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Herbert Van Allen Ferguson Herbert Ferguson was born in New York state. He attended
prep school in Rochester, and obtained his law degree from the University
of Michigan in 1878. He took up law practice in New York and in 1882
moved to Colorado. He practiced law in Denver and Leadville, served
in the state legislature. He lived for four years in Salt Lake City
and then took up residence in Pocatello, Idaho in 1893. In Idaho he
worked for the U.S. Department of Interior and was for a short time
Bannock County prosecuting attorney. He served in the Idaho legislature.
[Source: Evan Filby, South
Fork Companion, citing Hiram Taylor French, History of Idaho:
A Narrative Account (Chicago: Lewis Publishing Co., 1914) and
Arthur C. Saunders, The History of Bannock County Idaho (Pocatello,
Idaho: The Tribune Company, Ltd., 1915) and University of Michigan
Law School Graduates profile]
Herbert Ferguson, Rhymes of Eld (Boston: Sherman, French & Co., 1912) [online text] [online text] |
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