Bloomington ~ 380
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brwhiz
N 42° 11.274 W 111° 24.264
12T E 466607 N 4670718
Bloomington was settled in the Spring of 1864.
Waymark Code: WMB0FR
Location: Idaho, United States
Date Posted: 03/20/2011
Views: 3
Daughters of Utah Pioneers
No. 380
Erected 1971
Bloomington
In Spring 1864 Miranda Campbell and sons, Warren and David; John B. Dunn and family arrived here. Others followed, dug irrigation canals, surveyed townsite into 1 acre lots. By Fall, 40 one-room log homes, also 16 x 20 ft. log schoolhouse with huge fireplace, were built, James H. Hart--George Osmond, teachers. Presiding Elder Branch Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, William Hulme, Bishop. Atop this monument is the pioneer curfew and school bell.
Bloomington Camp
Marker Name: Bloomington
Marker Number: 380
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