Wards and Branches of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Lost River Stake, Idaho

Idaho Butte County Church Records  

This page includes the boundaries of wards and branches around 1930's, a timeline history, and how to obtain the records.

Lost River Stake
Stake boundaries as of about 1930 — see Encyclopedic History..., p.449.


 * Area of the County:Located in Butte and Custer counties, Idaho.
 * Headquarters in (town): Located at Moore.
 * Boundaries of stake:covers Big and Little Lost River valleys, and is about 70 miles northwest of Blackfoot.

History Timeline up to about 1930


 * 1919 -It was deemed wise on the part of the authorities of the Church to divide the Blackfoot Stake by separating the settlements on Big Lost River from said stake and organizing them into a new stake of Zion. This was done at a conference of the Blackfoot Stake held Aug. 18, by taking the wards of Arco and Moore from the Blackfoot Stake and the branches of Leslie, Darlington, Pass Creek (later Ballard Ward) and Chilly, from the Northwestern States Mission and organizing them into the Lost River Stake.

The south and east boundaries of the stake were made co-extensive with the Butte County boundary.

Obtain the Records

 * List of church and other records at the FamilySearch Library.
 * For additional resources, see Church History Library.

Wards and Branches
Arco, Darlington, Leslie, Lost River, Mackay, and Moore.

Arco Ward
See Encyclopedic History..., p.27-28.

Boundaries:
 * Situated in the lower end of the Big Lost River Valley, nine miles southeast of Moore, 26 miles southeast of Mackay, and 60 miles northwest of Blackfoot.

History timeline
 * 1901 - Settlers began to arrive, among whom were several Latter-day Saints. They were visited by missionaries from the Northwestern States Mission, who organized a Sunday school in the valley.
 * 1903 - The saints in Arco and vicinity, who had belonged to the Lost River Branch, were organized into a separate branch.
 * 1912 - Until August11, all the saints in the Big Lost River Valley belonged to the Lost River or Moore Ward, but that ward was divided, and the saints residing in the south part, or lower end of said ward, and they were organized as a separate Ward called Arco.

Obtain the Records


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 * For additional resources, see Church History Library.

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History timeline



Obtain the Records


 * List of church and other records at the FamilySearch Library.
 * For additional resources, see Church History Library.

yy Ward
See Encyclopedic History..., p.xx-xx.

Boundaries:

History timeline



Obtain the Records


 * List of church and other records at the FamilySearch Library.
 * For additional resources, see Church History Library.

yy Ward
See Encyclopedic History..., p. xx-xx.

Boundaries:

History timeline



Obtain the Records


 * List of church and other records at the FamilySearch Library.
 * For additional resources, see Church History Library.

yy Ward
See Encyclopedic History..., p. xx-xx.

Boundaries:

History timeline



Obtain the Records


 * List of church and other records at the FamilySearch Library.
 * For additional resources, see Church History Library.

yy Ward
See Encyclopedic History..., p. xx-xx.

Boundaries:

History timeline



Obtain the Records


 * List of church and other records at the FamilySearch Library.
 * For additional resources, see Church History Library.

yy Ward
See Encyclopedic History..., p.xx-xx.

Boundaries:

History timeline



Obtain the Records


 * List of church and other records at the FamilySearch Library.
 * For additional resources, see Church History Library.

yy Ward
See Encyclopedic History..., p.xx-xx.

Boundaries:

History timeline



Obtain the Records


 * List of church and other records at the FamilySearch Library.
 * For additional resources, see Church History Library.