It is a well-known fact that there were actual stagecoach robberies that occurred in the early history of Oneida County. The problem is that there are many versions of the same stories, and it seems that accounts of different stories have been combined into one story, making it very confusing for the reader to determine …
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Former Malad doctor and mayor to be inducted into 2014 Hall of Fame To be inducted to the Oneida County Hall of Fame for 2014 is Dr. O.H. Mabey, who will be honored for his public service to his community, especially as a medical doctor. Dr. Orsen Henry Mabey, also known as Dr. Mabey or …
In 1990 Ruth Thomas Deschamps wrote a story of some remembrances of growing up in Malad during the years 1918 through the early 1920’s. As Malad City and Oneida County are celebrating 150 years this year, the staff of The Enterprise thought everyone might enjoy reading about what life was like for a young girl …
(an autobiography in her own words) I came from a family of twelve children. I was the oldest. My father came with a trade from Sweden. When he established a home in St. John, Idaho he set up his shoe shop. Our big room served several purposes, that of a shoe shop, kitchen, and study …
By Thomas S. Thomas Contributed by Mr. Thomas himself. (December 1934) In this paper I mean to trace the passing of time, the onward movement in religious, educational, social and agricultural affairs, beginning with the primitive stages of sixty years ago. First, I will take our religious life of that-a-day and age. This valley at …
(Separate headshot photograph of a man and a woman) John Catmull, son of John Bradley Catmull and Susan Arbon, was born September 23, 1863, at Graveley, Cambridgeshire, England. His early youth was spent in England, during which time his parents accepted the Gospel and were baptized as members of the Church of Jesus Christ of …
I, Sarah Bell (Zundel) Clark, the oldest daughter of Issac David Zundel and Julia Bell Hall, was born 18 June 1893 at West Woodruff, Oneida, Idaho. My first cries were heard in a one room log cabin, on my father’s homestead. My parents had thirteen children, and I, being the oldest girl, was kept very …
Mary Ann Evans, daughter of John Daniel Evans and Margaret Harris, was born August 20, 1861 in Wales. She was converted to the gospel of Jesus Christ when she was about seventeen years of age (about 1878) and was baptized in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She migrated to Utah with her …
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I, Alta Clark, was born 25 January 1917 to Hugh L. Clark and Sarah Bell (Zundel) Clark, at Willow Springs, Oneida County, Idaho (near Malad). I went to school at Malad and Woodruff. We moved from Willow Springs to Woodruff on 31 March 1930. I didn’t go to school very much because of my eyes. …
Born 24 Dec 1885 – Died 28 Feb 1934 (Picture of Emma with her hair tied back) (picture of Emma in a bonnet) Emma Thorpe was born 24 Dec 1885 at Samaria, Oneida, Idaho to Samuel Thorpe and …
