This collection consists of the historic records of Cache County Government from 1860 to 1987. The materials in this collection provide a detailed log of early government activity, business operation, legal action, agriculture, and numerous other fields of study relating to Cache County. Although many ledgers in this collection concern Logan, Utah, numerous ledgers also concern smaller towns found throughout Cache County. Of particular interest is Probate Court Record # 20, with Judge Peter Maughan presiding. This record is one of the oldest records of this collection, yielding a glimpse of the first recorded legal actions taken in Cache County.

The materials in this collection have been organized in reflection of the provenance kept at the Cache County Courthouse prior to their transfer to Special Collections & Archives. Each ledger or group of similar ledgers has been assigned a number and arranged numerically. Loose correspondence and papers have been boxed and placed at the end of the collection. In addition to the below listed materials, this collection contains recent records of Cache County on microfilm, which is listed at the end of this collection. It should be noted that this collection is partly incomplete, since Cache County retained various county records. Those seeking records not found in this collection should contact the Cache County Courthouse for further assistance.

This collection consists of records from the Cache County Probate Court, including probate minute books (1860-1911), justice dockets (1856-1930s), registers (1865-1933), records of bonds and letters (1876-1905), fee accounts (1883-1898), and wills (1885-1906); Auditor's Office, including tax deed records (1893-1920); Board of Health records, including a dentist registry (1894-1917), optometrist registry (1907-1915), and minutes (1909-1910); animal bounty records (1909-1922, 1943-1972, 1968-1972) and bull register (1918-19230; Logan polygamy oath record (1887-1894); correspondence of the County Clerk (1876-1904) and County Treasurer (1920-1935); historical records survey field notes (1939-1940); maps of Bear River (100 maps, 1957-1961). It also includes an incomplete record of mining activities with Paradise Mining District deed books, miscellaneous records, minutes, record of transfers and deeds, and Richmond Mining District records; and incomplete sets of justice dockets for several individual townships (1888-1933); business licenses (1934-1952); naturalization records (1884-1979, bulk 1884-1929); death registers (n.d.); birth record book (1898-1904); and miscellaneous records. Other items include inheritance tax and lien book (1905-1932), register of Cache County Officers (1909-1971), LDS marriage licenses (1892-1906), chattel mortgage record books (n.d.), mortgage record indices (n.d.), deed record indices (n.d.), warranty deed indices (n.d.), warranty registers (n.d.), township plats, and townsite deeds and abstracts.