Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1883-03-23
BY FRANK VII I.ER

1--WE hear The tread Of the Pioneer,
OF Nations yet ia be. -
The first low dash Of WAYS wlscre ret
Shall roll human sea- WRITER
u is even new, though cs.mpara-
lively. only a. yet 4 very few years.
since the fut Of the white man first
trs,d any portion 81 the virgin soil and
/, rineval forests If Boise county, La
l,o Territory with the view III making
there permanent settlement, and III
establishing, if M. inr Themselves
poor men-at least fpr their af-ming
and tIr,ss WIN, might & How them
there, homes III this then remote and
tar beyond the lar remote frontiers Of
the nearest civilization.
Many If these pioneers have long
since gone I. their inng, and perhaps
To many Of them, not undesired or un.
Songht FIR homes. To tile memory If
vefy many Ut these. we may say III
the language Of Shakespeare, There's
rosemary; that's fur remembrance. !,
They have long since passed quietly
away from cart, to the b,,som Of their
Father and their God. Peace to their
aSiies.n
The first discovery Of gold in Bnise
county, then comprising all of the
western portion If Washington Terri
tory lying south Of Idaho county. and
Snake river OH tile west, and Utah
Territory (as then constituted and
baunslod), OH the snnts,. was, IN Itr
month IF August, 1862, discovered By
Il party IF twelve men, who had lefs
he little mining Camp ni Florence, III
the salmon river lni,,es and mnnntains.
in The TALL Of 1861. wintercd in Auburn,
Oregon, and in the spring STATED au
IN a prospecting tonr, and after taking
IA very ciIcuiious and hazarduus m. nfl-
tain route. camping out every night
in "a hostile Indian country, and pros
pectiug" far guild az they went, tinalI,
in August, 1862. found some indica.
tinns Of gold OH Grimes creek, about
two miles below where the littIe MINI
|
ing village Of CEsTsRvILLR, in Boise
| Basin, Is now located. aud alsout " he. E
the little mining village of "BpsrpN
stood. They continued pros
pecting" up Grimes creek, then, "a
now. quite large mountain stream.
about sixteen miles up this fine bui
very winding mouutain stream, wIer'
Mr. Grimes. ono of the party, wa,
killed by Indians. This tragedy de-
'erred the small party from proceed
ing amy further, and the remainder al
the little band Of eleven men, after
burying the remains of Grimes, near
where "PInNEERvI.LEn now stands,
made hasty exodus from the Country
Uron arriving at Walla Walla, in
Walla Walla valley, some $50 to 401
miles distant, by the route they tray-
eled. and relating their experience, d
new company of some tifty-four men
or thereabouts, was formed, who, witt
!, the original party, retained TO the
place where Grimes was buried. ana
by common consent, the creek was
named GRIMES CRsgK. This part,
\ then proceeded to eject stuckade for
Tor fertilization, which, for want eff i
better name then suggesting itself te
this first pioneer band of miners il
Boise BASIN, was named "FoRr Hoe
EN-" The party reached the piac,
where Grimes was buried, about til.
| 7th day of October. 1862. Ten days
after their arrival, 81 men went back
after provisions. and during their alb
sence their comrades improved the
time in building and naming the stock
ade fort before referred to.