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5 miles south of Bancroft near at the corner of Linden Canyon and Fish Creek roads sits the Lund Store. The Lund Store is on the Hudson Cut off on the Oregon Trail.(below historical site on Fish Creek. The well is the pioneer watering hole. A pioneer cemetery and much history in this valley. A well known paranormal team investigated the store and found high electrical readings in the store with no electricity. Many voice recordings, a wheel chair slamming the wall while everyone watched in awe. The store is being restored by relatives of some of the first settlers in the valley. The store has security and no trespassing signs. The store will soon be a home. | 5 miles south of Bancroft near at the corner of Linden Canyon and Fish Creek roads sits the Lund Store. The Lund Store is on the Hudson Cut off on the Oregon Trail.(below historical site on Fish Creek. The well is the pioneer watering hole. A pioneer cemetery and much history in this valley. A well known paranormal team investigated the store and found high electrical readings in the store with no electricity. Many voice recordings, a wheel chair slamming the wall while everyone watched in awe. The store is being restored by relatives of some of the first settlers in the valley. The store has security and no trespassing signs. The store will soon be a home. | ||
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=== History === | === History === | ||
When the Oregon Short Line Railroad was built through Idaho, a station known as Squaw Creek Station was established on a small stream know as Squaw Creek, where a water tank was built, and also a saw mill owned by Joseph Tolman a Latter-day Saint, who lived in Chesterfield. John Ashton took up a ranch about one and a half miles southwest of the station and burned line. Other settlers came in later and Ira Call opened the first store in the station. The community was named for William H. Bancroft, railroad executive. The total population of the Bancroft Precinct was 587 in 1930. | |||
When the Oregon Short Line Railroad was built through Idaho, a station known as Squaw Creek Station was established on a small stream know as Squaw Creek, where a water tank was built, and also a saw mill owned by Joseph Tolman a Latter-day Saint, who lived in Chesterfield. John Ashton took up a ranch about one and a half miles southwest of the station and burned line. Other settlers came in later and Ira Call opened the first store in the station. The community was named for William H. Bancroft, railroad executive. The total population of the Bancroft Precinct was 587 in 1930. | |||
Additional history of Bancroft, Idaho and the early Mormon settlers there can be found in: <br>Andrew Jenson. Encyclopedic History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Salt Lake City: Deseret News Publishing Company, 1941, p. 40.<br> | Additional history of Bancroft, Idaho and the early Mormon settlers there can be found in: <br>Andrew Jenson. Encyclopedic History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Salt Lake City: Deseret News Publishing Company, 1941, p. 40.<br> | ||
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The ''North Gem Journal'' was a weekly newspaper published in Bancroft. It was advertised as a "supplement to the ''Soda Springs Sun''." Copies for 1 May 1847 through 18 May 1948 (at which time its publication was suspended) are available online at Ancestry.com ($). | The ''North Gem Journal'' was a weekly newspaper published in Bancroft. It was advertised as a "supplement to the ''Soda Springs Sun''." Copies for 1 May 1847 through 18 May 1948 (at which time its publication was suspended) are available online at Ancestry.com ($). | ||
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