Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-12-31

miles east OF this place. In August
of that year the railroad was COM
pleted to this point, going west, and
the stage line was pulled off of the
the old emigrant road and the post
office and stage station removed to
where now stands this furnishing
little city.
Mr.. Hagar established his offices
in tent about half a mile south
east of where now stands the depot
building, but shortly afterward
erected building on the spot where
now looms up to public view the
big brick occupied by the Gilmore
County Bank aud the Gilmore irri-
cation Company. where he con-
Quoted general mercantile bust
ness and was postmaster for num-
Der of years. Before the commence
ment Of the erection of the brick the
wooden structure was removed and
is now occupied as general supply
store by Mrs. Hagar.
In the fall of 1884 the depot and
section house were built and a side
track put in. The next improve
ment was the erection of the Turner
House, by its present proprietor, w.
J. Turner, which was soon followed
by the addition of another building
erected by Mr.. Tutwiler on the cor
ner now the site of the Elmore
Hotel, conducted by Mrs. Lennehan.
Little further improvement was
made that fall, but the next spring
numerous business houses and fam
lily residences we're erected and in
a short time the town presented a
scene of much business activity.
Since then it has gradually in
creased and now contains about 30
business houses and fully 100 resi-
dences, and population Of 600.
OF the early settlers here there
are but few who still remain, and
and we are told they consist of J.
NJ. Hagar, w. j. Turner, Commo-
dore jackson, VIM. Fields, Manuel
Comes, Z. c. Helfrich. Geo. 2. Hall.
T. Hutchins. Tuck Ethel, 4. NJ
Hall, NJ. Johnson, j. ID. Morris, A.
v. Lockman, w. C. Reynolds, z. N.
Hungerford, Royal Daniel, Charles
Howeth, Marion Daniel, and prob
ably a few others.
Commodore Jackson located the
land whcreupon stands Mountain
Home as a desert claim. He sold
his right to the Idaho Land I'm
provement Company, who afterward
conveyed the town-site to the Ell
more Irrigation Company, the pres
ent owners. This company immed-
lately commenced great works for
the storage of water and have spent
many thousands of dollars toward
the accomplishment of their pur-
pose. They have partially sue
ceeded and the fruits of their en-
ergy and enterprise will be more
fully realized the coming summer.
Next season they expect TO build at
least two mores reservoirs-one on
Canyon creek and the other on
Longtom, and if these enterprises
are fully carried out. then indeed
will the sagebrush plains in this
vicinity be soon transformed into
vast grain fields and fruit orchards,
and Mountain Home will enjoy
sucq prosperity and growth as is
but little conceived by any one just
now.
Mountain Home is the county
seat OF Gilmore. 1t is beautifully
situated on a level plain of rich
soil adapted for the raising of all
kinds of cereals, vegetables, grains,
fruits, hops, ETC., and is only ten
miles from high mountains on the
east. Its altitude is about 3 00O
feet above the sea and its mild, in.
MIGRATING and healthful climate can
not he surpassed in any country on
the face of the earth.
The surrounding country is vet
but sparsely settled. 1t is capable
of sustaining a large population
and the seekers for permanent and
pleasant homes who are now in the
cyclone blizzard-sticken States had
better be looking toward balm,
Idaho, with Mountain Home as tn,
bulls eye" of all advantages.
Mountain Home has three -four
: ishing set ret orders-the Odd Eel
lows. Masons and Knights of Labo
one Episcopal church and a Con
, gregational organization, and larg,
and well-disciplined public school
with a fair prospect of the estab
lishment Of high school that will
bring students from all sections.
also has, under the management O
Z Geo. 7. Hall, large nursery tina
will in short time astonish tn
outside world for its great variet,
|, of trees, shrubbeT,, &c, and its pro
! ductiveness; and Turner & TO. hav
! large brickyard that will mex
spring turn out the red blocks b,
the hundreds of thousands. Graz
c Bros. run daily stages to Dixie dig
gings Little Camas, Mckinley, Pin