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The Sad, Forlorn Story of Oneida County’s Elkhorn Dam
Taming the western US largely told tales of successful projects delivering life-bringing irrigation water to thirsty land. Dams were built, canals were dug and reservoirs filled with water, and the vast majority of irrigation projects resulted in prosperity. But, not… Read More >
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Making Her Father’s Dream Reality
Some people make commitments, but never follow through on them. But since Gene and Kay Caldwell and Brent Bowen are not that kind of people, generations of the Malad Valley will benefit from their efforts. A beautiful tribute to local… Read More >
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A Miracle from the Past- Grandpa’s Aggravation Game
It’s strange how a chance conversation can take on a meaning of its own. Somehow, a random reference here or there connects us to others and sometimes with our former lives.Though I don’t know a lot about her, we connected… Read More >
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Malad 4th Grader Publishes Her Own Book
Jordyn Rose Thomas is a published author at just eight years of age. At an age when most kids are uncertain what their own dreams even are, Jordyn has already fulfilled one of her dreams, by publishing her own book,… Read More >
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Washakie Township
Located just south of Portage, Utah near the Utah/Idaho border in Utah’s Box Elder county, for decades the Washakie Township represented an alternative to reservation life for the Northwestern Band of the Shoshone. In 1880, a handful of Shoshone families… Read More >
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Osmond’s Samaria Ancestors had Great Musical Talents
Long before the singing Osmond Brothers became famous, their ancestors were widely known for their outstanding musical abilities in the Malad Valley.Anna Jenkins liked to dance and play the tambourine, and while at a party near her home in Wales,… Read More >
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Did Jesse James live in Idaho?
Did legendary outlaw Jesse James ever call Malad his home? The story has been part of the Palmer family folklore for over a century. They say the 19th century bank robber from Missouri married one of their relatives in 1869… Read More >
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History Of Malad Valley
The Welsh history of Malad Valley began in Wales in the 1840s when missionaries for the fledgling Church of Jesus Christ Latter-day Saints were sent to the British Isles. Dan Jones, a famous LDS missionary, converted hundreds of Welsh people… Read More >
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The Evans Co-op Block
The story of the Evans Co-op actually began in 1865 in a one-room log house on Deep Creek, near where the Masonic Lodge now stands on Bannock Street. Malad’s Mormon pioneers had earlier built a bishop’s tithing storehouse, paying their… Read More >
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Make The Short Trip To Samaria. It’s Worth Your Time
Remove yourself from life’s daily rush. Take a trip to Samaria- it’s a stroll back to a simpler, slower-paced time. It may not be Mayberry, but it’s pretty darn close.Located about nine miles southwest of Malad, Samaria was once the… Read More >
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