William Allard of Arbon and the 1914 race for the Legislature
In 1914 the Arbon homesteader William Allard won the Republican primary and the November election, becoming Power County's first member of the Idaho House.
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In 1914 the Arbon homesteader William Allard won the Republican primary and the November election, becoming Power County's first member of the Idaho House.
In 1914 mail from American Falls to Crystal went 239 miles by rail through Brigham City and Malad; the valley petitioned until a Pocatello route came in 1916.