Leesburg 80th Anniversary Marked by Silence as Town Dies
Historic gold rush town Leesburg founded in 1866 by five prospectors led to a basin boom with Grantsville Summit City and Smithville. Population peaked at thousands. by 1940s a store and post office remained. last residents moved to Salmon last month and on the 80th anniversary the town is declared dead.
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Panther Creek
Idaho
FB Sharkey
Elijah Mulkey
Joseph Rapp
William Smith
Ward Girton
California
Leesburg
Robert E Lee
Montana
Leesburg Basin
Francis Lempeck
Grantsville
Summit City
Smithville
Ulysses S Grant
James Glendening
Salt Lake City
Glendenning
Salmon City
Salmon
Cary
Utah
Washington
Bannack
Lemhi County
Idaho Territory
Challis
Custer County
Allah P Chalhs
Anl
Loon Creek
E B Yarborough
Tom Hungate
Maughan Sisters Serve at Camp Beale California
Nola Mau ghan appointed chaplain's assistant at Camp Beale and to lead Hammond organ for separation ceremonies while WAC personnel receive discharge certificates. She plans to attend Brigham Young University after fall. sister Helen works as counselor at Camp Beale guiding veterans with rights benefits and placement.
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Howard J Maughan
Nola
Camp Beale
California
WAC
Preston High School
Brigham Young University
Provo
Utah
Residents and visitors mingle in a week of local hospitality
Numerous guests from Salt Lake City Ogden Mesa and Logan arrived for short visits and vacations at Yellowstone Park Logan and nearby areas. Local families hosted relatives and friends with many outings and dinners while Lee James recently released from the army visited the community. The community extends gratitude for sympathy and floral tributes after a death in the family.
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Iris Todd
Salt Lake
Annie Viehweg
Ted Rice
Lynn Davis
Yellowstone Park
Mary A Olsen
Edna Rasmussen
Mink Creek
Lillie Howell
Ogden
D Kent
Alhambra Calif
Leo T Williams
Kent
D J Kent
Bill Wadoups
Franklin
R W James
Flora Berson
Lucille Rawlins
Lydia James Glenn
Erwin Henderson
Salt Lake City
Henderson
Amasa Linford
Belton Hatch
Bancroft
Sylvan Talbot
Nadene
Marlyn Talbot
Ralph Peters
Carol Nielsen
Florence Ralph Miss Nielsen
N T Nielsen
University
Nielson
Alice Olsen
Melson
Oregon
Hazel Williams
Richard
Robert
Mesa
Arizona
Clyde Call
Gordon Gailey
Parley Sears
Lester Sears
DeVere Haplan
Preston
Bryan Winward Ray Peters
Vaughan Gailey
Lost River
Oneida County Annexation Vote Area Details
The proposed annexation covers about 18 square miles with Swan Lake initially included but removed due to local opposition. The district lies along the county boundary on the west and includes two miles of railroad and several miles of telegraph and power lines.
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Oneida
Swan Lake
County Annexation Debate Weighs Debt and Land Value
The text discusses uncertainty over land value estimates for annexation areas. Bannock county officials urge voters to oppose the annexation citing lower debt, while an inquiry shows both counties are nearly debt free. Franklin county touts a new county house as nearly debt free, contrasting Bannock’s ongoing projects and potential tax increases.
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Bannock
Franklin County
Trapping Dates Set For Fifth District Idaho Season
The Idaho fish and game commission announces trapping dates for District Five covering Muskrat in Seton Bear Lake Gray's Lake watershed and Idaho Falls area from March 1 to March 31. Musk rat trapping runs April 1 to April 15 in Fremont Madison Jefferson Bingham Bannock Power and Bonneville counties with Gray's Lake watershed excluded. The season general window is November 1 to December 31 for most Idaho regions.
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Idaho
Fish and Game
Muskrat
Bonneville
Gray’s Lake
Gray‘s
Idaho Falls Highway
Bonneville County
Mink sighting notices in several counties
Public notices report mink sightings in Franklin county from March 1 to March 31 and in Bonneville county from November 1 to November 31, with exceptions noted for Gray's Lake and the Watershed and a highway bridge on the Idato Falls highway. The items list multiple counties including Fremont Madison Clark Jefferson Bingham Bannock Power and Bonneville.
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Mink
Fremont
Madison
Clark, Jefferson
Bingham, Bannock, Power
Bonneeville
Gray's Lake
Idato Falls
Bonneville County
Franklin County
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Maughan
Calif
Kelbert
Weston J. Smith
Kelbert Doaler
Twin Lakes
Dick Tufts
Ray Coburn
Preston Bike Shop
Clifton
Walter Bosworth
Dow Te
Safeway
Faward
Chase & Aang
Airway
P. I
Bourne
Alber’s
Sparkies
Quakers
Ralston
Zepher
Townhouse
Libby A
Philipps
Marge
Virginia
Stokermatc
Stokermatic
Stokers
Preston Electric
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