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Idaho Medical Association Hold Its First Organizational Meeting [otd 9/12]
On Tuesday, September 12, 1893, a number of Idaho physicians arrived in Boise City from all over Idaho. They had assembled to organize a state professional medical association. One historian has...
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Boise Residents Officially Celebrate the Arrival of Train Service [otd 9/13]
On September 13, 1887, crowds gathered at the rough plank structure that served as the Idaho Central Railway depot. They came to celebrate the recently-completed branch line that connected Boise City...
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Ketchum Freighter, Rancher, and Businessman Horace Lewis [otd 9/14]
H. C. Lewis. J. H. Hawley photo.Freighter, mine owner, and businessman Horace Caleb Lewis was born September 14, 1858 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. After graduating from the University of Minnesota he...
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Senator and Partners Found D. L. Evans Bank in Albion, Cassia County [otd 9/15]
On Thursday September 15, 1904, State Senator David Lloyd Evans convened a group of leading businessmen in Albion, Idaho. Cassia County needed a bank, and they proposed to start one in what was then...
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Frank R. Gooding: Idaho Governor, U. S. Senator and Expert Sheep Rancher [otd...
Idaho Senator and Governor Frank R. Gooding was born September 16, 1859 in England. He was 8 years old when his parents emigrated to the U. S. and settled in Michigan. In 1877 Frank moved to California...
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Walgamott Slays Liquored-Up Gunman at Rock Creek Store [otd 9/17]
On September 17, 1877, traveling bank examiner Nathaniel Langford recorded an incident that highlighted the rather casual violence of those frontier days. Oddly enough, the surviving participant in the...
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William J. McConnell: Vigilante, U.S. Marshal, Merchant, and Governor [otd...
W. J. McConnell. McConnell,Early History of Idaho.On September 18, 1839, William J. McConnell, third governor of the state of Idaho, was born in Commerce, Michigan, about twenty-five miles northwest of...
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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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Opening Day for the Academy of Idaho (Now Idaho State University) Classes...
On Monday September 22, 1902, the Academy of Idaho – precursor to today’s Idaho State University – celebrated its first opening exercise. Ironically, the people of Pocatello wanted the Academy so...
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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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Reference: John C. Frémont, Report Of The Exploring Expedition To The Rocky Mountains ... [1842-1844], The Senate Of The United States, Government Printing Office, Washington, DC. (1845).On page 11 of...
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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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