A history of Lewiston,
since 1870
Postcards, papers and photographs of Lewiston from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusLewiston is a city in Cache County, Utah, United States. The city is one of the most northern in Utah, bordering the state of Idaho. The population was 1,939 at the 2020 census, and Lewiston is included in the Logan, Utah-Idaho (partial) Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Lewiston was established in 1870. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 1,766 to 1,939 (+10%). Half of its homes were built before 1978.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Lewiston yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowFinish Lewiston’s story
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewUnloading truckful of sugar beets…, 1940: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Lewiston, decade by decade
LOCUnloading truckful of sugar beets at sugar beet plant. Lewi…1940
LOCUnloader and distributor of sugar beets at sugar beet plant…1940
LOCPile of sugar beets waiting for processing at sugar beet pl…1940
LOCUnloader and pile of sugar beets at sugar beet processing p…1940
LOCTrucks full of sugar beets waiting to be unloaded at sugar …19401990s
3 historic places in Lewiston
3 places in Lewiston are on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Unloading truckful of sugar beets at sugar beet plant. Lewiston, Utah (1940) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom the Library of Congress (5) and the National Register (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.