Near Bancroft in Caribou County, Idaho — The American West (Mountains)

Ivins Pioneer Cemetery

Photographed By Barry Swackhamer, August 10, 2019

1. Ivins Pioneer Cemetery Marker

Inscription. This area, known as Ten Mile Sterrett and Ivins, was opened for homesteading in 1880. Emigrants from Utah and Iceland transformed sagebrush lands to productive livestock farms. They befriended the roaming Indians and Oregon Trail travelers. Jared Williams donated this plot 72x105 feet. Twenty person are buried here from 1893 to 1940.

Brigham Y. Adamson • Jane Banks • - - - Banks (son) • Sonny Chandler • Elosia Cornia • Mary Ann Cornia • Vindel Cornia • - - - Halverson (son) • Carbin Johnson • Enoch Johnson • Gundrun Johnson • Clint Kennedy • Ida May Knowles • - - - Perkins (infant) • Thordis Thorbjarnsdotter • probably three others

Erected 1968 by Daughters of Utah Pioneers, Caribou County. (Marker Number 348.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Cemeteries & Burial Sites. In addition, it is included in the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, and the Oregon Trail series lists.

Location. 42° 43.721′ N, 111° 46.749′ W. Marker is near Bancroft, Idaho, in Caribou County. Marker is on Rigby Road near Invins Road, on the right when traveling north. The cemetery is about 1/4 mile north of the Rigby Road/Invins Road intersection. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Bancroft ID 83217, United States of America. Touch for directions.

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8 other markers are within 7 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Bancroft's First School (approx. 5.4 miles away); Lava Flows and Wagon Trains (approx. 6.4 miles away); California dreaming in 1841 (approx. 6.4 miles away); Bear River Lava (approx. 6.8 miles away); John Bidwell (approx. 6.8 miles away); William Henry Harrison (approx. 6.8 miles away); The Value Of A Shortcut (approx. 6.8 miles away); Guiding Landmark... (approx. 6.8 miles away).

Photographed By Barry Swackhamer, August 10, 2019

2. Ivins Pioneer Cemetery Marker

Photographed By Barry Swackhamer, August 10, 2019

3. Ivins Pioneer Cemetery Marker

Ivins Pioneer Cemetery image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Barry Swackhamer, August 10, 2019

4. Ivins Pioneer Cemetery

Credits. This page was last revised on September 29, 2019. It was originally submitted on September 29, 2019, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California. This page has been viewed 283 times since then and 32 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on September 29, 2019, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California.