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On Tuesday night May 30, 2023 Viola Jean Ward (81) of Rexburg, Idaho passed away surrounded by her family. Viola loved her family. Viola was born in Rexburg, Idaho on December 22, 1941 to Ruby Florence Marlow and Horace Eugene Perry. She grew up in Rexburg and married DeLoy Z. Ward in the Idaho Falls […]
In 1935, Arthur Porter, former newspaper publisher, educator, and Mayor of Rexburg, printed a book authored by Samuel M. Beal entitled âThe Snake River Fork Country, A brief history of peaceful conquest in the Upper Snake River Basin.â Mr. Beal was an historian and professor at Ricks College, now BYU Idaho. His book contains chapters on the beginnings of the Upper Snake River Valley, its frontiersman, and LDS colonizers. Also, chapters on early transportation and communication, the Rexburg Stake of Zion, and social and economic developments. It includes a bibliography and an appendi...