COLLECTIONS
Providence Canals
Providence Incorporation Document
Notice of Result of Providence City Election which officially incorporates the town of Providence.
Newspaper article from Deseret Evening News, 1903
Newspaper article from the Deseret Evening News. The article’s subject is improvements being undertaken in Providence, Utah, to make water available to more residents.
Joseph Campbell
Photograph of Joseph Campbell, first president of the Providence Water Works Company.
Godfrey Fuhriman
Photograph of Godfrey Fuhriman, first president of the Providence-Blacksmith Fork Irrigation Company.
Joseph Alastor Smith Sr.
Photograph of Joseph Alastor Smith Sr., first president of the Spring Creek Water Company.
Map showing original diversion point of first canal
Screenshot of a map showing modern active canals. The diversion point from Blacksmith Fork has been circled to show the distance from Providence.
Irrigation ditch full of water
Photograph of an irrigation ditch in Logan, Utah. Photographer was George Turpin. Taken some time between 1896 and 1916.
Ground Water Supply in Cache Valley, Utah, Available for Domestic and Irrigation Use, page 37 photograph
Photograph of a well dug in 1940 by the Logan and Blacksmith Fork Irrigation Company. Found in published study of Cache Valley groundwater drafted by William Peterson.
Men lining a canal ditch with fabric and hot tar
Photograph of three men working on an irrigation ditch in Colorado. The men are mixing road oil to soil to create lining for the canal.
Buzzer yearbook photograph with Walter Fuhriman, 1938
Photograph from the 1938 Buzzer Yearbook showing the debate council, with Walter Fuhriman in the center
Men watching water flow into irrigation system
Photograph of men standing above a flume of water flowing into the irrigation canals.
Portrait photograph of Newton D. Hall
Photograph portrait of Newton Daniel Hall, who served as the first Watermaster in Providence, Utah.
Portrait photograph of Seth M. Blair
Photographed portrait of Seth M. Blair, who applied for and received water rights to Spring Creek.
First Canal near Zollinger Park
Photograph of Providence Millville Canal near Zollinger Park in Providence
First Canal Nibley near diversion point
Photograph near the diversion point of what is likely the first canal created to carry water from Blacksmith Fork to Providence, Utah.
Sketch of settlement of Providence Utah
Sketch of the early layout of Providence, Utah, showing settlement near water source. Found in historical paper written by Doran J. Baker.
Camp near the head of Cache Valley, Cache County, Utah
Photograph of a camp in Cache Valley, Utah, in 1871. The camp was for a Geological Survey.