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Hyrum,
Utah
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The need for water leads to a State Park. |
Long before the reservoir was built, settlers dug a nine-mile long canal to bring irrigation water from the Little Bear |
River to area farms. With only hand tools available, they devised a crude V-shaped plow, known as a go-devil, built |
from two logs joined together on one end and pulled by oxen. |
Irrigating became easier in 1935 when construction of Hyrum Dam was completed. Its specific purpose was to |
provide irrigation water and flood control for the farms of the fertile Cache Valley. The dam was built by the U.S. |
Bureau of Reclamation. (The dam, reservoir and nearby ltowhn are named Hyrum Smith, brother to the founder of |
the Mormon Church.) |
In 1959, the Utah Division of Parks and Recreation assumed administration of the lake for recreation purposes. |
This site became one of Utah's earliest state parks. Some 75,00 visitors enjoy the park's recreation facilities |
annually. |
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