Through the years.
A reading path through recorded events. Dates describe the events in the cited accounts; the source pages retain their original publication dates.
- Before the homesteading accounts
A wider Indigenous history
Begin with the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes' own account of their ancestral lands and continuing cultures.
Shoshone-Bannock Tribes ↗ - 1868
The Fort Bridger Treaty
The Tribes' history explains the treaty and the establishment of the Fort Hall Reservation in the wider region.
Shoshone-Bannock Tribes ↗ - 1885
Early recorded claims
The Daniels family account records David Moroni Daniels applying for a water right on Bannock Creek.
Daniels family history ↗ - 1893
Working together for water
The Arbon account describes the organization of the Bannock Valley Irrigation Company and the shared labor of digging ditches.
Arbon area history ↗ - 1897
A post office named Arbon
The area history describes the establishment of the post office and the choice of a name honoring George Arbon.
Arbon area history ↗ - 1907
The Jenson family arrives
The Jenson family history traces their move to the valley and later homesteading in the Summit area.
Jenson family history ↗ - 1910–1912
Community buildings in Crystal
A post office opened in 1910; the Crystal account dates the construction of Crystal Central School to 1912.
Crystal area history ↗ - 1948–1949
A winter remembered
A retrospective newspaper account recalls a severe winter and the work of reaching isolated valley families.
Winter of 1948–49 Hits Hard in Arbon ↗ - 1961 onward
Faces from school days
Preserved class photographs bring names and faces to the school memories in the written histories. Some photographs remain undated.
School memories ↗ - 2010
Fire in the valley
An original community report preserves a gallery of 89 photographs of the Arbon fire.
Fire in the Valley! ↗ - 2010–2020
The community blog
The complete archive preserves 408 posts: observations, celebrations, remembrances, and everyday public records.
Community archive ↗