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He moved west in 1924 to Burley, Idaho, to become the publisher and editor of the Burley Bulletin, a semi-weekly newspaper in Cassia County. [1] [2] Dworshak became a public figure when he was elected president of the Idaho Editorial Association in 1931, and he was a prominent member of the American Legion and Rotary International.
Burley (/ ˈ b ʊ r l iː /) is a city in Cassia and Minidoka counties in southern Idaho, United States. The population was 11,704 at the 2020 census , [ 4 ] up from 10,345 in 2010 . The city is the county seat of Cassia County .
The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Idaho since capital punishment was resumed in 1976. Three men have been executed for murder since the Gregg v. Georgia decision; all three were executed by lethal injection at the Idaho Maximum Security Institution , east of Kuna . [ 1 ]
Born in Burley, Idaho, Antone served in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. Antone was a farmer. He served in the Idaho House of Representatives, as a Republican, from 1969 until 1996. He died in Draper, Utah. [1] [2]
Though born in Burley, Congressman Simpson now lives in Idaho Falls. The only other member of congress with ties to the county is Henry Dworshak who represented Idaho's 2nd congressional district and later served in the Senate. He lived in Burley and was the publisher of the Burley Bulletin. A Burley elementary school is named after him.
Minidoka County is a county located in the U.S. state of Idaho. As of the 2020 census, the population was 21,613. [1] The county seat and largest city is Rupert. [2] Minidoka County is part of the Burley, ID Micropolitan Statistical Area. The name Minidoka is of Dakota Sioux origin meaning "a fountain or spring of water."
Diamondfield Jack in Nevada, circa 1904. Jackson Lee "Diamondfield Jack" Davis (12 August 1863 – 2 January 1949) was pardoned for the 1896 Deep Creek Murders in Idaho and would later strike it rich in Nevada, [clarification needed] where he established several mining towns, one named after his nickname "Diamondfield".
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