The Teton peak. [volume] (St. Anthony, Idaho) 1899-1904, 1904-06-02
SECOND PRIZE
COMPOSITION
At Closing Exercises of Our Public
School Composed by
Viola Colder.

was formerly part of Oneida county
In 1879 it was divided and part o
it was called Bingham county anC
then Bingham was divided and the
northern part was called Fremont
county.
Rexburg was the first village ii
Fremont county. 1t was built by
the Mormons in 1888. 1t was
named after Thomas Kicks who
was the first man to locate i'll the
town and build his house.
The people that settled this
country emigrated from Cache
Valley, Utah.
In nineteen years Rexburg has
grown to be second class CITY
with fine homes and business blocks
lighted by electricity. They have
the finest academy in the county
with hundreds of scholars in at
tendance every term.
Mr.. Tynos lived where LYMAN
now is. Mr.. Haynes lived near
the fork of the Teton river. Tom
Tavern lived where the village of
Teton is built. Richard Lee,
known as Beaver Dick" lived at
the mouth Of the Teton canyon.
These men lived here when the
people came to settle this country.
They were hunters and trappers.
Thirty one people wintered on
the north side of Snake river in the
winter of 1879 and 1885.
Mr.. William Broadhurst, his
brother Richard and Mr.. Vinegar
were among the first to look at the
land and decided to locate here in
1879. They ate their lunch where
the head of the independent Canal
now is.
The hsrt post office in the county
was located at Egin in the year
1880 and A. F. Parker was the post
master.
The first school in the county
was located at Egin. 1t was held
i'll little log building built by the
ranchers. 1t was tuition school
and ]. G.. Wood was teacher with
ten or fifteen scholars in attendance
1t opened OH the first Monday in
February, 1882.
The first canal on the north side
OF the river was the Egin canal. It
was started in the spring of 1880
and water was taken as far as
Parkers' ranch about 8 miles so
that they could water a field of
grain in the spring of 1888. The
first survey of the Egin canal was
made by Mr.. Richard Broadhurst
and Harry Smith with a common
spirit level.
The first store was built at Egin
and run by Joseph Davenport in
1885.
The first church was Mormon
church at Egin and w. Nj. Parker.
Sr. was bishop
George Vinegar and Miss
Emeline Parker were the first
couple married on the north side
of the river.
The first child born on the north
side of the river was Emma Rawscn
in 1882.
The Egin bench has the best
water and farming lands in the
country and the people are doing
we'll and have lovely homes. The
whole bench subs from the bitches
~AAN NoAioio dllQ ltldl saves the
rancher lot of hard work bv not
having to irrigate.
The little village of Parker On
the Egin bench was started in 1888
and now has fine school, meeting
house, store, post Office and a num-
Der OF fine residences. They are
now erecting a crusher where the
sugar beets that are raised on the
bench are to be crushed and the
juice is to be pumped through a
pipe to the sugar factory located at
Sugar City on the opposite side of
the river.
The people have lovely flower
gardens and fine shade trees set out
around their homes. Mr.. Moon
filed Of, the 1o,,J ,rLa~a G. A.t