THE HISTORY OF RICHFIELD IDAHO
FRODSHAM Frank C. Frodsham was born in 1865. The family came to Richfield and moved over by the coulee east
of the Erwin place in a sheep wagon, Joy E. Riedeman remembers. They had some horses and few cattle. After living there for
a while, they bought a farm-- 40 acres 3 mi. N, 1 and ½ E of town. They put up a sort of shack to live in. There were several
children but Leroy was the only one living with his father Leroy married and they had a couple of children. The older Mr Frodsham
died while they lived there. Soon the others moved away.
Glen Ross passed on this story, told by his father, Hal Ross: “Mr Frodsham was a lawyer, a big burly
fellow with a deep booming voice. He told a group of farmers, ‘ If you farmers want to irrigate with heavy dew, go ahead
and let Idaho Irrigation keep selling land.’ They hired him to stop the Irrigation Company from selling more land then
(sic) they could supply with water for irrigation. Frodsham took the company to court and they had to justify this practice.
Since they couldn’t the company went broke. The farmers raised money and formed the Big Wood Co. to carry on.”
Cemetery records show that he was a veteran and a state senator. He died Oct 19, 1923 and was buried in the
Richfield Cemetery.
