Marla Brindley Trowbridge carries on a century-old tradition of harness making and leather repair. She makes and repairs anything from reins to full harness and gear for horses. She also makes leather apparel.

Both Casper's production plant and Casper's Malt Shoppe provide a 10-minute video presentation that lets you discover the process of creating their famous confections and learn about the company's history.

In the town that celebrates Black and White Days (named after black and white Holstein cattle) to honor dairy farming in Cache Valley, Casper’s Malt Shop makes delicious dairy treats, including Casper’s famous Fat Boy ice cream sandwiches and Casco ice cream sundaes on a stick. The production plant location also includes a malt shop.

Both Casper's production plant in Richmond and Malt Shoppe in Providence provide a 10-minute video presentation that lets you discover the process of creating their famous confections and learn about their company's history.

Dragongoose Farm is an interesting site, featuring an historic home and granary built in 1875. Settler Niels Bergeson planted a boxelder tree around 1874 that is listed as a Utah Champion Boxelder. Part of the historic home was used as the Bergeson Maternity Home from 1939-1949. When you visit this site, be sure to take yourself on a tour of the 1/2 acre flower garden, which has more than 300 rose varieties; and in the fall purchase a gallon of Dragongoose gourmet apple cider. See Dragongoose Farm's website for more the history and ongoing stories of this beautifully kept site http://www.dragongoose.com/

Sharon Ohlhorst has lived in the Bear River Heritage Area for 25 years. She makes polymer clay wearable art (earrings, barrettes, pendants, pins, eyeglass leashes,) and home décor items (eggs, kaleidoscopes, candle holders, business card holders, pens, key rings). She uses all local materials – including rocks or other natural items as embellishments. Some of her items incorporate traditional quilt designs and others represent local landscapes. The quilt series celebrates quilt patterns popular with a variety of Utah symbols (spirals, stick figures, representations of animals and people).

Sharon is mostly self-taught and attends yearly professional meetings to learn new skills and techniques. Polymer clay is man-made clay with tremendous versatility as an art form. Products made with the clay are very durable and can be utilitarian or ornamental. She says, “While the medium that I use is different and modern, the items I create are very similar, in my mind, to those used and worn by residents in the valley throughout its inhabitation. I believe that Cache Valley residents have always done what they could, even in simple ways, to bring beauty to their home and person.”

"We doctor shoes, heel them, attend their dying and restore their soles!" Come see us for your stitching needs. Boot and shoe repair, heavy duty stitching, back packs, badges and letters, ladies purses, tack repair.

Linda Koetitz makes aprons from vintage patterns that were passed down in her family. She uses vintage design fabrics and old pillowcases that she finds that are of the same vintage quality. Paradise Aprons on the web: www.paradiseaprons.com Paradise Aprons can be seen at the Cache Valley Gardener's Market, at SalonNV in Salt Lake at 250 South 200 East, or on the web.

At Rockhill Creamery artisan cheeses are made with raw milk from the farm's Brown Swiss cows, using traditional artisan techniques. Located in Richmond, 12 miles north of Logan, the farmstead is listed on the National Historic Register, and was honored at the 2007 Utah Heritage Foundation Awards for best adaptive use of an historic site. The farmstead is open for sales on Saturdays beginning Memorial Day weekend and running through Oct. 17. Concurrent with farmstead sales, Rockhill Creamery also hosts a farmers' market. The  "Harvest Market at Rockhill" features local produce, crafts and other items. You can also find Rockhill's artisan cheeses at the Cache Valley Gardener’s Market, Crumb Brothers Artisan Bread and Gossner Foods in Logan. Tours of the farmstead are available Monday through Thursday by appointment only. Check their website and details listed below. www.rockhillcheese.com

Martin James has been a bee keeper for ten years. He says that hard work, lots of studying and good friends in the bee business is how he learned the trade. His work as 4-H advisor and board member of the Utah Bee Keeping association has qualified him for job as Cache County and Box Elder County bee inspector, and going pro with his bee keeping and honey production. It's a family business dedicated to the support of Utah's agricultural heritage and the tradition of bee keeping in the Beehive State. Martin and his family can be seen at the Cache Valley Gardener's Market, enthusiastically explaining the work of the bees as viewed through a transparent demonstration hive. You can buy Slide Ridge Honey at the market or other summer festivals, or contact Slideridge Honey for an appointment to fill your own jars at the production site.

kelli@slideridgehoney.com

The Spirit Goat offers handcrafted soap made with goat’s milk and a mixture of vegetable-based oils. Other natural ingredients, like oatmeal, honey, and calendula petals are added to selected soaps to provide specific skincare qualities. They also offer other natural products including lotions, balms, and pet shampoo bars. You can see the soap being made at the Browse Around Antique Shop located at 180 West 1200 South in Logan, or order from The Spirit Goat website, listed below. 

This is a 25-year-old business, family owned and operated. The Weeks family says that the growing conditions in Paradise produce superior flavor in their berries, which include strawberries, blackberries, raspberries, gooseberries, huckleberries, bluberries and black, red, and white currants. They also produce juices, syrups, and freezer jams that are available year round. Stop by to purchase their delicious wares, but call first in the summer because often everyone is out in the fields.

A roadside stand is located on the west side of Hwy 89/91 in Wellsville near 4100 South. Or, look for their products in many local stores, including Cox's Honeyland, and at the Cache Valley Gardener's Market, (BRHA listings.)

This Utah Century Farm, established in 1904 by William Zollinger, a Swiss-German immigrant to Cache Valley, was  always known as a fruit farm throughout the years. William Zollinger established one of the first apple orchards in Cache Valley. When grandson Ron Zollinger took over the the management of the family farm in 1980, he improved its operation. At this historic farm you can find not only 13 varieties of apples, but cider in the fall, and pumpkins and squash. Ron has expanded his horticulture activities to the production of a wide variety of trees, shrubs and perrenials. At one point when the ownership and operation of the farm came to a crossroads, Ron worked to purchase the farm and put the land into a conservation easement, which insures that the historic property will always remain in use for agriculture. Friends and neighbors whole heartedly supported this cause by contributing funds to make it happen, so that today many people can visit and enjoy Zollinger Fruit and Tree Farm.