Maurice Poppie, Arbon Valley farmer from 1909, dies in 1965
Maurice Poppie, who came to Arbon Valley from Kansas with his family in 1909 and homesteaded and farmed there for decades, died in Pocatello in November 1965.
1965 in the valley.
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Luther M. Estep of Pauline and Arbon, 1915–1965
Luther M. Estep came from Kentucky to Pauline in 1915 and lived in Arbon Valley until his death in 1965; the papers trace his fifty years there.
Richard Christensen killed when his combine overturned, 1965
Richard S. Christensen, 47, a Brigham City dry farmer, was killed on September 24, 1965, when the combine he was running tipped over on a hill in Arbon Valley.
Joe Arbon at ninety: the first furrow, remembered in 1965
Days before Joe Arbon turned 90, a Pocatello paper printed his memories of the valley's first years; earlier reports show his golden wedding, a mix-up in court and his wife's death.
Lorenzo M. Evans of Arbon, Ren Evans's eldest son, dies in 1965
Lorenzo M. Evans, eldest son of the Arbon pioneer Ren Evans, farmed in the valley most of his life, ran a potato warehouse and died on June 24, 1965, at 67.
Pocatello's Farm-City tour of Arbon Valley, 1965
In June 1965 Pocatello businessmen breakfasted with Arbon Valley farmers and toured the valley from Sod Williams's ranch, and a reader then scolded the Journal for its report.