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LOGAN , a city and the county-seat of Cache county,See also: Utah, U.S.A., on the Logan See also: river, about 70 M
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N. of See also: Salt Lake City, Pop
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(1900) 5451 (1440 See also: foreign-See also: born); (191o) 7522
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It is served by the See also: Oregon See also: Short See also: Line railroad
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It lies at the mouth of Logan See also: Canon, about 4500 ft. above the See also: sea, and commands magnificent views of the Wasatch Mountains and the fertile Cache Valley
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At Logan is a See also: temple of the Latter-See also: Day See also: Saints (or See also: Mormons), built in 1883, and the city is the seat of the Agricultural See also: College of Utah, of Brigham See also: Young College, and of New See also: Jersey See also: Academy (1878), erected by the See also: women. of the See also: Synod of New Jersey and managed by the Woman's See also: Board of Home See also: Missions of the Presbyterian See also: Church
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The Agricultural College was founded in 1888 and opened in 1890; an agricultural experiment station is connected with it and the institution comprises
See also: schools of See also: agriculture, domesti :. science and arts, commerce, mechanic arts and general science
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Six experiment stations in different parts of the See also: state and a central experimental See also: farm near St See also: George, See also: Washington county, were in 1908 under the direction of the experiment station in Logan
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Brigham Young College was endowed by Brigham Young in 1877 and was opened in 1878; it offers courses in the arts, See also: theology, See also: civil See also: engineering, See also: music, See also: physical culture, domestic science, nurse training and See also: manual training
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Logan has various manufactures, and is the See also: trade centre for a fertile farming region
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The See also: municipality owns and operates its See also: water See also: works and its electric See also: lighting plant
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Logan was settled in 1859 and first incorporated in 1866
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