Photo at the entrance to Little Butte Cemetery

“Annie’s Place” Annis – March 1879, the first of many hardy, courageous pioneers to settle here were Mr. And Mrs. O. C. Fisher and son Will, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Richardson and Joseph Fisher and family. First public building was combined log post office and home of James and Anna Kearney. They forded “Dry Bed Channel” of Snake River to bring mail to their place, which became known as “Annie’s Place.” Kearneys applied for postal service in 1886, which was granted 1896, but with the name of Annis. Little Butte Cemetery’s first recorded burial, 1879. Brush Canal combined with Island Irrigation Co., 1886. C. A. Casper built a store, 1886, which included the millinery shop of Nancy Casper. Other first were: Little Butte School, 1894; Utah Idaho Sugar Co., 1908; Beet Camp by railroad spur from Menan to Hawkins Grove, 1917. Plague erected 1992 by Annis Little ButteCamp of the Daughters of Utah Pioneers. No. 419.

This large bell hung in the belfry of Annis brick school building for sixty years, 1908-1968, calling children to school for many generations, season after season.

Plaque at the entrance of Little Butte Cemetery telling early history of Annis.