Recollection of Grace and its Bear River Bridge History
Alice J. Sorensen recalls Grace Utah beginning around 1844 with a post office run by Dr. Sullivan and the naming inspired by Grace Bean. She describes early homes, dirt floors, water shortages, canal systems, and a 1908 power plant build by Lt. Nunn, plus school and telephone company developments shaping Grace before 1918.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lt. Nunn
Telluride Power Company of Colorado
Bear River
Grace
Borrowed a Horse and Held the Fort to Evade Arrest
Geo Hill, a stranger, borrowed a horse from Young in Pocatello and did not return it. He was arrested at Ammon on a horse stealing warrant, bound over in district court, and taken to Blackfoot. Hill is also alleged to be wanted for murder and is described as a tough character. He surrendered after officers surrounded the Petersen house. Doctors Could Not Help Her. Foley's Kidney Cure cited as effective by Mrs. Raymond Conner of Shelton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utah Power Company
Nunn
Mny
United States
Provo
Dean Dutton
Idaho Falls
Alexander
Grace Plant
Dutton
Cornell University
Yale
Grace
Eastern College
George Hamp
John Greaves
Chris Poulsen
Geo. Hill
Young
Ammon
Justice Court
Blackfoot
District Court
Hill
Peterson
Petersen
Raymond Conner
Shelton, Wash
Foley
Pocatello Tribune
Caribou County Soda Springs Page Tees July 1, 1976
Local page from Soda Springs includes community notices and brief item attributions. Reader contact details appear with calendar notes and small town announcements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caribou
Dake Thersdey
Page
Also Mentioned on This Page
Alice J. Sorensen
Q.R Pack
Grandma Studdard
Frank M Stoddard
John Trapper
QR Pack
Sullivan
Dale Sullivan
Frank Bean
Beach
Sonia
Soda Springs
Lago
Soda Springs Lago
E.D. Whitman
David Miles
Joe de Witt
Sec
Treas
LH. Mickelsen
Dr. Anderson
CH Mickelsen
George Telford
Gem Valley Telephone Company
Percy Purvis
McGee Harris
C.W Harris
Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company
D.L. Sargent
Miss
Vera Neilsen
Hooper
America
Qhorus
Union Pacific
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