Chronicled within these pages are some of the early events in the history of Logan and Cache Valley, taken from the Church records stored in the Cache-Logan Stake House Vault.

A Newsman Remembered is not just the story of the life of Ralph Burdette Jordan (RBJ or Jock) who was a remarkable newspaperman/motion picture publicist/war correspondent. It is also a glimpse into an era of American social and political history that is now, unfortunately, largely forgotten if not discarded. The compelling personalities with whom he engaged Aimee Semple McPherson, William Randolph Hearst, Louis B. Mayer, General Douglas MacArthur are but fading memories which this book briefly restores. The first half of the 20th century began as an era of optimism that encompassed a belief that working hard along with seizing the main chance would produce social, professional and financial success. Ralph Jordan certainly exuded that optimism in everything that he encountered in his short life. Along with his contemporaries, moving into the great (largely ill-defined) middle class was his overarching goal. Within this goal, family life was an important ingredient for him - marriage in his day was still a partnership with clearly defined marital roles and expectations. Ralph and Marys marriage reflected that domestic configuration. Religious faith if not always observed to the letter also formed an important part of their family life. It could not be otherwise for them and those other largely third-generation descendants of Mormon pioneers (and their non-Mormon contemporaries) with whom they associated. These so-called Mormon second- and third-generation diasporans were willing even eager to leave behind them the remoteness of what was then described as Zion, to seek more promising futures elsewhere, retaining as best they could their unique heritage. Thus, Ralph Jordans story is indeed a life and times story worth telling!

Franklin Weaver (1828-1884), was born in Scio, Allegany Co., N.Y. to Edward Weaver and Martha Raymer. He married (1) 1848 in San Francisco, Christiana Rachel Reed (1830-1893), the daughter of John Haynes Reed and Christiana Gregory. She was born in Philadelphia, Pa. He married (2) 1856 in Salt Lake City Sally "Sarah" Clark (1831-1910), the daughter of Samuel Clark and Rebecca Garner. She was born in Clinton Co., Idaho. He married (3) 1856 in Salt Lake City Sarah Elizabeth Holmes (1838-1908), the daughter of Jonathan Harriman Holmes and Marietta Carter. She was born in Kirtland Geauga Co., Ohio. Sally Clark and Sarah Holmes were widows of Franklin Weaver's brother Miles Weaver. Franklin Weaver had twenty-three children

Covers history of Cache County from before settlement to 1996 and was written for the Utah centennial.