Last Chance Canal Co., Ltd.

23 Thursday Nov 2023

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Last Chance Canal Co., Ltd.

Two miles east is located the dam and headworks of the canal system. Incorporation was effected Feb. 4, 1899 for the purpose of irrigating this valley. First filing on Bear River to supply the canal was Mar. 4, 1897. To perfect the right it was necessary to put the water through the right of way by Feb. 12, 1899. This tremendous task was accomplished through the ingenuity and perseverance of the brave men and women who pioneered this valley.

The text above is from Daughters of Utah Pioneers historic marker #219, located at 206 North Main Street in Grace, Idaho.

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Ivins Pioneer Cemetery

22 Wednesday Nov 2023

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Ivins Pioneer Cemetery

This area, known as Ten Mile Sterrett and Ivins, was opened for homesteading in 1880. Emigrants from Utah and Iceland transformed sagebrush lands to productive livestock farms. They befriended the roaming Indians and Oregon Trail travelers. Jared Williams donated this plot 72×105 feet. Twenty person are buried here from 1893 to 1940.

The text above is from Daughters of Utah Pioneers historic marker #348, located on Ivins Road in Bancroft, Idaho.

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Bancroft’s First School

21 Tuesday Nov 2023

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Bancroft’s First School

One block west from this site, in 1894, the pioneers of this area erected a school house built of red brick made and kilned by them. It was one room, twenty-five by forty feet. Guss Erickson laid the brick, first teachers were Edith Townsend and Nathan Barlow. In 1907 the school was sold to the L.D.S. Church and additional rooms built. It was used as a place of worship until 1930. The bell hung in a tower of the school house and called the people to school, church, and other assemblies. When the building was razed in 1945 the bell was given to the Daughters of Utah Pioneers.

The text above is from Daughters of Utah Pioneers historic marker #232, located at 95 South Main Street in Bancroft, Idaho.