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THE ARBON VALLEY HISTORICAL ARCHIVE

Life on the land

Homesteads, irrigation, wheat, livestock, and the work of making a living in the valley.

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Arbon

Explore the older Arbon community, irrigation work, homesteads, and the origins of the name now used for the wider valley.

Andrew & Sophia Andersen

Catherine Gibbons's life sketch remembers her father Andrew Andersen, his work in Mendon, and his part in helping his sons establish homesteads in Bannock Valley.

Jesse Nicholas Ward & Julia Ann Moon

Jesse and Julia's account follows the work of building a home, raising a family, and farming in Bannock Valley, with many memories told in Julia's own words.

Joseph Christensen Jenson

Joseph Jenson was born 5 June 1867 in Logan, Utah. He was the son of Latter-day Saint immigrants Jens Peter Christensen and Margaret Olsen Christensen. He was the fifth…

George Willard Bradley & Ella Canote Miller

The following information was paraphrased from the book, Bannock Valley , by Laurie Jean Ward (pp. 178-180); the information was provided by Rene Bradley.

Joseph George Arbon

Joseph G. Arbon was born 2 August 1907 in Arbon, Oneida, Idaho. (The part of the valley where Joseph G. was born was not in Power County until 1913.) He was the son of…

Low protein pushes Idaho dryland wheat to feed

ARBON VALLEY, Idaho — Grain merchandisers in Southern and Eastern Idaho say upwards of half of the regional dryland wheat production has been sold into feeder channels,…