On September 15, 1856, pioneer men and their families founded the first white settlement in Cache Valley, then known as Maughan's Fort and now known as Wellsville, Utah. Those identified with the founding were Peter Maughan, Mary Ann Weston Maughan, Charles W. Maughan, Joseph W. Maughan, Hyrum W. Maughan, Willard W. Maughan, George W. Bryan, Zial Riggs, Eveline Knox Riggs, Egbert Z. Riggs, Celia K. Riggs, Robert K. Riggs, Delia K. Riggs, John Maughan, Sarah M. Davenport Maughan, Sarah A. Maughan, Mary A. Maughan, William H. Maughan, Barbara Morgan Maughan, Ruth Maughan, Francis W. Gunnell, Polly Ann Edwards Gunnell, Francis C. Gunnell, Sarah E. Gunnell, and O.D. Thomson.