Peter Maughan was a pioneer leader and co-founder of the first settlements of Cache Valley in 1856. He served as the first president and presiding bishop of the Cache Valley Stake of Zion, the first probate judge of Cache County, a legislator, and an Indian mediator and friend. The son of William and Martha Wilson Maughan, he was born on May 7, 1811, at Milton, Cumberland County, England. After joining the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1842, he became a member of the Nauvoo Legion and engaged in mining for the church after crossing the plains to Utah. In 1850 he settled in Tooele County and later led the first colonists to Cache Valley, where he established Maughan's Fort, now Wellsville, and located other settlements. He died at Logan, Utah, on April 24, 1871.