Pooles Island - Menan
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N 43° 43.245 W 111° 59.640
12T E 419933 N 4841337
Menan was originally called Pooles Island then officially named Cedar Butte which was then changed again to Menan.
Waymark Code: WMDJFC
Location: Idaho, United States
Date Posted: 01/20/2012
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Daughters of Utah Pioneers
No. 378
Erected 1971
Pooles Island - Menan
Pooles Island, first settled 1879 by members
of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints,
John R. Poole, Presiding Elder. Cedar Butte
Ward organized 1884, Robert L. Bybee, Bishop.
Long Island canal water right decreed 1880;
school began 1881; Susue P. Lawson, teacher;
townsite surveyed 1883; grist mill 1894;
pioneer merchant, C.A. Smith, Sr. Postoffice
established 1885; changed Cedar Butte name
to Menan, Indian word for island. Francis
M. Bybee, Postmaster.
Laurann Camp
Marker Name: Pooles Island - Menan
Marker Type: Roadside
Marker Text:
See Long Description
County: Jefferson
City: Menan
Date Dedicated: 1971
Group Responsible for Placement: Daughters of Utah Pioneers
Marker Number: 378
Web link(s) for additional information: Not listed
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