George Stahl Butler, Bannock Creek homesteader, dies in 1931
The Kansas-born homesteader whose Bannock Creek home held the valley's first Protestant Sunday school died in October 1931, survived by eight children, three brothers and three sisters.
1931 in the valley.
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The death of Joe Evans of Arbon, T. B. Evans's son, 1931
Jonah Edgar "Joe" Evans, an Arbon farmer and son of T. B. and Susannah Evans, died of pneumonia in Pocatello on March 19, 1931; Bishop Joseph Arbon presided at his funeral.
Seeking federal aid for Arbon's wheat road, 1930–1933
From 1930 to 1933 Pocatello's chamber of commerce and Power County officials sought federal money for Arbon Valley's wheat road down Bannock Creek across the Fort Hall reservation.