Four days in the valley: Power County's first road season, 1913
In May 1913 the new Power County's commissioners spent four days viewing roads at Crystal and Arbon, the start of a season of petitions, a Pocatello road offer and a new overseer.
May 1913
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Pocatello's campaign for a Trail Creek road to Arbon, 1912–1913
In 1912 and 1913 Pocatello merchants pressed for a road over the Trail Creek divide to win Arbon Valley's wheat; pledges came in, but cash and a reservation right of way stalled it.