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Council Lights Christmas Tree

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New Meadows Lights up Night with Christmas Tree Lighting, Hay Rides

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The Upper Country Singers perform in Cambridge. Photo credit: Victoria Everett StJohn
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Upper Country Singers Perform

Santa & Mrs. Claus and their elves greeted visitors at the MeadowCreek Holiday Craft Fair held at The Clubhouse on Saturday, December 7.
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MeadowCreek Holiday Craft Fair

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Update on 202 Illinois Ave., Council Valley Market

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Dale Fisk's History Corner &
Yester Years

John Peters – Part 4

John and Anna Peters and their daughter, Maude, 1905.

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John Peters – Part 3

James J. Jones. He lived at present day 2405 HWY 95 - now the Shumway Ranch.

John Peters – Part 2

Council around 1896. The fence at the bottom right shows where the Peters store once stood. 1 = Council Valley Hotel. 2= Hancock’s General Mercantile. 3 = McMahan & Peters’ store. 4= Blacksmith shop. The post office is right behind the blacksmith shop. 6= McMahan’s barn recently purchased from John Peters. 7 = Previously Isaac McMahan’s Cash Store, but by this time operated by McMahan and John Peters in conjunction with their new store, #3. 8 = Moser Hotel. The hotel and home of Elizabeth Moser, widow of George Moser who died in 1894. 9 = Moser’s barn with the Moser orchard in the background. 5 = Home of Robert and Mammy White. 10 = Moser’s cabins (one of them was the first building in Council Valley)

John Peters

The Peters family: John and Anna Peters and their daughter, Maude. Probably about 1887 - 1889.

Packer John’s Cabin

Packer John’s original cabin in 1904.
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