CORINNE, Utah — Joel Ferry reached down and picked up a handful of dirt in the middle of his corn field. "Any rain we got yesterday? Look at that. It’s powder! Nothing!" he said as the dirt ...

I’m raising my kids in agriculture.” In Corinne, Utah, where his family has farmed for 125 years, Ferry, who is 46, raises cows, corn, and alfalfa. His is the last ranch before the Bear River—the ...

Called the "Burg on the Bear," the "City of the Ungodly," and "Little Chicago of the West," Corinne was also becoming known as the "Gentile State of Utah ... and operated a ferry service south ...