Morgan County Historical Society

Morgan County Historical Society Established in 1979, our goal is to collect, preserve, and educate people about Morgan County's History

In 1956, Morgan County hosted its inaugural Dairy Princess competition. The competition was open to women aged seventeen...
06/03/2026

In 1956, Morgan County hosted its inaugural Dairy Princess competition. The competition was open to women aged seventeen to twenty-five. Winners of the County Dairy Princess title would then move on to compete in the Utah Dairy Princess competition and have the chance to win cash prizes and scholarship awards. Dairy Princesses would also go on goodwill tours to educate people about the dairy industry and promote the benefits of dairy products.

Pictured: 1956 Morgan County Dairy Princess and attendants.

The Cache Valley has been well known for its dairy products. The Morgan Creamery, located on 125 North, was started by N...
06/02/2026

The Cache Valley has been well known for its dairy products. The Morgan Creamery, located on 125 North, was started by N.J. Austad and William Chadwick of Logan, Utah, in 1911. After the original location burned down. Austad and Chadwick rebuilt the Morgan Creamery at 194 E. 100 N. In 1920, the Morgan Creamery was sold to the Mutual Creamery Company of Ogden, and the building was upgraded.

June is National Milk Month! It was created in 1937 to promote the drinking and purchasing of milk during the hot summer...
06/01/2026

June is National Milk Month! It was created in 1937 to promote the drinking and purchasing of milk during the hot summer months when dairy production was at a surplus. Two years later, the National Dairy Council changed the name to Dairy Month to celebrate and recognize the contributions of dairy farmers across the United States. Go out and support your local dairy farmers and dairy businesses this month!

Pictured: Dale Thurston with a cow.

Today's the day! Front Street Festival is happening now!
05/30/2026

Today's the day! Front Street Festival is happening now!

Don't forget! The festival starts tomorrow at 10 AM!
05/29/2026

Don't forget! The festival starts tomorrow at 10 AM!

Many of the Japanese immigrants to the United States came from five specific regions. In Morgan, Jusaburo Fujiki and his...
05/28/2026

Many of the Japanese immigrants to the United States came from five specific regions. In Morgan, Jusaburo Fujiki and his wife came from Fukuoka, Shoichi Yamashiro came from Hiroshima, and Yasaku Ono came from Fukushima. These were the rural farming regions of Japan that did not benefit as much as cities did during the Industrial Revolution and the Meiji Restoration.

Join us this Saturday for the Front Street Festival!
05/27/2026

Join us this Saturday for the Front Street Festival!

The Civil War not only freed Black Americans from slavery and granted them voting rights, but it also sparked a nationwi...
05/25/2026

The Civil War not only freed Black Americans from slavery and granted them voting rights, but it also sparked a nationwide remembrance of the fallen. With over 1.5 million lives lost, families began decorating the graves of fallen soldiers as early as 1861.

In 1866, the Ladies Memorial Association sought help from Southern newspapers to honor Confederate soldiers, while the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) established May 30 as Decoration Day in 1868.

Decoration Day became a national holiday in 1938, officially renamed Memorial Day in 1967, and moved to the last Monday in May in 1968. The observance has since expanded to honor all U.S. soldiers.

Pictured: 1998 Memorial Day commemoration at the North Morgan Cemetery.

Faust, Drew Gilpin. This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War. New York: Vintage Books, 2023.

“General Order No. 11.” John A. Logan’s Museum, August 19, 2024. https://loganmuseum.org/general-order/.

“The First Confederate Memorial Day.” The Times Dispatch. July 15, 1906. https://www.newspapers.com/image/827221108.

Pettegrew, John. “‘The Soldier’s Faith’: Turn-of-the-Century Memory of the Civil War and the Emergence of Modern American Nationalism.” Journal of Contemporary History 31, no. 1 (1996): 49–73. http://www.jstor.org.unk.idm.oclc.org/stable/261095.

One of Morgan's many Japanese American families was the Fujikis. Jusaburo Fujiki had five children in the United States....
05/22/2026

One of Morgan's many Japanese American families was the Fujikis. Jusaburo Fujiki had five children in the United States. George, Theodore, Masako, Kenneth, and Sumiko. The Fujikis were avid readers. When the children visited the dentist in Morgan City, they would "borrow all the books they were allowed and return them on their next visit," according to George Yoshida, who interviewed the family for "Japanese Americans in Utah" by the JA Centennial Committee. One of the family's favorite stories was "Les Misérables." Masako and her sisters would rush through their chores after dinner to listen to their mother read to them.

George Yoshida, "Jusaburo and Shigeyo Fujiki," in Ted Nagata's "Japanese Americans in Utah, (Salt Lake City: 1996, JA Centennial Committee,) p. 172-173.

Ten more days to the Front Street Festival!
05/21/2026

Ten more days to the Front Street Festival!

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98 N. Commercial Street
Morgan, UT
84050

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Monday 12pm - 5pm
Tuesday 12pm - 5pm
Wednesday 12pm - 5pm
Thursday 12pm - 5pm
Friday 12pm - 5pm

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