Show end of one of old ud landmarks of price marsh house razed citizen citizens of price this week witnessed the of an old landmark in the razing 04 0 the old marah adobe residence which was torn down by geo A nixon this building is linked wilh wah the very earliest history of the town of price being the first dwelling erected on thi the townsite town eite twenty five years ago added interest in the I 1 dobe cornea comes from the fact that at various times it has been home to at least half of the present residents of the city and the passing of this old landmark comes within a week of the celebration of its advent into the proud tion as a city of the third clase class the marsh balase was built a quarter of a century ago by clarence marsh the firt first railroad aena in price it was built shortly after the completion of the D R G railroad through this valley it first served RS a home for Charte marsh and wife parents of the builder shortly after its completion mrs marsh died and for a long time the elder manh marsh I 1 batched hatched in the house and because of the many eccentricities tri cities of the two marshes the house soon became known as the marsh house the aldez marsh occupied only the rear room rooms as hie his living a apartments part menta ments and rented the front rooms it was daring during thia this period that eo so many of the present citizens of price made this house their borne home for short period periods a of time clarence marsh the builder bui idar Is 3 at preterit present at shoshone Sho Shot ahone ilione idaho having left here more than ten years ago at that time the town had only about inhabitants and should these lines happen to fall before hie bis gaze they wi will r doubt be read with great interest being a dobe house the material mat eria I 1 I 1 for the of tha the marsh h hoode use wea was made for the moat most part on the site of the build buildings inz and the actual cash outlay fur for ita its erection wae waa very email small but at that time it ws the city of price and naturally was of sufficient importance to become known to all the settlers ett lera in this vicinity at that time mr nixon haa has leased hie his hotel and will build a modern cottage on the it of the old building he ile will devote hr his time to the sale of lots in what la Is now known agthe as tha nixon addition to pr artee ice the tract of land platted being the od J W warf piece place |