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ion lt;»»' II vt*.ni-i'illaliment 111!? 01 111 3orI oi-id o u IdofKIWANIS CLUBTO HELP MARKni-Mlto'.»uu..Miltheofant-al-iselidonieroily is I id-;cr ill Im-Alt; lho regular monthly meeting of the Twin Falls Kiwauis club held last evening at the Rogerson hotel the special theme w6s the necessity of marking the Old Oregon Trail from Pocatello through the Twin Falls Irnct and thence on to Bliss and Glenns'Ferry discussed hy Mayor Shad I1-lodgln and O'. E. Lind. Special markers of an attractive nature have been made by the association, and Mr. Lind exhibited one of these. He called attention to tliefour important historical points along this trail, which should have large, markers describing the event and ywhy they are of importance in the history of Idaho and the Old Oregon 'Trail.These points,, coming from Pocatello this way are as follows: A marker should be placed ai Itaft river, where the two trails paned, one going to Oregon and the other to California. The second point is Massacre Itock, where the emigrant train was lost. Third, the Chaldron Linn, where, the emigrants took a boat down the Snake river and came to the rapids and lost one of their number. The fourth is where the Oregon Trail crossed the Snake river near Glenns Ferry.Markers would also be placed along the I rail every few miles so that when a tourist Starts out to follow this trail from the Fast he would have no trouble in following it clear through Idaho.Chairman C. C. Larson was elected delegate to the International convention on nomination by M. J. Sweeloy. John W. Graham, Nelson Hayward, and M. J. Sweeley were elected to represent the club at the main line celebration in Uoise.italph H. Musser was elected to membership under the classification of Life Insurance.The new constitution and by-laws as amended were adopted last night alter considerable discussion.Wm. Nixon was awarded the attendance prize offered- by \V. J. Young.TOREGON TRAIL
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Twin Falls Daily Times
Twin Falls, Idaho, US
Tue, Apr 07, 1925
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