Signing up the cows: Arbon Valley's cheese factory plan, 1924
In 1924 Ren Evans signed up 23 Arbon Valley farmers and 213 cows for a cheese factory backed by Ernest Brog of Driggs, but whether it ever made cheese is unknown.
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In 1924 Ren Evans signed up 23 Arbon Valley farmers and 213 cows for a cheese factory backed by Ernest Brog of Driggs, but whether it ever made cheese is unknown.
In the mid-1920s the valley's mail road to Pocatello ran by Crystal and Mink Creek, and the papers followed its tax complaints, a stage wreck and a county's plea for road money.