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La Belle Ward
LA BELLE WARD, Rigby Stake, Jefferson Co., Idaho, consists of the Latter-day Saints residing on the east half of Poole’s Island, in Snake River. The ward has a fine meeting house, and two school houses. Nearly all the inhabitants within the limits of the ward are Latter-day Saints. The center of the ward, or the village of La Belle, is situated on Poole’s Island about eight miles northeast of Rigby, the stake headquarters, and 20 miles northeast of Idaho Falls.
The early history of the La Belle Ward is identical with that of Menan, to which it originally belonged. That part of Poole’s Island now included in La Belle Ward was first settled in the fall of 1883 by William R. Scott and John G. Morgan. Other settlers followed and these first L. D. S. settlers at La Belle were organized as a branch of the Church belonging to the Menan Ward June 14, 1885, with Winslow Farr Walker as presiding Elder. This branch was organized into a regular bishop’s ward May 21, 1886, with Winslow F. Walker as Bishop. He was succeeded in 1898 by John G. Morgan, who in 1908 was succeeded by George H. Romrell, who in 1913 was succeeded by James C. Allen, who in 1915 was succeeded by John W. Clinger, who in 1922 was succeeded by Joshua B. Morgan, who in 1928 was succeeded by Joseph A. Lundquist, who presided Dec. 31, 1930. On that date the La Belle Ward had 203 members, including 50 children. The total population of the La Belle Precinct was 371 in 1930.
Lago Ward
LAGO WARD (formerly Trout Creek Ward), Bannock Stake, Bannock Co., Idaho, consists of the Latter-day Saints residing somewhat centrally in Gentile Valley on the east side of Bear River. The ward extends north to the Bench Ward, east to the mountains, south to Mound Valley Ward and west to Bear River, which separates it from the Thatcher Ward. The center of the Lago Ward is the L. D. S. meeting house (a fine frame building) erected in 1894, which stands on the south side of Trout Creek, and is four miles north of Thatcher, ten miles south of Grace, and 18 miles southwest of Soda Springs. Within the limits of the ward there is some fine and productive farming land, though somewhat hilly.
The ward, which changed its name from Trout Creek to Lago in 1926, is an outgrowth of Mound Valley Ward and was organized as a branch of the Church in 1888 with John Gibbs as presiding Elder, and as a ward in 1891 with William McGee Harris as Bishop. He was succeeded in 1915 by Nephi Peterson, who in 1919 was succeeded by Michael Mickelsen, who in 1920 was succeeded by Howard E. Thatcher (presiding Elder), who in 1921 was succeeded by Guy Harris as Bishop, who in 1926 was succeeded by John C. Sörensen, who on March 9, 1930, was succeeded by Michael Michelsen, who presided Dec. 31, 1930. On that date the ward had 148 members, including 31 children, as against a total population of 236 in the Lago Precinct.
La Grande
LA GRANDE, Union Stake, Union Co., Oregon, consists of the Latter-day Saints residing in the city of La Grande and vicinity. La Grande is an important station on the Oregon Short Line Railroad and the business center of a great part of eastern Oregon. The town is situated at the base of the Blue Mountains, 290 miles east of Portland, Oregon, 201 miles northwest of Boise City, Idaho, and 606 miles by rail northwest of Salt Lake City. La Grande is also the headquarters of the Union Stake of Zion and the saints residing there are organized into two bishop’s wards.