgrazing and "pocket squirrels." Clark also mentions killing a bear on August 28, 1923, which is most likely a reference to Old Ephraim.
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives, Utah Agriculture Experiment Station Directors files (USU 18:17, Box 3, Folder 10a)
Malad, Idaho
Ground Cover and Grazing in Cache National Forest
"Ground Cover and Grazing in Cache National Forest." Excerpt from "History of Cache National Forest, Volume 1." Compiled by Ralph B. Roberts, District Forest Ranger in 1968. This excerpt describes the history grazing in the Bear River range during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Roberts, Ralph B. (compiler)
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives, Cache National Forest papers (MSS 491, Box 7, Folder 1)
Reproduction for publication, exhibition, web display or commercial use is only permissible with the consent of the USU Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives (email: SCWeb@usu.edu)"SCAMSS0491Bx007Vol01-074-086.pdf "
Intermountain Inter-Tribal School; Intermountain Indian School; Navajo education; Indian boarding schools; Brigham City, Utah history
The Intermountain Inter-Tribal School logo created by Navajo artist John Huskett on the side of the school's auditorium.
John Huskett
Used by permission of the John Huskett family
Mendon Sesquicentennial Pioneer Day Program
Mendon, Utah; Pioneer Day
A Mendon City Pioneer Days & Sesquicentennial Celebration program from July 24, 2010.
USU Special Collections & Archives, Folklore Collection 67
Mendon, Utah
Intermountain School in News 1984 NEWSCAST
Intermountain Indian School, Brigham City, Utah History, Intermountain Inter-Tribal School
This newscast from early February, 1984 shows the response of the Bureau of Indian Affairs to the Intermountain Spirit Stick Run held on January 27, 1984 when petitions were presented to Utah congressional delegation to stop the closure of Intermountain Inter-Tribal School.
Bill Curtis
YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNcmaPfUeO8
YouTube
INTERMOUNTAIN RUN
Intermountain Indian School, Brigham City, Navajo Education, Intermountain Inter-Tribal School
In February, 1983 students at Intermountain Inter-Tribal School in Brigham City, Utah ran to the Federal Building in Ogden, Utah to deliver petitions, the students had gathered, to Utah's congressional delegation. The petitions favored the continued operation of the boarding school for American Indians, which had been marked for closure by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. The school had been in operation since the early 1950's and served students from over 100 different Tribes. Many of the students lived in remote areas not served by Public or Tribal schools. Despite the efforts of the students and many others, the school closed in 1984. This video was produced by media students at Intermountain. The BIA ended up closing a number of boarding schools from 1983-86 and contracted many school operations to the Tribes and local Public Schools. The unique population served by Intermountain School was never ever really addressed. Some students were able to be placed in other schools but many slipped through the cracks.
YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yl08lZbO6rY
Intermountain Indian School painting restoration and preservation
Intermountain Indian School, Bushnell Military Hospital, Navajo Education, Indian Boarding School, Brigham City, Utah History
Intermountain Indian School in Brigham City, how it deteriorated and it was restored.
YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aylgnj2b_fA
Daniel Richards; Jim Hill; Pocatello's Revenge
Excerpt of Daniel Richards’ interview discussing Jim Hill, the man accused of killing a Native American man, in the story "Pocatello's Revenge."
Daniel Richards (interviewee)
Richard Watkins (interviewer)
Reproduction for publication, exhibition, web display or commercial use is only permissible with the consent of the USU Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives (email: SCAWeb@usu.edu)
Paul Willie
Excerpt from History of Cache County titled "Pocatello's Revenge"
Cache Valley; Pioneers; Rosa Thurston; A Stolen Child: Pocatello's Revenge
“Chief Pocatello’s Revenge,” gives a settler’s perspective of the interactions between Chief Pocatello and Mendon settlers, including comments about Chief Pocatello perceived connection to Rosa Thurston’s disappearance. The excerpt is from _History of Cache County_, an edited volume of local stories, compiled by Cache Valley elementary school students and teachers, pages 108-109.
Elementary Schools of Cache County
Utah State University Special Collections & Archives, 979.27 C113e, pages 108-109
Cache County
Excerpt from "Paranormal Encounters" titled "The Witch Tree"
Witches tree; Mendon; Cache Valley; Haunting; Memorate; Ghost; Legend trip; Contemporary legend
A collection of personal narratives for those that have supernatural interactions in Mendon, Utah. This excerpt is specifically from item 16, which focuses on the witch tree located in the Wellsville Mountains above Mendon.
Nick Allen (interviewer)
Utah State University Special Collections & Archives, High School Student Folklore Collection (FOLK 55, Series 1, Box 11, Item 0122) http://digital.lib.usu.edu/cdm/single item/collection/p16944coll20/id/54/rec/1
Utah State University
Mendon, Utah; Cache Valley; Logan Canyon
Article "Fine Races" appearing in the Logan Leader July 22, 1881
Logan Leader; Races
An article titled "Fine Races" in the Logan Leader on July 22, 1881. The article is about horse races in Mendon, Utah.
Logan Leader
Utah Digital Newspapers https://newspapers.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s67h2xrn/20880789
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah