IDAHO FALLS — EastIdahoNews.com is looking back at what life was like during the week of Oct. 27 to Nov. 2 in east Idaho history.

1900-1925

BLACKFOOT — A dog helped find a four-year-old girl who fell 36-feet down an old abandoned well, The Bingham County News reported on Nov. 2, 1911.

The well was located at 409 South Shilling Avenue in Blackfoot. Two houses were also on the property. One home was occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Karl P. Brown and the other by Mr. and Mrs. Joe King.

For over a year, the occupants of both houses thought the well was filled up to within about five feet of the surface but they learned that was not the case.

The Kings’ four-year-old daughter, Virginia, was playing in the yard when she suddenly disappeared. At some point, Mrs. King noticed her daughter was missing

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