Bear Lake Valley
In 1863 Charles C. Rich with others
explored this valley. A group of settlers in
eleven wagons traveled through
Emigration Canyon in September and
founded Paris. Log huts with dirt floors and roofs
sheltered 48 men, 40 women and 30 children during the
winter. Church services were held in homes until a log
building was erected. Next year 700 pioneers entered the
valley and established other settlements. Their
main food was fish and wild game. Men on
snowshoes carried communications between
the settlements. A treaty of peace and friendship
with the Indians was made by Charles C. Rich and was
faithfully kept.
No. 238
1967
Bear Lake County
