- Settled: Established in 1877 by the Urah Northern Railroad
- Origin of Name: Named after the railroad’s chief engineer, Washington Dunn
- Historical Overview: This rail stop became the end-of-tracks base of operations for the Utah Northern Railroad’s route from Montana goldfields after it was built in 1878; former residents of Corinne flocked to the area, turning Corinne into a ghost town, crrippling Corrine’s rail and freighting business; train car loads were transferred to wagons in Dunnsville until construction moved the town farther north, keeping up with the new rails as they were laid
- Chief Engineer Dunn ordered a pre-fabricated town from the east, that could (and would) be torn down and reconstructed when new rail was laid; built on Nathan Smith’s property about a block and a half northwest of his house, Smith ran a boarding house for the railroad construction crew, and also furnished his beef for their consumption; had several saloons, dance halls, gambling holes with wild women, blacksmith shops, a hotel and many eating houses
- Location: 15 miles (14.5 minutes) a couple of miles north of Banida on Hwy 91
Source: “The Blazer Trail, Early History of Franklin County, Idaho; third edition, Daughters of Utah Pioneers, compiled by Alexis Champneys Beckstead
