Ralph Butler's war diary and the loss of the USS Monaghan
Ralph G. Butler, a son of Pauline homesteaders, kept a diary of the Pacific war until 1944 and was lost when his destroyer sank in a typhoon; in 1971 ISU historians edited it.
1971 in the valley.
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Sim and Abe Hatch: horses at Pauline and on Dairy Creek
An Arimo barber retiring in 1971 recalled the years he and his brother Abe ran horses in Bannock Valley and on Dairy Creek, until the hard times after the First World War.
Joe Morse Evans of Arbon, Ren Evans's second son, dies in 1971
Joe Morse Evans, a son of the Arbon pioneers Ren and Anna Evans, worked in Pocatello's mills, farmed at Arbon from 1947 and died on September 12, 1971, at 72.
David Siewert, Crystal homesteader, dies at Calgary in 1971
David Siewert, born in Russia to German parents, homesteaded at Crystal, stayed on through its emptying years, and died at Calgary, Canada, in June 1971 at 83.
Two retiring Malad teachers who once taught at Buist
Two Malad teachers retiring in 1971 recalled their early country schools, Buist among them: $70 a month for every grade and the janitor work, water carried from home, a horse that bit.