Glencoe, ID

    Glencoe, ID

    • Settled: Glencoe was originally part of Mink Creek, first settled in 1879 by Peter and Elizabeth Egley; since settlers at the upper end of Mink Creek had difficulty getting through winters’ snows, in 1909 a new LDS ward was established by Stake President, George C. Parkinson
    • Origin of Name:  Members wasnted to name the new entity Cove, but with Cache Valley’s Coke in the surrounding area, it was decided to name it something else; someone suggested “Glen,” since its meaning was siimilar to Cove, and someone else suggested combining the two words into Glencove, which became Glencoe; many settlershad emigrated from Sweden, so eventually Glencoe was referred to as Sweden, and its people as Swedes
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      Historical Overview: An old one-room school, called Glencoe School, also doubled as a church meeting place; eventually a double-wing building became Glencoe School District 23; it once had a store, a sawmill, with dances and basketball games at the church, affording primary recreation
    • Location: 22.9 miles (23 minutes) north of Preston on Hwy 34 N

      Source: “The Blazer Trail, Early History of Franklin County, Idaho; third edition, Daughters of Utah Pioneers, compiled by Alexis Champneys Beckstead

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