Twayne Austin killed returning from Arbon Valley, 1952
Twayne Austin, Pocatello's Continental Oil agent and president of the stake that took in Arbon, was killed in 1952 when his tank truck crashed on his way home from the valley.
1952 in the valley.
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Arbon Valley votes to end its own highway district, 1952
In May 1952 Arbon Valley voted 54 to 18 to dissolve Highway District No. 3, the road district it had formed in 1918, and leave its roads to Power County.
Contour strips and hillside combines on Arbon's slopes, 1952–1965
How valley farmers worked steep dry-farm ground: Ross Saxton's contour strips in 1952, a hillside grain saver praised by Arbon men in 1960, and a combine that overturned in 1965.
Carl Axel Johnson, a Swedish hand on the Wright ranch at Crystal
Swedish-born Carl Axel Johnson came to Arbon Valley about 1914 and made his home on the G. C. Wright ranch at Crystal until 1948; he died in Pocatello in 1952.