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Lewis & Clark Return to St. Louis, First Train Arrives in Moscow [otd 09/23]
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 09/24]
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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Today's On This Day items gives me a chance to plug my book: Before the Spud: Indians, Buckaroos, and Sheepherders in Pioneer Idaho.Con Shea was a major player in that history, along with many, many...
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Idaho Attorney General Roy Black, "Lady Bluebeard" Prosecutor [otd 09/25]
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 09/28]
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 09/29]
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 10/01]
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 10/02]
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 10/04]
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 10/05]
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 10/06]
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 10/07]
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 10/08]
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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Kitty Wilkins, Horse Queen of Idaho and North American Supplier [otd 10/09]
On October 9, 1936, the Idaho Statesman announced that “Kittie” Wilkins had died the day before at her home in Glenns Ferry. The Statesman then reminded its readers of her place in Idaho history, when...
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British and American Fur Trapper Bands Have Friendly Meeting in Central Idaho...
On October 10, 1830, a party of trappers working for the American Fur Company met the bulk of the “Snake Brigade” – trappers and camp keepers of the British-Canadian Hudson’s Bay Company. The encounter...
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Packer Lloyd Magruder and Others Murdered on Nez Perce Trail [otd 10/11]
On the night of October 11, 1863, conspirators murdered packer Lloyd Magruder and four other men. The killings took place on the South Nez Percé Trail. The Trail – now also called the Magruder Corridor...
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