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Gold Prospector Julius Merrill Reaches Boise City by Wagon Train [otd 9/19]
Julius Merrill. Merrill family archives.On September 19, 1864, gold-seeker Julius Merrill wrote in his journal, “We hitched up and turned our faces toward Boise City.” They camped about four miles...
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Businessman, Public Servant, and Local Sports Legend Wes Deist [otd 9/20]
Wes Deist, 1960. Family photo.Sportsman and business leader Wesley W. “Wes” Deist was born September 20, 1923, in Bonners Ferry, Idaho. A committed Roman Catholic, after high school Deist entered...
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"Judge" William Clagett: Mining Investor, Lawyer, and "Silver Tongued" Orator...
Judge William Horace Clagett was born September 21, 1838 in Prince Georges County, Maryland, which wraps around the east side of Washington, D. C. In 1850, the family moved to Iowa. After high school,...
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Boise Developer, and County and State Treasurer John Eagleson [otd 9/22]
Businessman and financial expert John W. Eagleson was born September 22, 1869 at Cadiz, in eastern Ohio. The family moved twice while he was a youngster, first to central Iowa and then to eastern...
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Lewis & Clark Return to St. Louis, First Train Arrives in Moscow [otd 9/23]
On September 23, 1806, Sergeant John Ordway wrote in his journal, “About 12 oClock we arived in site of St. Louis. Fired three rounds as we approached the Town and landed oppocit the center of the...
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Cattleman Con Shea Drives Texas Longhorns to Owyhee Ranches [otd 9/24]
On September 24, 1870, the Owyhee Avalanche (Silver City, Idaho) published the following item: “From Texas – Con Shea, one of Owyhee's most adventurous and enterprising citizens, just got back from...
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Attorney General Roy Black, "Lady Bluebeard" Prosecutor [otd 9/25]
Attorney Roy Black.J. H. Hawley photoIdaho Attorney General Roy L. Black was born September 25, 1878 in Lagrange County, Indiana, about forty miles east of South Bend. He became a teacher at an early...
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Loyal P. Brown: North Idaho Merchant, Rancher, Developer, and Legislator [otd...
Loyal P. Brown.Historical Museum at St. Gertrude,Cottonwood, Idaho.North Camas Prairie businessman, rancher, investor, and public servant Loyal P. Brown was born September 26, 1829 in Stratford, New...
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Physician, Businessman, and Civic-Improvement Leader Robert Lee Nourse [otd...
Dr. Nourse. Illustrated History photo.On September 27, 1864, Boise physician Dr. Robert Lee Nourse was born about 45 miles southwest of Louisville, Kentucky. He came from a distinguished lineage, with...
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Army Pathfinder John C. Fremont at The Cedars on the Snake River [otd 9/28]
John C. Fremont, ca 1861-1865.Matthew Brady photo, Library of Congress.On September 28, 1843, an expedition led by Second Lieutenant John C. Frémont reached a point along the Snake River that would...
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Packer, Merchant, Theater Enthusiast, and Boise Mayor James Pinney [otd 9/29]
James Pinney. H. T. French photo.James A. Pinney – dubbed the “Father of Modern Boise” by historian Hiram T. French – was born September 29, 1835, near Columbus, Ohio. The family later moved to Iowa,...
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Merchant, Legislator, and Public Servant Ezra Monson [otd 09/30]
Ezra Monson. Family archives.Store owner, and Idaho Senator and Representative Ezra Peter Monson was born September 30, 1874 in Richmond, Utah. Richmond is located about thirteen miles north of Logan,...
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Spain Returns Louisiana to France, L&C Expedition Builds Canoes [otd 10/1]
On October 1, 1800, by the (poorly-kept) “secret” Treaty of San Ildefonso, Spain returned what might be called “greater” Louisiana to France. “Returned” because Spain had received the region from...
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Prospectors led by Elias Pierce Find Gold on Orofino Creek [otd 10/2]
E. D. Pierce. [Hawley]Speaking of this day in October 1860, Captain Elias D. Pierce said, “[On] the second we moved down and camped on the stream, afterwards called Oraphenia creek. Here we found...
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Civil Engineer, Surveyor, Stock Breeder, and Farmer David O. Stevenson [otd...
Civil engineer and County Surveyor David Osborn Stevenson was born October 3, 1851 in Dayton, Ohio. After high school, he moved to California and engaged in stock raising, mainly sheep. However,...
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First Women on Jury Duty and in the Legislature in Idaho [otd 10/4]
On October 4, 1897, Idaho saw its first trial in which women sat on the jury – they having been granted equal suffrage the year before [blog, Nov 3]. Quoting historian Hiram T. French: “The women who,...
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Fur Traders, the "Overland Astorians," Enter Idaho Via Teton Pass [otd 10/5]
On October 5, 1811, a column of whites led by American Wilson Price Hunt mounted the slope out of Jackson Hole toward Teton Pass: “We climbed it, following an easy and much-traveled trail. Snow...
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British Canadian Trappers Camp Along the Salmon River [otd 10/6]
On October 6, 1824, a large band of fur traders, trappers, and camp keepers – the so-called "Snake Brigade"– returned to what they called "Canoe Point." (Probably located where the Pahsimeroi River...
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Classes Start at College of Idaho, Boise Basin Gold Towns [otd 10/7]
On October 7, 1891, classes began at the new College of Idaho in Caldwell. The Presbyterian Church's Wood River Presbytery began discussing the idea of an Idaho college in 1884. Leaders canvassed the...
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Guy Bowerman: Bank Organizer and Investor, and Banking Official [otd 10/8]
East Idaho banker Guy Emerson Bowerman was born October 8, 1866, in Coldwater, Michigan, about forty miles south of Lansing. Armed with just a public school education, Bowerman found bank employment in...
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