First Sawmill Operator in Samaria
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brwhiz
N 42° 06.933 W 112° 19.921
12T E 389884 N 4663464
John E. Price, Sr. was the first sawmill operator in Samaria.
Waymark Code: WMJPDX
Location: Idaho, United States
Date Posted: 12/12/2013
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Daughters of Utah Pioneers
No. 346
Erected 1968
Samaria
The Price Family located on the present site of Samaria Feb. 10, 1868. A branch of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints was organized Nov. 18, 1868, Thomas S. Thomas, president. Irrigation water was obtained from John Thorpe's spring. A log building erected to serve for school and church was dedicated March 1870, David P. Davis, teacher; Jonah Evans, bishop. Other firsts were Mary D. Davis, postmistress; John E. Price, Sr., sawmill operator; Heber Sparks, blacksmith.
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