Beautiful Bonneville

Editors and Writers: Alice Horton, Afton Bitton, Patti Sherlock Art Editor: Kay Ingram Photography Editor: Quincy M. Jensen Published by Herff Jones, Logan, Utah, 1989.

Index by Mary Jane Fritzen, 2002

Subject	page	photo	page

“Bone in the Forties,” verses by Woodrow Butler	266-267	Bone community 1930s; 1914	268
“Red Barn” art by Fred Ochi		“Red Barn” art by Fred Ochi	32
“Spirited Horses;” constant stockmen, art by		“Spirited Horses;” constant stockmen, art	33
Carl Casterline		by Carl Casterline
“We the people of Idaho,” painting by Gloria		“We the people of Idaho,” painting by	24
Miller Allen		Gloria Miller Allen
Acknowledgments	4	Ingram, Kay; Afton Bitton, Alice Horton, Patti Sherlock Grimes, Quincy M. Jensen	4
Aerial views by Melville’s studio 1953; by		Aerial views by Melville’s studio 1953;	190
Quincy Jensen 1988		by Quincy Jensen 1988	197
Airmail: George Keller, A. W. Stephenson, A.	164	Safeway Foods	165
E. Smith, Parley Short, A. C. Bloomgren,
Joseph Morley, William S. Moran, M. M.
Bodell, Barzilla W. Clark
Airmail, first flight		Airmail, first flight	162
Airport beginnings	182
Allen, Dwight	146
Alliance Covenant Church	145
Alpine: Hot Springs, Indian Creek	212	Palisades dam views:1952,1953, about 1990	213
Alpine	210
Ammon old Church, DUP memorial		Ammon old Church, DUP memorial	120
Ammon	115-121	Ammon LDS chapel 1913	113
Ammon cemetery		Ammon cemetery	120
Ammon, map		Ammon, map	118
Ammon Jr. High School		Ammon Jr. High School	117
Anderson, Robert	126	McCowin Park, Ammon city pool	121
Anderson, Robert	122	Eagle Rock Street and eagle	123

Anderson Brothers Bank	123
Andrus, Milo	101	Milo Ward	102
Antelope	231-232	Fisher cabins	234
Antelope Flats to Conant Valley		Antelope Flats to Conant Valley	240
Antelope, Antelope flats	201,203
Arave building	151
Arney, C. E.	133
Assembly of God Church	146	Paramount Theatre dressing room	146
Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), National	174-176
reactor station; Nuclear energy (see AEC)
Automobile agencies	166,173
Bakery: Frank Bonholt	158
Balstar, Lawrence	268
Banks and financial institutions	167-169
Baptist Church	146
Beach, Nellie Whitehead	158
Beach’s Corner	182,200
Beam, Jennie	97,103
Beckman, Andrew and John	182
Bibliography and Index	300-304	Teton Peaks	300
Big Hole mountains	204	Snake River range	103
Birch Creek schoolhouse	260	Bone school	264
Bistorious, George	141
Bitton, Afton, “Eastern Bonneville County”	199	Eastern Bonneville County canyons, river	198199
Blackhalter, Rev. David	145
Bone: source of name, history, map, customs,	260-267	Bone Store, Robison homes	261
attractions			263
Bone farming; Wolfgang Ranch, Tex Creek		Bone farming; Wolfgang Ranch, Tex	297
area		Creek area

Bone, southern Bonneville		Bone, southern Bonneville	253
Bonneville, B. L. E		Bonneville, B. L. E.	16
Bonneville County Idaho Centennial Committee		Bonneville County Idaho Centennial Committee	6-7
Bonneville county elected officials		Bonneville County elected officials	5
Bonneville County Commercial Club	141
Bonneville Museum	176	Modern Woodsmen of America	176
Bonneville County formed 1911	169
Bonneville Hotel	171-173	Bonneville Hotel	172
Bonneville County government	58	Sandy Downs, children at play	58
Bonney, Rufus C.	130
Boomer, Mrs. Alice Bybee	124
Bowman, Frank C.	141
Boyes, Ethel	134
Bradbury, W. A.	129,152
Brady, Jerry M.	133
Brady, J. Robb	130
Brandl, Joe	158
Breeding, Virinda	146
Bridger, Jim	103
Briggs, B. J.	126,141	Taylor, S. F., Real Estate & Insurance	127
Briggs, A. E. (Gene); sheep industry	277,278	Sheepherder near Gray’s Lake	279
Brockman, Don	296	Caribou mountain, Caribou City	295
Brookfield, Dr. B. M.	158
Brooks Hotel, passengers to		Brooks Hotel, passengers to	149
Brown, A. H.	158
Bubbell, T. I.	134
Buck, Orville	97,103

Bullard, C. Lee	146
Burgess House (Brooks) Hotel	124
Burtenshaw, Bob		Burtenshaw, Bob	22
Businesses, longtime	165-169	Broadway, Park Ave., 1949	168
Bybee, Frank M.	126
C. W. & M. Co.	151
Cafes and restaurants	165-166	Livestock Auction, Idaho	166
Calamity Point	211,212	Rudd family, Alpine hot springs	211
Call, William “Bill”	159
Campbell, Thomas L.	130	Railroad, O.S.L. & U. P. Depot	130
Canal, Great Western original headgates		Canal, Great Western original headgates	75
Canal, Great Western, view, 22 ft. cut		Canal, Great Western, view, 22 ft. cut	75
Canals, irrigation, Ammon	118	Tiebreaker school	116-7
Caribou mines; Keenan City	290	Caribou mine remains	292
Caribou, nonmetallic minerals; Chinese miners	292	Caribou mountains; Monte Cristo site	293
Caribou Forest	205
Carnegie Library, view from 1930 grain elevators to west		Carnegie Library, view from 1930 grain elevators to west	50
Chamber of Commerce	141
Chamberlain, Dick	123
Chapin, George	126
Chesbro Music Co.: Horace Chesbro	163
Christensen, Al	151
Christian Science Church	145
Christofferson, John	135	Salisbury Building construction	137
Church of the Nazarene	146
Churches, schools, colleges	50	Truck & plow	46

Churches; Christmas lights		Churches; Christmas lights	30-31
Churchill, F. H.	134
Circus	182
Clark, Barzilla W.	129	Keefer’s Island	129
Clark, N. H.	158
Clark, Chase A.	130
Clark, Joseph A.	126,133
Clark, Nathan H.	126
Clark, Ferris H.	130	Idaho Falls, wagons parked	132
Clark’s Hill; Devil’s Dive; Hog’s Back; Stauffer Hill	200-201	Hillview E-Z Stop	200
Cline Brothers	158
Clyne, D. N.	158
Coltman LDS branch, ward	94	Coltman map, agriculture	92,95
Coltman, Edward (Ed) P.	126,141	Skagg & Wallenstein Saloon	126
Coltman	93	Coltman schools	93,94
Conant Valley: Caribou Forest, Targhee Forest	229	Antelope school, church, store, cemetery	232
		(Thelma McMurtrey), agriculture (Harry
		Kruse)
Conant valley: rare rocks, access near Black’s		Conant valley: rare rocks, access near	243
Canyon; Swan Valley, Baldy mountain		Black’s Canyon; Swan Valley, Baldy
		mountain
Conant Valley, Antelope; Clark’s Hill; Targhee		Conant Valley, Antelope; Clark’s Hill;	241
mountains		Targhee mountains
Conant Valley	200,202	Ririe- Shelton Cemetery	201
Contractors, general	169	Rogers Hotel construction site	170
Contractors 1900-01: W. W. Keefer, John	158
Vance
Coughlin, Charles	158
County views Bonneville by Robert Bower		County views Bonneville by Robert	14,
		Bower	17-21

Courthouse	169
Crandall, Benjamin R.	133-134
Cranes	280-281	Gray’s Lake, old Herman store	280
Croft’s sheep & shearing corals, 1955		Croft’s sheep & shearing corals, 1955	107
Crow, Mrs. W. H. B.	158
Crow, W. H. B.	133
Crowley, Stanley	158
Curley, Kate	138	Broadway, 1903-4, Idaho Falls	137
Curley, Bowen	134,138	Schools, Rebecca Mitchell school	134
Cutter Drug Co.	158	Parade passes City Building	159
DaBell, Lila	159
De Mourdant, Paul	152	Highland Park	154
Deer Creek school	265	snowmobilers, ski plane	269
Dehlin	265-285
Dehlin: history; Horse Buttes, events	271-272	Dehlen	272
Denlinger, M. B.	134	Schools, Eastside	135
Dennis, Sam	130
DeRome sisters	158
Desert and lavas	72	Seven Mile Cave	73
Downtown traffic		Downtown traffic	149
Dr. C. M.	138,151	Sacred Heart Hospital, Idaho Falls	139
Drennen, Hugh	152	McDermott Field, aerial photo	154
Duckworth, Jack	163
Eagle Rock	124
Eagle Rock Street, demise		Eagle Rock Street, demise of	22
Eagle Rock School	151
Earl, L. M.	141
Eastern Idaho Technical College	135	Schools, Hawthorne	136
Economy	49	Maps, Bonneville in 1800s	47,48

Edgington, George w.	129
Elg, Louis	126,129
Emerson, Willis G.	124
Energy: hydro-electric plant	55	Bulb turbine	54
Episcopal Church	145
Evans Grain		Evans Grain	113-4
Evans, John D.	141	Swedish Evangelical Church	142
Ewart, R. B. “Whitey”	130
Fall Creek, westbank		Fall Creek, westbank	252
Fanning, Ed	126
Fanning, E. W.	126,130	Wierman’s Grocery	127
Fanning, R.	158
Farming scene northwest I.F. 1985		Farming scene northwest I.F. 1985	12
Farr, Roy	158
Farr, Claribel	159	Parades	160161
Federal Building	171	Rogers, B. N. “Brunt”	171
First Department	147	Fire Station 4	147
First Christian Church	146
First Baptist Church	145	St. John’s Episcopal Church	144
First Congregational Church	146
First Presbyterian Church	145
Fisher, Vardis, “Joe Hunter” poem	235	Ririe buildings; Poplar buildings	236237
Fisher, Vardis, family; Fisher Bottoms	233-234	Black’s canyon crops, Roosevelt Highway	235
Freeman, Russell A.	158
Fuller, Dr. S. S.	139	Fanning, E. W.	140
Gearhart, Tommy	151
George, Joe	151

Gethsemane Baptist Church	146
Glenn, Mr.	124
Gold	286	Caribou mine remains	290291
Grand Valley schools: Punkin Center, Blowout, Fidelity (Whiskey Run)	212	Weeks, Elizabeth	212
Grand Valley	210-211	Highway 26 toward Alpine Indian Creek	210
Granite, Granite Hill	202,203	Granite Hill, Antelope	202203
Granite Hill	230
Gray, John; Lander Trail	276	Gray’s Lake outlet 1989	277
Gray’s Lake to Caribou; Caribou Forest, Peak;		Gray’s Lake to Caribou; Caribou Forest,	254
Kennan City		Peak; Kennan City	255
Gray’s Lake national wildlife refuge		Gray’s Lake national wildlife refuge	257
Gray’s Lake: history, origin of name	275	Gray’s Lake map; National Wildlife Refuge	276
Gray’s Lake	265-285
Gray’s Lake Wildlife Refuge	281	Gray’s Lake, lily pads	281
Great Western Canal and Improvement Co.	76
Great Western Land & Irrigation Co.	76
Greenwell, Bert	133
Grocers 1900-01: George Brunt, F. M. Bybee,	158
Amelia Hellar, Zion’s Cooperative Mercantile
Co., Anderson Brothers Mercantile Co.
Gulick, Dr. Joseph I.	145
Hager, Al	151
Hammond, Lorna	183	Snake River Canyon, exposed channel	185

Hard Scrabble School	97	Elva Post office	97
Haroldson, Allen	123
Harris, L. A.	158
Hart, Cecil E.	144	First Lutheran Church	144
Hayes, C. C., undertake		Hayes, C. C., undertake	150
Heath, George	103
Henderson, Richard	146
Hendricks, Jack	159
Hensley, B. L.	126
Herman buildings and road		Herman buildings and road	298
Higbee, D. W.	124
Highland Park	156	Freeman Park bandshell	156
Highway 26, road to beauty	199
Hillsdale, Ozone, Caribou	285	Caribou buildings	287
Hitt, Minnie	183	Farming back then; slip scraper and plow	183
Hitt, F. K.	158
Hoff, Rasmuss family, aviation		Hoff, Rasmuss family, aviation	68
Holden, W. H.	129	Keefer, William Walker, family	129
Holden, J. Wesley	141
Holmes, J. B.	124
Holmes, W. C.	158
Hospitals, Idaho Falls	138-139	L.D.S. Hospital	138
Hotels: Rogers, Idaho, Bonneville	171	Power & Water, 10th St. well	171
Hotels: Neil Armstrong, Brooks Hotel; N. D. Porter, Porter Hotel	158
Hughes, Lee	158
Hurst, Mrs. Joe	124
Hurst, Emma	126
Huston, Fred L.	134

Idaho Falls businesses	158
Idaho Register	130
Idaho Steam Laundry, 1909		Idaho Steam Laundry, 1909	149
Idaho Falls Club of Commerce	141
Idaho Falls Symphony	178	Centennial Plus 20	176
Idaho Falls Music Club	178	Toth, Peter’s Indian	177
Idaho Livestock Auction	169
Idaho Falls	122
Idaho Centennial quilt		Idaho Centennial quilt	23
Idaho Falls, schools	133		M
Idaho Falls Milling Co.: Burgess Edelman, G. G. Wright, E. W. Fanning Sr.	163	Spud Alley	164
Idaho Falls	125-126
Idaho Falls, cemetery	130
Idaho Falls streets, paving Broadway and Park	151
Ave.
Idaho Falls, mayors	129-130
Idaho Falls public library	141
Interstate Highway 15	173	Interstate 15 opened	172
Introduction	9-11	Desert to west; Eagle Rock Ferry site; Caribou mountain	9-11
Iona, float, parade 1913		Iona, float, parade 1913	108
Iona, Pillsbury Mills		Iona, Pillsbury Mills	108
Iona Main Street, 1920		Iona Main Street, 1920	109
Iona, agriculture		Iona, agriculture	106
			07
Iona, Wagon Box prophecy	104
Iona canals and irrigation	104
Iona	104-111	Iona, map	104
Iona Merc, 1897		Iona Merc, 1897	109
Irrigation, water, agriculture, railroad		Irrigation, water, agriculture, railroad	26,27

Irrigation, canals	36	Maps of waterways, irrigation	36
Irwin	204	Swan Valley commissary & Post Office	206
Irwin store and post office		Irwin store and post office	207
Jackson, W. S.	158
Jail	151
Jefferson County	199
Jensen, Soren	158
Jentges, Rev. J. A.	145
Johannesen, Julius	124
Johannesen, O. A.	141
Johannsen, J. J.	124
John Day Lake (former name of Gray’s Lake)	296	Stanger appaloosa horses, Bone	296
Johnson Brothers Planing Mill	158
Johnson, Eno	158
Johnson, Gustaff	158
Jones, B. J.	158
Jones, Giffith	146
Jones, Lelda Sayer, “Her Only Jewels” poem	284	Caribou Basin Road	285
Keefer, William Walker	126
Keefer, Fred	126
Keefer, Frank	126
Keefer, Phil	153	Tautphaus Park grandstand	155
Keefer, William Walker, family	151
Keller, Dwain	159
Kelley, T. H.	141
Kerr, Mrs. Lulu Gleason	124
KID-TV: Claude Caine, Roy Southwick, Carroll Secrist	164

Kiefer, Henry W.	129
KIFI-Radio: James M. Brady, Jerry M. and Rickie Brady	164	Broadway and Eagle Rock St.	164
Kirk, Laurie	146
Kirk, Shirley	146
L.D.S. Temple	144	First Presbyterian Church	142
La Rue, T. R.	158
Lanea, Jennie (Mrs.)	158
Larson, Thomas	146
Lawrence, Rev. Ralph	145
Lawyers	169
LDS rock church, second		LDS rock church, second	110
LDS Hospital	139
Lee, Charles N.	124
Leigh, Beaver Dick	103
Leorin	101
Lewis and Luxton	158
Lewis and Lock	158
Lewis, C. S.	152	Violinists, young, rehearsing	153
Library, Idaho Falls	138	Riverview Hospital, Idaho Falls	138
Lincoln schools		Lincoln schools	113
Lincoln	112-114
Lingren, John	156	Tautphaus Park zoo	155
Lodges, Masonic, Odd Fellows, Eagles, Elks	141	L.D.S. Tabernacle	141
Logsdon, Duane	146
Louis, Ralph A.	129
Lovell, Edith	103
Lovell, Edith		Lovell, Edith	22
Lutheran Church	146

Luxton and Bennett	158
Maguire, Martin	158
Malls, shopping centers	173-174
Map, county		Map, county	12
Map and seal of county		Map and seal of county	58-59
Maps and photos of Taylor		Maps and photos of Taylor	62-65
Marker, Joe, “Remembering”	182
Marker, Alma	124,158
Marker, Joe	122	Lava Rock Abutments, Eagle Rock	122
Marker, Julius	147	Wright’s Old Flour Mill	148
Mason, Mrs. J. R.	158
McCaffrey, B.	124
McCutcheon Hardware Co.		McCutcheon Hardware Co.	148
McCutcheon, N. D.	134
McCutcheon, O. E., Judge	78
McDermott, Edwin F.	130
McDermott, John P.	133
McDonald, Dr. David	138	Infelt, Jim	140
Mellor, Dr. J. O.	138	Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center	140
Methodist Church	145
Meyer, Rev. E. P.	146
Meyers, C. G.	158
Mill, Mrs. Susan E.	134
Miller, Dr. L. M.	158
Milner Apartment House	141
Milner, James L.	141
Milo	96
Milo baseball squad 1916-1917		Milo baseball squad 1916-1917	102
Milo	101-102	school	101

Miskin scraper	98
Mitchell, Rebecca Brown	133,144
Mitchell, R. T.	134
Mittry, F. K.	151	Idaho Falls Opera Theatre	153
Mollen girls	124
Morgan, Harry	158
Mosely, F. C.	141
Motion pictures, silent movies	171
Names, origins of communities	61
New Sweden	182-183
New Sweden Irrigation District	76	Beckman family farming	77
New Sweden	75	Taylorville map	74
New Sweden horse-drawn snow plow		New Sweden horse-drawn snow plow	79
New Sweden, wells, Pioneers Cemetery	80 82 84	potato farming Agriculture Pioneers	81
Sealander Park	84		81-84
			82,83
Newspapers	130
Nielsen, Jesse H.	158
Nish, Dee	159
Nuclear site, INEL	56	Loft	56
Nuxoll, Father Merwyn F.	145
O’Bryant, William J.	130
Oden, Charles	141
Old Faithful Beverage Company	158
Orullian, George H.	158
Osgood, Utah Idaho Sugar Co. Japanese farmers	87 88	Osgood, Utah Idaho Sugar Co. Japanese farmers	87 88
Osgood Osgood project	85-88 85	Brunt, George	85
Osgood, Shattuck project, Shattuck, W. L.	88	Osgood school, church	87

Osgood, source of name	86	Osgood map	85
Owen, James C.	118	Andrews, Josephine family, tent	116
Owens, Cadwallender “Ole”	104
Oyler, Ina: painting of sheepherder’s wagon		Oyler, Ina: painting of sheepherder’s	2256
		wagon
Ozone	265-285
Ozone: history; Badger Creek, Willow Creek	270-271	Ozone	270
Palisades	200,205
Palisades Canyon	217
Palisades country: Gov. Cecil Andres,		Palisades country: Gov. Cecil Andres,	248
Palisades Lake; Targhee forest		Palisades Lake; Targhee forest	249
Palisades reservoir views		Palisades reservoir views	250
			251
Palisades dam	204,205	Highway 26	204
Palisades Dam reservoir	210
Palisades area, dam		Palisades area, dam	208
			209
Palisades: dam, postmasters	214-215	Quayle, Joy, postmaster	214215
Palisades Dam: construction, groundbreaking	212-213	Palisades townsite & Grand Valley	214
1952, completion 1957			215
Parmele, James C.	145
Payne, R. F.	158	Ferrell’s	159
Payne, Mrs.Ran (Esther Mollen)	124
Pedersen, S. Eddie	130,158
Pedersen, Peder	158
Pelot, Cal	158
Pelot, Carlyle L.	126	Idaho Falls map	128
Pendleton, G. W.	158
Pine Creek	204

Pine Creek: schools, mail delivery	224	schools, churches	224225
Pine Creek: Diamond mountains; south bench		Pine Creek: Diamond mountains; south	244
features		bench features	245
Pinecrest golf course	158
Pioneer Day	157	Garrett’s Transfer Co.	157
Pioneer women	282	Southeastern Bonneville County	285
Pioneer homesteaders	226	Bridge, Swan Valley, Conant Valley,	228