Two men of 1875: the deaths of Joe Arbon and William Allard
Joe Arbon, Arbon Valley's first bishop, and William Allard, the first valley man found in the Idaho Legislature, were born in 1875 and died in Pocatello in 1972 and 1973.
1972 in the valley.
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George Daniels Sr., West Fork homesteader, turns 97 in 1972
At 97, George Daniels Sr., Oneida County's oldest man and once a West Fork homesteader, recalled a horse drive, river fords, old injuries and calling square dances in Arbon Valley.
Sod Williams's cattle impounded on the reservation, 1972
In March 1972 the Fort Hall tribes impounded more than 300 cattle on Bannock Creek that they said belonged to the Arbon rancher Sod Williams.