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Nez Percés Drub U. S. Army at Battle of White Bird Canyon [otd 06/17]
On June 17, 1877, a column consisting of U. S. Cavalry and a few civilian volunteers engaged Nez Percés warriors in the Battle of White Bird Canyon. This was the opening clash of the Nez Percés War,...
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Idaho National Guard Mobilized for Mexican Border Duty [otd 06/18]
On June 18, 1916, state authorities mobilized the Idaho National Guard for duty on the Mexican border. The Governor had received instructions from the Secretary of War under the National Defense Act,...
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War News: Union Army About to Attack in Tennessee, Lee Invades the North
The New York Herald published many dispatches for June 18, 1863 collected from various war zones. One from Murfreesboro, Tennessee said, “General Bragg has undoubtedly received reinforcements of three...
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Businessman, Educator, and Idaho Chief Justice James F. Ailshie [otd 06/19]
James Franklin Ailshie, Chief Justice of the Idaho Supreme Court, was born June 19, 1868 in Greene County, Tennessee, 50-70 miles east of Knoxville. He attended a "noted preparatory school" through his...
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Boise River Water Flows into the New York Canal [otd 06/20]
On June 20, 1900, a rude diversion structure turned water from the Boise River into the New York Canal. The diversion, though feeble, culminated nearly twenty years of effort to bring irrigation water...
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Eagle Rock Ferry Across the Snake Opens for Business
On June 20, 1863, a new ferry north of today’s Idaho Falls carried its first load of wagons and stock across the Snake River. The ferry had been built by William Hickman and Harry Rickard. Hickman took...
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Sportsman, Animal Advocate, and District Judge Charles F. Koelsch [otd 06/21]
Judge Koelsch. H. T. French photo.Idaho District Judge Charles F. Koelsch was born June 21, 1872, in Mayfield, Wisconsin, about twenty miles north of Milwaukee. He graduated from high school at the age...
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Accounts of Owyhee Discoveries Reach Boise Basin, Set Off Crazed Rush
Correspondent “Hal” wrote another letter from Placerville to The Oregonian on June 21, 1863. (He had written earlier, on June 7th.) He said, “Several individuals came in, a week or two ago, from the...
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Irrigation Water Flows into East Idaho's Great Feeder Canal [otd 06/22]
On June 22, 1895, water was diverted from the Snake River into the Great Feeder Canal. The Diversion Dam, located about 20 miles northeast of Idaho Falls, supplied water to one of the most ambitious of...
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Hyrum Manwaring: Ricks College (Brigham Young University-Idaho) President...
President Manwaring.BYU-Idaho archives.Hyrum Manwaring, President of Ricks College (now Brigham Young University - Idaho) was born June 23, 1877, southwest of Salt Lake City, Utah.In 1890, the family...
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Boise Basin: Rivals Claims and Future Litigation, No Place for Families
On June 23, 1863, correspondent Hal wrote yet another letter to The Oregonian, as he had done on the 7th and the 21st. He said, “The singular energy displayed by the miners in this part of the country,...
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Mountain Man and Western Explorer Jedediah Smith [otd 06/24]
Jed Smith, drawn ca. 1835by a close family friend.Family archives.June 24, 1798 is one of two presumed birth dates* (the other is Jan 6, 1799) of mountain man and Western explorer Jedediah Strong...
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General Edward McConville: Civil War Veteran, Indian Fighter, and Philippines...
General McConville. Illustrated History.General Edward McConville was born June 25, 1846 in Jefferson County, New York. Histories of the day noted that he came from a "martial family," whose members...
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Heavy Shipments of Gold Dust from Boise Basin, Another Big Rush
The Evening Bulletin in San Francisco reported a mixed bag of items from The Oregonian published on June 25, 1863. It began, “Since the sailing of the last steamer, over $200,000 in gold dust have...
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Sportsman, Conservationist, and Outdoor Writer Ted Trueblood [otd 06/26]
Ted Trueblood, angler.Trueblood Collection,Boise State University.Hunter, angler, conservationist, and writer Cecil Whittaker “Ted" Trueblood was born June 26, 1913 in Boise. He grew up on a farm near...
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Mining Investor, Prominent Mason, and Judge Jonas Brown [otd 06/27]
Judge Brown. H. T. French photo.Early Western pioneer and prominent Idaho lawyer Jonas W. Brown was born June 27, 1825 in Coshocton County, Ohio, 60-70 miles northeast of Columbus.Around 1842, Jonas...
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William H. Wallace, Governor of Idaho Territory, Travels to Lewiston
The Oregonian reported that “Hon. W. H. Wallace, Governor of Idaho Territory arrived in this city on Saturday, June 27, on his way to the field of his gubernatorial labours. We hope he will have a good...
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Rancher, Mining Investor, and Judge Frank Harris [otd 07/28]
Judge Harris, ca 1898. Illustrated History.Judge and state Senator Frank Harris was born June 28, 1854 in Placerville, California, 25-30 miles east of Sacramento. In the 1870s, he read law in two...
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U. S. Senator William E. Borah, the “Lion of Idaho” [otd 06/29]
W. E. Borah, ca. 1898.Illustrated History.Senator William Edgar Borah, celebrated "Lion of Idaho," was born June 29, 1865 in Wayne County, Illinois. Tuberculosis cut short his formal education, so he...
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Eastern Newspaper Reports “Unprecedented” Gold Shipments Out of Idaho (and...
A Philadelphia newspaper, the Public Ledger, reported news of June 29, 1863, from San Francisco. The brief item said, “The steamer Sierra Nevada has arrived here with $50,000 in treasure from Victoria,...
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