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Preston is a city in Franklin County, Idaho, United States. The population was 5,591 at the 2020 census , [ 5 ] up from 5,204 at the 2010 census . [ 6 ] The city is the county seat of Franklin County . [ 7 ]
Bear River Massacre Site, near Preston, Idaho, is the site of the Bear River Massacre, in which a village of Shoshone Native Americans were attacked by the California Volunteers on January 29, 1863. Estimates of Shoshone casualties are as high as 384. [4] It is also known as Bear River Battleground or Massacre at Boa Ogoi.
Franklin County Historical Society (Idaho); "The passing of the redman, being a succinct account of the last battle that wrested Idaho from the bondage of the Indians"; [Preston? Id.] Franklin County Historical Society and Monument Committee. [1917], Archive.org
It was the seventh and northernmost settlement in the Cache Valley at the time of its settlement and was believed to be in Utah until the Idaho boundary with Utah was finalized in 1872. [4] All of the county's incorporated cities were settled by 1868 with Oxford settled in 1864, Weston in 1865, Dayton in 1868, Clifton in 1869, and Preston by 1868.
Location of Franklin County in Idaho. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Franklin County, Idaho. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties on the National Register of Historic Places in Franklin County, Idaho, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many National ...
The Franklin County Courthouse, located at 39 W. Oneida St. in Preston in Franklin County, Idaho, was built in 1939. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. [1] It is Art Deco in style, principally designed by Salt Lake City architect Hyrum C. Pope. It is "tall, massive, and monumental" in its village setting.
The Matthias Cowley House, located at 110 S. 1st St. East in Preston, Idaho, United States, was built in 1895.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.
The academy building was constructed in Preston, Idaho, in 1895, after the stake headquarters moved from Franklin, Idaho, in 1889. [2] Among its alumni were Ezra Taft Benson and Harold B. Lee, both of whom later served as church presidents. [3] Medal of Honor recipients Mervyn S. Bennion, Leonard Brostrom, and Junior Van Noy also attended the ...