Sophia Andersen of Mendon, mother of the Arbon Andersens
Sophia Andersen of Mendon, Utah, never homesteaded in Arbon Valley, but the papers of 1929–1939 show her Arbon children and grandchildren coming home to her house.
November 1917
News, observations, announcements, and remembrances from the original Arbon Valley community blog.
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Horses and the first tractors in Arbon Valley, 1916–1922
From a 10-20 tractor plowing 350 acres in 1916 to a Fordson on a 1921 sale bill, the papers show the first tractors at work beside Arbon Valley's big horse teams.
A valley of log cabins: canyon timber in Arbon and Crystal, 1917
In 1917 the American Falls Press's farm writer found Arbon Valley full of log cabins built from canyon timber, and reported ranchers going back to the canyons for wood when coal ran short.
Ten cents, two cows and a greased pig: the J. R. Baileys of Arbon
In 1917 the American Falls Press profiled J. R. Bailey of Arbon, who had come with ten cents and two cows; in 1940 he and Annie marked fifty years married, recalling a greased pig.
Hy Secrist and the wheat thieves at Pauline, 1917
In November 1917 a Pauline wheat buyer followed a stolen load by lantern, and Deputy Sheriff Hy Secrist waited for the thieves behind a telephone pole.
The Davis store at Arbon, 1914–1931
The papers' view of Ed and Esther Davis's general store at Arbon, kept until 1931: the freight trips, Mrs. Davis at the counter and the store as a landmark.