Photographs & memories.
259 photographs, documents and family trees from the archive, arranged by family, place, school and event. Look closely, follow a familiar face, and read the accounts behind the pictures. Dates and identifications are kept as supplied; unknown details are left open.
The families.
Each family’s photographs, land patents and family trees, arranged by generation. All family albums ↗
Andersen family
Andrew Andersen, Sophia Larsen Andersen, Andrew "Otto" Andersen and 17 more
Arbon family
George Dennis Arbon, Joseph Nicholas Arbon, Joseph George Arbon and 1 more
Bailey family
James Richard Bailey, Annie Leishman Kerr Bailey, Lorenzo Hawkins "Ren" Bailey and 2 more
Bolingbroke family
Charles Edward Bolingbroke, Margaret "Maggie" Roberts Bolingbroke, Henry Mitchel Bolingbroke and 3 more
Bradley family
George Willard Bradley
Daniels family
Thomas D. Daniels Jr., David Moroni Daniels, George Daniels Sr. and 2 more
Davis family
Edward Henry Davis, Esther Rebecca Arbon Davis, Edward "Eddie" Arbon Davis and 1 more
Evans family
Thomas Bowen Evans, Susannah Smith Evans, Lorenzo Bowen "Ren" Evans and 3 more
Hayden family
John Hayden, Dora Ingeborg Torgersen Hayden, Walter Theodor Hayden and 1 more
Jenson family
Joseph Christensen Jenson, Alice Girdlestone Smith Jenson, Clyde Jenson and 1 more
Lusk family
John Winters Lusk Jr., Annie Eliza Thomas Lusk, Perry Park Lusk and 4 more
Swim family
Frank William Swim, John William "J. W." Butler
Ward family
Joseph W. Ward, Jesse Nicholas Ward, Julia Ann Moon Ward and 2 more
More families in the records
Families the valley map documents from land and family records, with no family history in the original archive.
Allard family
William Allard
Bowen family
David John Bowen
Fannin family
Delsa Fannin Hayden
Gibbons family
John Aaron Roby Gibbons
Johnston family
John O. Johnston
Kowallis family
Wilhelm Friedrich Kowallis
Larsen family
Peter Magnus Larsen
Mansfield family
Brigham Young Mansfield
Nunnelley family
Mamie A. Nunnelley
Orison family
Charles Henry Orison Sr.
The places.
The valley’s five historic areas, and its schools, churches, homes and farms. All place albums ↗
Pauline and West Fork
Families: Daniels, Lusk, Bolingbroke, Evans, Kowallis, Swim
Crystal
Families: Bradley, Hayden, Swim, Meadows, Johnston, Kettler, Fannin, Daniels
Arbon
Families: Arbon, Andersen, Bailey, Davis, Ward, Bowen, Gibbons, Payne, Allard, Roderick, Evans, Williams, Swim
Summit
Families: Jenson, Larsen, Nunnelley, Orison
Buist
Families: Mansfield, Hess, Willie
Buildings and homesteads
Schools · Churches and meetinghouses · Homes, cabins and homesteads · Farm work
School days
21 class photographs of Pauline School / Arbon Elementary, from 1961 to 2009, with the names contributors supplied, and the school building and its bus.
Open the School days album ↗
The Arbon Fire of 2010
89 photographs posted by Valaree Estep with "Fire in the Valley!" on the community blog.
Open the album ↗
Documents, maps and family trees.
Land patents to the homesteads, the original families map, and the family-tree charts. Open the records album ↗
Found for the valley map.
Portraits and family photographs found in the research for the valley map, now in the collection with their credits.
David Moroni Daniels (portrait published 1913)Published 1913Brigham Young MansfieldDate unknownDavid John BowenDate unknown
The Bowen Evans brothersDate unknown
The Lusk ranch at ArbonDate unknown
Joseph C. Jenson's first homestead house, ArbonDate unknownThe Bengtson-Hayden and Jensen families at the Jensen place, Crystal, about 1934–38About 1934–1938
John HaydenDate unknownBrowse all 259.
Narrow them by family, place, decade and kind, or search the captions and names. Browse every photograph ↗
Kept by families, shared with the valley.
From the original ArbonValley.com. 218 of these pictures were published on the original site. The family photographs and family trees appear in the family and area histories written by Melinda Campbell and Jacob Andersen. Jacob Andersen gathered the Arbon Elementary class photographs on the school page from Pam Estep Christensen, Dan Nuckols, Valaree Estep and Cindy Pierce, who are credited on the photographs they sent. Valaree Estep posted 89 photographs with "Fire in the Valley!".
Found in the research for the valley map. 41 more come from records found while building the valley map:
- 27 Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office Records (public domain)
- 11 FamilySearch (uploaded by a relative)
- 1 Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah (1913), public domain · scan: Internet Archive
- 1 Find a Grave, memorial 28819731 (photo added by Jerry Richards)
- 1 Tony Webster, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
The original archive states no reuse licence, so every picture is credited as recorded and linked to the account or record it comes from. Dates and names are kept as supplied; where they are unknown, they are left open.
Help put names to these pictures.
Many of these photographs still need names, places and dates. If you know who is in one, open it and choose “Help identify this photograph”. If your family keeps photographs of the valley, the archive would love to see them.