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Prominent businessman and Latter-day Saint leader who spent time in prison has a local town named after him

Summary by East Idaho News
A colorized image of William F. Rigby, who immigrated to the U.S. in 1853 and later established the town of Newton, Utah, along with Rexburg and Rigby, Idaho. | Courtesy Beverly Boyle RIGBY – William Rigby hid in a dugout on his Utah farm about a half mile from his house. It was April 1886, and the 53-year-old man from whom the town of Rigby would later get its name, had been hiding from the law for years. Rigby was a member of The Church of Jes…

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East Idaho News broke the news in Idaho, United States on Thursday, July 10, 2025.
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