Written by her children with love, Todd, Diana, Bonnie Anne, Tracey, Terry, and Kathy Bonnie Davis (Bonita Williams) was born April 14, 1941, in Malad, Idaho. She was the youngest of ten children born to John Haynes Williams and Eleanor Jones. She has four sisters and five brothers. Her family lived at Daniels, Idaho, then …
A Pioneer Doctor in Oneida County
Joseph William(s) (J.W.) Morgan was born in Carmarthenshire, South Wales, in 1838. He studied medicine in Cardiff, Wales, where he became an assistant to Dr. Jones, who was physician to the nearby Colliery, and where he and Dr. Jones alternately prescribed for the miners. On June 4, 1863, he sailed on the ship “Amazon” to …
Nancy Asay is selected as Oneida County Farm Woman of the Year, and as District 1 Farm Wife of the Year
The Oneida County Farm Bureau Women’s Committee elected Nancy Asay as the Oneida County Farm Woman of the Year for 2014. Nancy will also serve as the District 1 Farm Wife of the Year for 2014. She will be honored on July 4 by appearing in the Sesquicentennial parade. Nancy and her husband Bill have …
A Tribute to our Father – Lynn Stayner – A farmer who considered his best crop his children! By his children “Kind, loving, patient, selfless and willing to give service to anyone” are just a few of the words that describe our father, Jay Lynn Stayner. He was born on September 29, 1929, to Henry …
Ilean Corbridge, Malad’s Honored Pioneer for 2014.
Ilean Corbridge has been chosen by the Malad Chamber of Commerce as Malad’s Honored Pioneer for 2014, and as such will be one of the honored guests in the July 4 Sesquicentennial Parade. Ilean was born on June 18, 1928, on a ranch near what is called Red Rock. Her father was mowing hay with …
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Gene Caldwell will be Malad Valley’s Honored Veteran for the July 4 Parade
A wonderful tradition for the Malad 4th of July Parade is carried on each year by the Malad Area Chamber of Commerce in naming an Oneida County military veteran as the “Honored Veteran”. Gene Caldwell will ride in the parade this year as Malad’s Honored Veteran. Normally each year, Gene nominates a veteran from the …
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Deep Creek Dam Break Floods
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 …
Clarence Hughes, Grand Marshal of July 4 Sesquicentennial Parade
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 …
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LEVI SAVAGE WALDRON
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
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 …