Andersen
The Andersen family was one of the first families to homestead in Arbon Valley (first known as Bannock Valley), coming after the George…
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Arbon
The Arbon family was one of the first families in the valley. They were influential in Arbon, starting in 1894. The Arbon home still stands…
Explore Arbon ↗Bailey
The Bailey name has been a part of Arbon Valley since 1893. There is even a road named Bailey, in honor of this homesteading family,…
Explore Bailey ↗Bolingbroke
The Bolingbroke family was another large homesteading family in Arbon. Charles, the son of LDS immigrants from England, came to the valley…
Explore Bolingbroke ↗Bradley
The Bradley family as been in Arbon Valley, in the Crystal area, by 1900. The patriarch, George Willard Bradley, was born in Michigan. In…
Explore Bradley ↗Daniels
The Daniels family has been in the Arbon Valley since 1885 when David Moroni Daniels applied for a water right on the Bannock Creek…
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The first mention of the Davis family in Bannock Valley, Idaho (later to be called Arbon Valley) was in June of 1892 when David John Bowen…
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The Evans surname has been in Arbon Valley from its earliest days. Brothers Thomas ("T.B." or "Tom") and Lorenzo ("Ren") applied for water…
Explore Evans ↗Hayden
The Hayden family came into the Arbon Valley rather later than the rest of the valley, getting title to their homestead lands in the…
Explore Hayden ↗Jenson
The Jenson family came to Arbon Valley in 1907, proving up on their land in the Summit area of Arbon Valley in 1914. Joseph C. Jenson…
Explore Jenson ↗Lusk
The Lusk name is associated with one of the earliest claims in the Bannock Valley. Before the area was officially opened for homesteading,…
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Brothers Frank, Herb, and Bob Swim The vagaries of fate punctuate the story of how the Swim family came to Arbon Valley. Frank Swim's…
Explore Swim ↗Ward
The Ward name has been in Arbon Valley since 1893. In that year, Joseph W. Ward applied for both a Possessory Claim on Lake Canyon…
Explore Ward ↗The map below is a simplified view of the homesteading families. While many people homesteaded and left, this is not meant to be a definitive list of the hundreds of homesteaders who spend some time in the valley, back when they were all trying to wrestle a living out of a hundred and sixty acres. Instead, this history focuses more on the families who remained for generations, and still make an impact on the valley today.
Andersen
- Andrew & Sophia Andersen
- Andrew "Otto" Andersen
- John C. & DeSena Andersen
- A. Mark Andersen
- Earl Dean Andersen
- Willard & Mamie Andersen
- Lynn & JoAnn Andersen
- David Revell Andersen
- Lars Magnus Andersen
- Ezra Taft Andersen
- Harvey George Andersen
- Mary Caroline Andersen
- George Lionel Andersen
- Annie Andersen Pett
- Henry Waldemar Andersen