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Portneuf Sentinel
Serving southeast Idaho: Bannock, Bingham, Power and Caribou counties and the Fort Hall ReservationVol. 1, No. 4
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From the archives: Blackfoot, Nov. 13, 1914

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On Friday, Nov. 13, 1914, Blackfoot's Idaho Republican reported that the city council was weighing a proposal from P.G. Johnston to turn over a 1.27-acre tract in the eastern part of town, once part of the asylum grounds, for use as a children's playground. Under the offer, the paper said, Johnston would make no profit on the land, and the council held off on a decision until it could look the tract over.

Source: Idaho Republican (Blackfoot), Nov. 13, 1914, page 1, via the Blackfoot Public Library digital archive.

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