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 …
Legends of early robberies in Oneida County, Part I
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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Memories of Early Malad
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 …
A Brief Sketch of the Early Days
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 …
1906 fire destroyed Idaho Enterprise
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 …