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Cache County plat map photograph collection, 1860-1896
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Martineau, James H. (James Henry), 1828-1921
- Title
- Cache County plat map photograph collection
- Dates
- 1860-1896 (inclusive)18601896
- Quantity
- 1 box, (0.5 linear ft.)
- Collection Number
- UUS_P0322
- Summary
- 49 photographic reproductions of original plat maps in Cache and Franklin counties. These reproductions are mounted onto acid-free boards and show city lots as well as property boundaries for agricultural land. The plats were drawn by Cache County surveyor James Henry (J.H.) Martineau in the 1860s and 1870s.
- Repository
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Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives Division
Special Collections & Archives
Merrill-Cazier Library
Utah State University
Logan, UT
84322-3000
Telephone: 4357978248
Fax: 4357972880
scweb@usu.edu - Access Restrictions
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Restrictions
Open to public research.
- Languages
- English.
- Sponsor
- Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant, 2007-2008
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
James Henry Martineau (1828-1921) was a Mormon convert who is perhaps best known as a territorial, federal, and railroad (Union Pacific) surveyor. He was, as well, a settler, clerk, cartographer, photographer, and engineer. Although Martineau was acquainted with many upper-echelon Mormon leaders (including Brigham Young), he did not attain high-ranking status in the Church. Eventually he did, however, have four plural wives and more than twenty children.
Martineau arrived in Salt Lake City in 1850 while on his way to California from New York. While in Utah he converted to Mormonism. He completed a variety of surveys in southern Utah before serving as an officer in the Nauvoo legion during the Utah War of 1857-58. In 1860 he settled in Cache Valley as the county surveyor and the U.S. deputy internal revenue collector. In 1888 he moved his families to Colonia Juarez in Mexico, although in 1903 he moved back to Salt Lake City.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
This collection consists of 49 reproductions of original plat maps in Cache and Franklin counties. These reproductions are mounted onto acid-free boards and show city lots as well as property boundaries for agricultural land. The plats were drawn by Cache County surveyor James Henry (J.H.) Martineau in the 1860s and 1870s.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
CopyrightIt is the responsibility of the user to obtain permission to publish from the owner of the copyright (the institution, the creator of the record, the author or his/her transferees, heirs, legates, or literary executors). The user agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Utah State University Libraries, its officers, employees, and agents from and against all claims made by any person asserting that he or she is an owner of copyright.
Permission to publish material from the Cache County plat map photograph collection must be obtained from the Special Collections Photograph Curator and/or the Special Collections Department Head.
Preferred Citation
Cache County plat map photograph collection, 1860-1896. (P0322). Utah State University. Special Collections & Archives Department.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
Although Martineau numbered the lots in the plat maps, Special Collections does not have the property records that detail who owned the land.
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Real property--Idaho--Franklin County--Maps.
- Real property--Utah--Cache County--Maps.
Personal Names
- Martineau, James H. (James Henry), 1828-1921.
Corporate Names
- Cache County (Utah) (contributor)
Geographical Names
- Cache County (Utah)--Maps.
- Franklin County (Idaho)--Maps.
Form or Genre Terms
- Plats--Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho)