Glendale, ID

    Glendale, ID

    • Settled: Settlers emigrated from Denmark, England and from the Southern States; Ham Wheeler was its first settler in the 1870s
    • Origin of Name:  Named by Stake President George C Parkinson, who suggested its name
    • Original Name: Worm Creek, after the meandering stream that went through the area
      Historical Overview: Catgtlemen amd sheep men brought herds from Farmingon and Weber, Utah to summer there’ the Cub River and Work creek Canal completed a canal, bringing water to the area in 1888 at a cost of $30.000; Glendale Reservoir was completed in 1928; a German-speaking branch of Glendale Ward was formed in 1896, since many residents did not speak English
    • Location: 9 miles (13 minutes) northeast of Preston on Hwy 91, then Cub River Road

      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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