Dingle, ID

    Dingle, ID

    • Settled: 1865- by Mormon settlers led by Charles C. Rich
    • Original Name: Preston, also known as Big Timber, Peg Leg Island, Cottonwood and Dingle Dell. Gradually, the name stabilized as “Dingle” in 1871, but it is unknown by whom it was named
    • Famous for: First settlement in Bear Lake Valley, Peg-Leg Smith’s trading post, near Dingle on Oregon Trail
    • Notable Features: cemetery, fire station, city park, LDS church
    • Well Known Residents: Physician Beulah Ream Allen, who was awarded Medal of Freedom for heroism after taken as a POW in the Philippines during World War II
    • Historical Overview: The first permanent colony was Oakley’s Grove, after the Oakley family that lived south of the Dingle store; the settlement grew steadily until about 1890, when about 30 families left to colonize Cardston, Alberta, Canada; dry farming & later irrigation allowed the rural community to grow.
    • Location: 8 miles south of Montpelier, west off Hwy 30
    • No population estimates for this unincorporated rural Bear Lake Valley community

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