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that the town’s original settlers
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opportunity. He began attending
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neighbors’ old things. In 1918 he
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in the old stone Mercantile Co-
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Hall. In 1937 the Relic Hall was
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WILLIAM J. DUNKLEY A blacksmith anvil brought to

ANNIE LAURA LOWE Franklin in 1860 by Peter Lowe.
Complex metal devices such
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A ball of linen twine spun
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WILLIAM J. DUNKLEY
ANNIE LAURA LOWE A bear trap owned by
Harold Baker.
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The trap was hid-
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stepped on the trig-
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WILLIAM J. DUNKLEY
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And The The remains of
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Whitney, Idaho built
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The Franklin Mercantile Co-op. Eventually the A stone fireplace made
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seum, in the area. It stands next to a much schoolhouse in Franklin
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in Idaho was built in
Franklin. Heavy snows
caused the roof to col-
lapse before the proj-
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WILLIAM J. DUNKLEY built in Franklin. While
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call this the first school
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built for white children
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in Idaho. The Spaldings
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Nez Perce Indians at
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Print L: Another view of the schoohouse model. R: Hannah Comish, Franklin’s first
school teacher, began by inviting the children of the settlement into her home.
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The C.U. Bradford flour
WILLIAM J. DUNKLEY mill in Franklin is be-
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lieved to have been built
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“Lath, made in the
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gle and Lath Mill,
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WILLIAM J. DUNKLEY loom by Ann Doney. The
ANNIE LAURA LOWE weaver strung yarn ver-
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shuttle back and forth
horizontally between the
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Wooden maul used to split shinges. A cast iron gear from a shin-
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Close-up of the cast iron
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A mill stone used for grind-
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stone would have been
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and rotated against it. Chan-
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stone allowed flour to travel
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Hay forks. George Lee
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ANNIE LAURA LOWE A molding plane
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blades set at different
heights in the plane cut
a decorative pattern in
the thin strip of wood
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WILLIAM J. DUNKLEY An iron bladed plow.

ANNIE LAURA LOWE The farmer stood
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A horse harnessed to
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the plow pulled it for-
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plows were fashioned
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sharpened sticks. The
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Ellen Nash worked at the Franklin post office Railroad items. The pear-
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postmaster at the time. first fish plates used on the
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terminal at Battle Creek,
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started buying his neigh-
bors’ old keepsakes at
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their estate sales. He
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collection into the area’s
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co-op building. The cur-
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Print Thanks to Elliot Butterworth and his family, A ribbon from the Idaho Pio-
the Franklin Relic Hall contains a collection neer Day Celebration, 1921.
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Idaho. The Relic Hall is run by the Idaho State clasp envelope. Eliza Lowe re-
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A model of a roadometer
WILLIAM J. DUNKLEY
ANNIE LAURA LOWE invented by Laura Lowe’s
uncle, Thomas G. Lowe.
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curately kept track of the
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emerged in some circles
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invented by Orson Pratt.
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the Deseret News, Lowe
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Shoes for a child. What
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trim are rows of cop-
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“IN MEMORY OF IDAHO PIONEERS Spools for yarn from the Frank-
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pany in 1856 came north and camped on up and run by Edmund Buckley, a
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now Franklin, in 1860. ain who set up several other mills
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Spools for yarn from the Franklin woolen mill. The settlers would bring their
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wool to the mill to be made into yarn, cloth, woolen goods and flannel. They
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A spinning wheel owned by Danish immigrant, Kusen Margarethe Valentinsen
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WILLIAM J. DUNKLEY Splitting lath by hand.

ANNIE LAURA LOWE When Thomas Lowe
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moved en masse from
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lumber were cut at the
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in Salt Lake City as well
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A building in Franklin
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And The Mayor Joshua Hawkes
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Thomas Smart on June
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16, 1880. For a num-
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“Tin teapot which William
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WILLIAM J. DUNKLEY ed lines to Franklin in 1868.
ANNIE LAURA LOWE While the telegraph office
was initially set up in the
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to the home of L. L. Hatch
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time was relayed to the
rest of the world: General
George Custer’s fatal at-
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US government—the re-
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Two views of a “toy swing that saws wood. Belonged to Thomas G. Lowe.”
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• Thomas was Laura Lowe Dunkley’s uncle. Given Thomas’ ingenuity and
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Wool cards. Carding the
wool aligned the fibers
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which was important step
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Search A writing slate. Before paper came into use at the school, the chil-
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Search Portraits of the founding fathers and mothers of Franklin, Idaho line the walls
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Portraits of the founding fathers and mothers of Franklin displayed at the
Search Franklin Relic Hall. In the photo on the left, Will Dunkley’s parents, Joseph and
Margaret, are on the second row up, on the right. His maternal grandmother,
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Mary Jane Lowe are just to the left of Deborah Ann.
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DUNKLEY HISTORIES LOWE HISTORIES FRANKLIN & WHITNEY, IDAHO PHOTO GALLERY CHARTS & MAPS

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