Providence (Utah)
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Location in Utah
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| Foundation : | April 20, 1859 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Utah | ||
| County : | Cache County | ||
| Coordinates : | 41 ° 42 ′ N , 111 ° 49 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Mountain ( UTC − 7 / −6 ) | ||
| Residents : | 7,075 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 969.2 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 7.3 km 2 (approx. 3 mi 2 ) of which 7.3 km 2 (approx. 3 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 1401 m | ||
| Postal code : | 84332 | ||
| Area code : | +1 435 | ||
| FIPS : | 49-62360 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1444657 | ||
| Website : | www.providencecity.com | ||
Providence is a city in the north of the US state Utah with 7075 inhabitants (2010). It is located in Cache County on the eastern edge of the Cache Valley below the Bear River Mountains . About four kilometers north is Logan , the county seat of Cache County. Providence became a suburb of Logan after World War II and belongs to its metropolitan area , which includes settlements in Cache County and Franklin County in neighboring Idaho .
history
Originally the Cache Valley belonged to the territory of the Ute Indians. Probably the first white fur hunters and traders to reach the valley were in the spring of 1824 when members of the Rocky Mountain Fur Company led by Jedediah Smith first crossed the South Pass . They buried some of the supplies there before they dispersed into the rivers and went on the beaver hunt. Later in the year they gathered again, opened the hiding place ( English cache ) and decided in the following years to organize meeting points again to supply with supplies. This is how the tradition of rendezvous came about . In 1826 and 1831 these rendezvous took place again in Cache Valley.
In the late 1840s, Mormon pioneers explored northern Utah and also the Cache Valley. At the instigation of Brigham Young , President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons), the first farm was built in 1855 on the east side of Cache Valley, near where we are today. In the spring of 1857, a family and a single settler reached the region and planted the first field at the confluence of the Logan River and Spring Creek at the foot of Logan Peak (2960 m). The next settlers did not come until 1859, because the planned settlement of the region was slowed down by conflicts that led to the Utah War in 1857/58 .
The next pioneers came from North Ogden , a spin-off from Ogden in Weber County, and arrived at Spring Creek in April 1859. Shortly thereafter, another group of settlers reached the area and, unable to come to an agreement with those who had arrived first, they moved three kilometers up the Logan River and built their own settlement called Logan. In the course of the year more settlers were found for both villages, at the end of 1859 Providence had 29 families.
The group from April 1859 built the first solid log houses, which is why the year 1859 is considered the city's founding date. Providence is therefore considered the second settlement in Cache Valley after Maughan's Fort , which was founded in 1856 by Peter Maughan. Among the first families were three of German descent, the next year seven more German-speaking families with Swiss roots followed at the invitation of one of the families. They laid the basis for a tradition that is still celebrated today as the annual sauerkraut dinner .
In the first year a community (was was ) founded the Church of Jesus Christ. It was called Providence , which carried over to the settlement two years later when the first post office was established. In November 1862 there was a skirmish with Shoshone outside the village , the conflict escalated further and led in January 1863 to the skirmish on the Bear River , in which a dormant Indian village was attacked by the US Army. The soldiers killed 384 Indians, including women, children and the elderly. In 1871 a community center was established and the settlement area was officially surveyed. There has been a schoolhouse since 1877, which was replaced in 1904 by a new building with a bell tower, which is still standing today.
The economic basis of the settlement was agriculture. The first settlers brought cattle with them, and agriculture concentrated on grain, alfalfa, as well as peas, beans and sugar beets. Large orchards followed. The first shop was founded by one of the German settlers named Theurer, and a shopping cooperative followed in 1869. A sawmill for construction timber and a sugar factory as well as a workshop for thickening molasses were quickly established.
Following the recognition of Utah as a state of the United States in 1890, Providence was registered as a town in 1897 , and Providence has been a city since July 1929 .
The Utah Idaho Central Railroad Company's railway line was extended from Logan to Providence by 1912, and quarries in Providence could now be expanded to deliver limestone for the entire region. The railway line was closed in 1947 after traffic shifted to the road.
Providence today
After the Second World War, the character of the city changed. The agricultural character decreased and it became the suburb of Logan. Today the city is one of the fastest growing settlements in the region. Between 2000 and 2010 it grew by over 60%. The attractive location under the mountains in a small settlement attracted residents with a high formal education. In Providence, 44% have a college degree, compared with 35% in Cache County. Providence is also above average in income, with median household income being $ 64,750, compared to $ 47,064 in Cache County.
There are no major roads through Providence, US Highway 91 runs immediately west of the city.
Web links
- Doran J. Baker: Providence in: Utah History Encyclopedia
Individual evidence
- ↑ Unless otherwise stated, the story is based on Doran J. Baker: Providence ( Memento of the original from January 13, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. in: Utah History Encyclopedia
- ↑ a b Doran J. Baker: Providence, Utah - Sesquintennial ( Memento of the original from January 20, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF file; 1.17 MB), Providence Historic Preservation Commission 2009
- ^ MR Hovey: Early Settlement of Providence , 1923
- ↑ a b c U.S. Census Bureau: Providence ( Memento of the original from May 19, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , As of 2010 Census
- ↑ a b U.S. Census Bureau: Cache County , as of 2010 Census
