Bunnie Johnson and the Arbon 4-H foresters, 1961–1963
In 1962 an Arbon girl known as Bunnie won a 4-H forestry award and a trip to Chicago, a year after the valley's forestry club drew praise at the state fair.
1962 in the valley.
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The Arbon Valley Property Protective Association, 1962–1964
In 1962, after winters of break-ins at empty ranch homes, Arbon Valley ranchers formed a protective association under Sod Williams, posted $250 reward signs and planned a winter watch.
Joseph Roberts pulls a crop-duster pilot from the wreck, 1962
When a crop-dusting plane crashed and exploded in Arbon Valley early on July 21, 1962, Joseph Roberts pulled the pilot out; the crash set off a range fire.
Floods cut off Arbon Valley, March 1962
In late March 1962 snowmelt floods washed out the roads into Arbon Valley, the power and telephone failed, and mail carriers crossed a broken highway on planks.
Bannock Creek floods close the Arbon road, 1957–1963
Between 1957 and 1963 Bannock Creek kept flooding the road from Highway 30 to Arbon Valley; in February 1962 two washouts cut it and the school bus from Arbon stopped.