Last week we related a story about Robber’s Roost, an area along the Portneuf Canyon in Bannock County, and a famous robbery that took place there on July 26, 1865. In 1865 that area was a part of Oneida County and was known to be one of the most dangerous stretches of road on the …
Read the full post →“Legends of Early Robberies in Oneida County, Part II “
Malad City In early June of 1907 or 1908, the Deep Creek dam broke, and with the water pouring down Deep Creek Canyon, piling brush and trees in its path, young Arthur Williams rode his horse from Deep Creek to town, warning people as he rode that the dam had broken. A tragedy was possibly …
By: Paige Ogden Each year, Mr. Luke Waldron’s 8th grade class participates in an assignment to research and write a historical paper about Oneida County for the Malad Valley Welsh Festival. The histories are judged, and awards are presented by the Malad Valley Welsh Foundation. The winner of the 2013 8th grade History Project Award …
An article in the December 25, 1941, Idaho Enterprise, describes the first Oneida County Courthouse. “Malad City contains a fine courthouse, which was built in 1882 at a cost of about $12,000, finished in the best style, and furnished throughout neatly and tastefully. “The building is a two-story building, with a balcony extending across the …
Surprised is the word Clarence Hughes used several times to describe his feelings about being selected as the Grand Marshall of 4th of July Sesquicentennial Parade. He said he actually had to go back and make sure he had heard it right when he was first asked. Hughes went into Hess Lumber one day and …
Read the full post →“Clarence Hughes, Grand Marshal of July 4 Sesquicentennial Parade “
Levi Savage Waldron was born at Kanesville, now called Council Bluffs, Iowa, on July 7, 1850, the son of Benjamin and Emeline Savage Waldron. When he was one year and two days old he arrived in Salt Lake City, Utah with his parents. They had crossed the plains with one of the companies of Mormon …
Davinah Elizabeth Roderick Waldron was born June 5, 1859, in Pendoylan Parish, Glamorganshire, Wales. She was the daughter of David and Hannah Spencer Roderick. They lived near the mines and her father worked as a carpenter there. Davinah Elizabeth, or “Lizzie,” as she was always called, was one of nine children in the family. She …
Ben Waldron, the second son of Benjamin Waldron and Emeline Savage, was born in Salt Lake City, on August 18, 1853, shortly after their arrival by wagon train from Council Bluffs, Iowa, where their first son, Levi Savage Waldron, had been born in 1850. The next spring the family moved to Centerville, Davis County, Utah, …
An article appearing in “The Advocate” on Thursday, August 12, 1976, tells the story of when a 1906 fire destroyed the Idaho Enterprise. Entitled “Enterprise late when destroyed in 1906 fire with Opera House”, the interesting story is reprinted here: “Saturday, August 11, 1906 – A fire which started on the inside of the opera …
(Joseph Robbins) Joseph Robbins, son of Edward and Agnes McAllister Robbins was born 6 January 1837, in Manchester, Lancastershire, England. He attended the English school and learned the trade of glass blowing. When Joseph was twelve years of age his father left the family in England and came to America to try and earn enough …
