How Arbon voted to join Power County, 1908–1913
Between 1908 and 1911 Arbon voted three times to leave Oneida County for a new county around American Falls; bills failed in the 1909 and 1911 legislatures before Power County was created in 1913.
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Between 1908 and 1911 Arbon voted three times to leave Oneida County for a new county around American Falls; bills failed in the 1909 and 1911 legislatures before Power County was created in 1913.