History of Idaho, the gem of the mountains, Volume I, Part 80

Author: Hawley, James Henry, 1847-1929, ed
Publication date: 1920
Publisher: Chicago, The S. J. Clarke publishing company
Number of Pages: 910


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Livestock industry, The, 464


Livingston, Robert R., 92


Local (County) Councils of defense, 578


Local stage companies, 415


Locating the Capital, 158


Location of Boise, 687


Lode Mining, 484 Logged-off lands, 455


Lowry, D. C., 122


Loyal Order of Moose, 853 Lutherans, 843


Lyon, Caleb, 153, 208


"Lyon, of Lyonsdale" makes his escape, 159 Lyon's administration, 153


McBride, John R., 590


McCammon, 784


McCollum, Robert, 763


McConnell's administration, 230


McConville, Maj. Edward, 572


McQueen, Anne, 81


Machine shops, 498


Mackay, 784


Mackenzie, Alexander, 53


Madison County, 665


Magruder, Lloyd, 122


Magruder, murder, The, 122


Mail facilities, 129


Malad City, 784 Manganese, 495


Man's word his bond, A, 119 Manuelo attacked, 528 Manufacturing, 497 Map in outline, Counties, 1864, 143 Maple Crest Fruit Farm, 478


Marion More tragedy, The, 860


Marketing fruit crop, 480 Marking the Trail, 82


Martial law declared, 252 Marysville, 785


Masonic Fraternity, 846


Matters connected with state lands, 296 Mayfield, Bill, 127


Mayors of Boise, 1867-1916, 699 Medbury Carey act project, 450


Meek, Joseph L., 134


Meeker, Ezra, 82


Members of Standifer's Volunteer Company 518


Memorial to Congress, 200


Menan, 785


Meridian, 785


Metals, Values of, by counties, 494


Methodist Episcopal church, 840


Methods of farming, 440


Mica, 495 Mill dynamited, 252


Mileage of steam and electric railways, 1918, 436


Miles, Nelson A., 535


Millions of pounds of foods saved, 582


Mills, Robert, 424


Mineral lands exempted from grants, 204


Miners' cabins seldom locked, 119


Miners capture train and steal dynamite, 251


Miners' officers hire murderers, 269


Miners' Trials, 116


Minidoka, 785


Minidoka County, 665


Minidoka project, The, 449


Mining and manufacturing, 483


Mining inspectors, 493


Mining lands, 513


Miscarriage of justice, 217


Miscellaneous (Boise), 707


Miscellaneous History, 855


Missions, Early, 823


Missouri Fur Co., 67


Modern Woodmen of America, 853


Monroe, James, 92


Montpelier, 738 Montpelier twice changed name, 738


Mormon (or Salt Lake) Trail, 79


Mormon Question, The, 198


Mormon religion, Facts about, 187


Morrison, John T., 259


Morrison's administration, 259 Moscow, 738


Mountain Home, 785


Mountain sheep, 817 Mountains of Idaho, 20


891


INDEX


Mountains, The, 802 Mulkey, Wesley, 473 Mullan, 786 Mullan, John, 419 Mullan Road, The, 84 Murder of an ex-sheriff, 864 Murder planned by miners' officers, 269


Name "Idaho," The, 27 Names of delegates to constitutional con- vention, 199 Names of early stage drivers, 421 Names of first Idaho lawyers, 588


Names of men in Jordan party, 110 Nampa, 744 National Defense Act, 576 National forests, 512


National forests not locked up, 515 National Guard, 575


Natural Hot Water System, 700


Natural reservoir site, 453


Natural springs, 810


Near-governors, Some, 209


Necessary factors in farming, 439 Neil, John B., 214 Neil's administration, 183 New apportionment, senators and repre- sentatives, 233 Newell, F. H., 450 New Fort Boise, 558 New Gold discoveries, 105 New Meadows, 786


New mining law passed, 235 New Plymouth, 786 New revenue law enacted, 178


Newspapers, by towns, 375 Newspapers of 1918, 375-381 Newspapers $1.00 the copy, 130


New York to 'Frisco, Letters in 13 days, 130 Nez Perce, 787; County, 666; The, 36; Trail, The 83; War, The, 523 "Niagara of the West," 20 Ninth legislature, 180 Nine new departments of state govern- ment, 313


Ninth state legislature, 275 Nominations, 1892, 229 Non-metallic minerals, 496 "Non-partisan" activities, 284 Northern Pacific, 431 North-West Company, 66 No safes needed, 129 Not a question of cost, 453 No telegraph lines, 130 November 11, 1918, 582 Nugent, Hon. John F., 182


Nugent, Lieut. Geo. A., 182 Numerous bond issues authorized, 388


Oakley, 287 Oats and Corn 50c per pound, 415 Odd Fellows, 847 O'Farrell, John A., 688 Offers of land for college, 353 Office of Attorney General created, 186 Officers and Men from Idaho in Spanish war, 567-571


Officers chosen, first state, 222 Officers for Territory of Idaho, 149 Officers of Idaho Banks, 391-410 Offices of National forest supervisors, 512 Offices under nine new departments, 313


Official roster, 869


Ogden, Logan & Idaho, The, 435 Oldham, Joe, was willing, 172 "Old timers" of the Bar, 594 One dollar for carrying a letter, 129 Oneida Academy, 358


Oneida County, 670 One Million for state roads, 309


Only county in U. S. created by act of Congress, 657


Only state seal designed by a woman, 225 On the Mexican Border, 576 On the Oregon Trail (poem), 81 Opals unearthed, 496


Opium sale regulated, 184 Oppression of Cuba, 563 Ordered to Camp Greene, 580 Oregon Dispute, The, 89 Oregon R'y & Navigation Co., 433


Oregon Short Line, 428


Oregon Steam Navigation Co., 416 Oregon Trail, The, 78


Organic Act, The, 134 Origin of Civil Law, 585 Origin of name "Blackfeet," 33 Origin of name of Boise, 687 Origin of the name "Indian," 31 Origin of the newspaper, 363 Orofino, 787


Other arid lands in Idaho, 450; claims (to Oregon country) 91; denominations, 843; discoveries of early days, 111; early forts, 554; early Indian troubles, 520; early settlers, 112; minerals, 494; rail- roads, 435 Otter massacre, The, 855 Outstanding Bonds, 1916, 388 Overland Hotel, The, 695 Overland Trails-Emigration, 77 Owyhee Avalanche, The, 371 Owyhee County, 673


892


INDEX


Pacific Springs, 78 Packer, John, 149 Palmer, Joel, 78 Panama-Pacific exposition, 305 Paris, 747 Parker, 788 Parks, Judge S. C., 124, 587


Parma, 788


Parochial schools, 361


Parochial schools and academies, 831


Party conventions called, 146


Party to search for "Eye of the Manitou," 103


Pat Brice's story, 862


Patterson, Ferd, 127


Payette, 748


Payette County, 675


Payette, Francis, 554


Peck, 788


Penal and charitable institutions, 315


Pend d'Oreille cession, 47


Pend d'Oreille, The, 37


Penitentiary, The, 316


People of Idaho pleased, 193


Personnel of Jordan party, 110


Phillips, Wm., 123


Phosphorus, 497


Picture Writing, 858


Pierce, Capt. E. D., 100


Pierce City, 103


Pierre's Hole, 73


Pioneer associations (see county name)


Pioneer days, 115


Pioneer fruit growers, 478


Pioneer monument, Boise, 83


Pioneers, A few, 691


Placerville, 788


Plan to hunt down murderer, 267


Platinum, 496


Pleasure and health resorts, 801 Pocatello, 751


Poe, James W., 596


Policy of the U. S., 42


Political (Boise), 696


Political campaign of 1864, 154; of 1892, 229; of 1894, 233; of 1896, 235; of 1900, 256; of 1902, 258; of 1906, 274; of 1912, 298; of 1918, 309


Pony express, 413


Pony express improves conditions, 130 Poorman mine, The, 487 Population, 1870-1918, 868


Population of counties (see county name) Post Falls, 789 Power county, 675


Preparing for defense, 531 Presbyterians, 836


President Grant's troubles, 168 President seeks mitigation of submarine warfare, 577


President Wilson on Lane plans, 455


Press, The, by towns, 375


Preston, 755


Prices of early days, 857


Prickett, Judge H. E., 421 Priest River, 789


Principal cities, 869


Prison library started, 319


Proclamation, 586


Proclamation by "Lyon, of Lyonsdale," 153


Professional "Bad Man," The, 120


Proposed change, A, 26


Prosecutions under Edmunds-Tucker Act, 190


Provisional government, The, 133 Prune culture, 479


Public land gifts to educational institu- tions, 337


Public Parks, 284


Public revenues, 386


Public School system, 333


Pumice stone, 497


Public utilities, Boise, 704


Pupils in schools, by counties, 338


Quicksilver, 495


Radium, 496


Railways and Transportation, 130


Railways, steam and electric, 1918, Mileage of, 436 Raising the army, (1917), 579


Rathdrum, 789


Ratification of constitution, 200


Recalls people known here 40 years before, 370


Receipts and sources of revenue, 387


Reclamation act, 450


Reclamation service, U. S., 445


Red Cross fund, 582


Registrations for military duty, 579


Religious denominations-Boise, 707


Religious progress in Idaho, 823


Remarks of Dubois in Congress, 197


Remarks of Judge Parks, 588


"Reminiscences of a Pioneer," 29


"Reminiscences of Territorial Governors," 181


Representatives in congress, 871 Resolutions, 277


Resolutions by Am. Nat'l Live Stock Ass'n, 514 Responsible for over 20 deaths, 272 Revenue, sources of, 387


893


INDEX


Reviving Morman issue, 262 Rexburg, 755 Reynoldses, The, 371 Richfield, 790 Ricks Academy, 358 Ridgeway, Samuel, 183 Rigby, 756


Risk from highwaymen was great, 129 Rival claims of European powers, 89 River of Shadows, 805 Road Agents, 420


Road strewn with goods thrown away, 81 Robbins gets Chief Egan, 544 Robbins, Orlando (Rube), 421 Roberts, 790 Rocky Bar and Atlanta, 111 Rocky Mountain Fur Co., 69 Roll of Honor (1898) 574 Romaine, James, 122 Romantic names (mines) 484 Roster of officers, World war, 580


Route through Idaho, The, 56 Royal Arcanum, 853 Royal Neighbors, 853 Ruby silver, 488 Rules concerning camp fires, 515 Rumblings of statehood heard, 194 Rupert, 756


St. Anthony, 759 St. Maries, 759 Sacajawea (the bird woman), 56 Saddle trains, 414 Salaries of teachers, by counties, 338 Salisbury, Gilmore & Co., 419 Salmon, 759 Sandpoint, 760 Sante Fe Trail, The, 77 Sash and door factories, 498 Scenery, The, 802 School districts, 341 School for deaf, dumb and blind, 325 Schools and Colleges, Other, 353 Seal described by designer, 225 Second Idaho Regiment (1902), 576; Idaho, The, 579; legislature, 157; Nez Perce Treaty, 44; religious service in Idaho, 553; state legislature, 231 Secret Treaty of 1762, 90 Secretaries of state, 870 Secretary Lane's idea, 454 Security, The (for bonds), 389 See America First, 814 Selective Draft Law, 579 Selective Draft registrations, 880 Sentiment at home, 198 Settlement, 99


Settlement of range questions, 467 Seven Memorials to Congress, 261 Seventh Day Adventists, 843 Seventh legislature, 174 Seventh state legislature, 260 Shafer, J. K., 167 Sheepeater war, The, 548 Sheep industry, The, 467 Shelley, 790 Short-sighted policy, 454 Shoshone, 790


Shoshone, The, 37; County, 676; Falls, 20; tradition, A, 38; Treaty of 1863, 45; were superstitious, 38


Shoup appointed, 193 Shoup, George L., 219 Shoup's administration, 194, 222 Sidebotham, R. A., 181 Silver produced, 1917, 494 Silver republicans hold convention, 236 Sixth legislature, 171 Sixth state legislature, 257 Smaller game, 818 Small fruits, 480 Smith, Asa, 99 Smith, Jackson & Sublette, 70 Social Organization, 39 Soda Springs, 793


Soils of Idaho, 25 Soldiers' Home, 232, 320 South of the Snake, 110 Spalding, H. H., 99 Spanish Explorers, The, 151 Spanish influenza in campaign, 310 Spanish Policy, The, 41 Spirit Lake, 793 Splawn, Moses, 108 Spokane & Inland Empire, 435 Spokane International, The, 435 Sportsman's paradise, Idaho a 814 "Spread eagle" phrases, 153 Springs, Natural, 810 Stage drivers of early days, 421 Stage lines, Early, 412 Standifer, Captain J. J., 518 Standifer, Jeff, 109 State auditors, 870


State board of horticultural inspection, 481; council of defense, 578; encourage- ment, 481; Fair, The, 471; Flag, 276; government inaugurated, 221; governors, 870; normal schools established, 232; rep- resentatives, 233; Seal, The, 225; Sena- tors, 233; Treasurers, 870 Statistical review, 867 Steunenberg elected, 236 Steunenberg reelected, 242


894


INDEX


Steunenberg's Administration, 239 Stevens, Gov. Isaac, 99 Stevenson, Edward A., 217 Stevenson's Administration, 193 Stevenson's removal mere politics, 193 Stites, 794


Stockmen assured good dividends, 167 "Stole the Capital," 209 Street car lines of Boise, 700 Subscribed to false affidavits, 294 Sugar (city), 794 Sugar factories, with capacity, 462 Sugar production, 462 Summary, The, 876


"Sunrise Mountains," 27 Supplies for Lewis and Clark expedition, 54 Supreme court justices, 1890-1918, 591 Supreme Court, The, 591 Swamp lands, 455


Taxation of Mines, 384 Tax rate made uniform, 180 Tea, coffee, tobacco, banned, 358 Teachers, by counties, 338 Tenth legislature, The, 182 Tenth state legislature, 281 Ten years' war, The, 564


Territorial auditors, 870; Courts, 586; Governor's, 869; history, 133; history continued, 163; Judiciary, 590; news- papers, 364; Secretaries, 870; Treasurers, 870


Test Oath Act, 187 Teton County, 678 "There go the Idaho Savages," 572 Third legislature, 160 Third state legislature, 233


Thirteenth legislature, 186


Thirteenth state legislature, 304 Thirty-day governor, 185 Thomas & Ruckle line, The, 416 Thompson, D. P., 212 Thompson's administration, 178 Three future governors in 8th legislature, 177


Three routes proposed, 432 Thresher factory, 789 Thornton, J. Q., 54 Timber in Idaho, 503 Timber resources of Idaho, 508 Tin ore found, 496 "To Enterprising Young Men," 69 Took oath of office and salary, 179 Topaz crystals, 496 Topography, 19 Towns and railroads (see each county) Townsend, John K., 72


Trading and Military posts, 551 Transcontinental lines, 424


Transportation, Early, 411; Railways, 130; (see county name)


Treasurer convicted, 302


Treaties and Cessions, Indian, 41


Treaties of Ryswick and Utrecht, 90


Treaty of Camp Stevens, 43; of Fort Bridger, 45; of 1818, 93; of 1827, 94; of 1846, 97


Trial of Steunenberg's assassins, 267


Tribal distribution, 31


Troy, 794


Trustees Albion State Normal, First, 346 Trustees of Lewiston State Normal, First, 345


Tungsten, 496


Turner, Capt. Thomas, 108


Tuttle, Bishop, 839


Twelfth legislature, 184


Twelfth state legislature, 300


Twin Falls, 20, 736


Twin Falls County, 681


Twin Falls, R. R. Co., 436


Twisted Hair, 57


Two hundred million acres for farms, 455 Types of farming, 439


Under the constitution, 590


Union Pacific, The, 425


United Commercial Travelers, 853


U. S. Assay office, 488


U. S. Attorneys, 1864-89, 590 United States Banks, 390


U. S. Marshals, 1863-86, 590


U. S. Reclamation Service, 445


United States Senators, 871


United War drive, 582 University of Idaho, 342


Use of public timber by pioneers, 503


Utah & Northern, 427 Utah-Canada Trail, The, 83


Valley County, 682 Valuation by counties, 386


Valuation in 1917, 386


Valuation of steam and electric railways, 1918, 436 Value of lands, 460


Value of leading metals, by counties, 494


Vancouver, Capt. George, 53 Varied annual rainfall, 26


Verendrye, 52 Vigilance committees in the west, 121 Vollmer, 794 Vote for presidents, 871 Vote of 1900, 257


INDEX


895


Wallace, 764 Wallace, Wm. H., 208 Wallace's Administration, 146 Wardner, 767 Warren's Diggings, 107 Warring, Ira L., 353 War Savings Stamps, 581


War with Germany, 575 War with the Bannock, 540


Washington & Idaho R. R. Co., 434 Washington County, 683


Waterfalls, 809


Water power, 501 Waterworks, etc. (see under town name) Webster-Ashburton Treaty, 95


Weiser, 767


Wells, Fargo & Co., 416


Wells-Fargo Express, Tbe, 129 Wendell, 797


Western Governors' Special, 292 Weston, 797


Weyler's inhumanity, 564


Where Idaho ranks first, 463 Whipsawing lumber. 503


White Bird's band, 547


Whitman, Marcus, 134 Wilhelm of Germany, 98


Willey, Norman B., 182, 224


Willey's Administration, 224 Williams, Jack, 128 Wilson's War Message, 577 Winter, Rebecca, 81 Witt, J. V. R., 181


Woman's Suffrage, 236


Women's Clubs, 853


Wocdmen of the World, 853


Wood River district, The, 491


Wood River Presbytery organized, 353


Woodruff forbids further teaching of poly- gamy, 190


Workingmen's Compensation Act, 308 Work of the Pioncers, 77


World war, 1914-1918, 577


Wyeth, Nathaniel, J., 71


Wyeth's Second expedition, 72


Young, Brigham, 100


Zachary, Bob, 122 Zinc production. 1917. 494


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