This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 5 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Preston Citizen
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1951
Page
8
Local residents report visits and reunions across Utah and California. Preston families host relatives from Ridgecross and Monica while Preston residents travel to Los Angeles and Salt Lake City for gatherings. Several get togethers occur in Ogden Logan Canyon and Oakley with extended kin and friends listed.
A busy weekend of visits spans Salt Lake City Preston Arco Boise and members of the McQueen Archibald and Hayes families. Dr Kent S McQueen and family tour intermountain states while Irel S McQueen coordinates water system work at Arco.
Ephraim Swann descendants gathered at Downata resort on July 23 honoring Mrs. Mary Swann Toone of Gooding as the sole surviving member of the original Swann line. More than 120 attended from multiple states. five generations were represented, with Little Condie Swallow as the sixth generation. Ben E. Swann and James B. McQueen were reelected president and secretary. A genealogy committee was formed and a junior beauty show for 39 children under school age highlighted the program.
Reservations pour in for the Idaho State Mothers association first annual conference to be held Saturday July 28 in the I OOF lodge hall North Main Pocatello. Registration 9 am general session 10 am luncheon 12 30 pm afternoon session 2 pm speakers include J L Craig Jr Lt Gen Edson H Deal Perry A Nelson and Violet Butler. Special numbers by mothers and children from across the state.
Members of the Lars Olsen family from Franklin county attended a reunion in Big Piney Wyoming last week. The gathering included Verl Fellows Gustaf Olsen Elaine Smith Melvin Westerberg Esther Westerberg Delmar Olsen Russell Westerberg C Hurst and O V Fellows. A 111 person dinner featured a cake decorated by B Dahlquist of Fort Bridger Wyoming with the inscription Greetings to the Olsens. The Franklin county group stayed two days for the reunion.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.