The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-12-11
Long Career in Utah.

The deceased was % years old and a
native of Germany. His death fol-
lowed q trip to the irrigation congress
al El Paso and later 10 Los Angeles,
where he had intended to spend the
winter with George Haven, wealthy
Tancher.
While a lad of s. Mr.. Faust came.
with his parents, from the Fatherland
and settled i'm Missouri. When the great
Suffer creek strike was made i'm Cali
fOrnia i'm 40 and the gold fever broke
cot Air Faust was one of the first to
emigrate from what was then the mid
Gle west
As with thousands of others. his for
tune JIM the golden west did not prove
sufficient to hold him there long. In
ISL two years after the rush TO the
coast, Mr.. Suffer attracted by the
prospects which Utah presented and by
the fact that ne himself was a Mormon,
Ceme to this state. It was in Fillmore.
Utah. that he met the young woman
who later became his bride
During these early years he was
given the nickname which chung to
him for life Before his adventure as
on argOuaut he had decided upon the
profession of medicine. Surgery es-
pecially had attracted him and he was
in the midst Of his studies when
thought Of immediate wealth proved
too strong.
But while he left his alma mater too
soon to earn the coveted title of doc
tor the shorter title Doc" was be-
slowed on him without hesitation by
his friends. 1t was Doc" Faust
throughout life.
Commissioned Carrier by Young.
u was in the early fifties that Presi-
dent Brigham Young. in order to try
the young mans spirit. as the latter
often said he believed. commissioned
HIM to carry the mails. between Utah
points and Los Angeles. The position
was indeed one to try the most ardent
6evotee TO any cause.
Two men had met death within
ytar-butchered. by the Indians. There
were deserts to be crossed. long miles
between friend and shelter. Never
more than one man accompanied the
nail wagon besides the carrier. When
tho president of the church chose Mr..
Faust for this task. he chose man
CT p. The latter accepted and during
he half dozen years of service he had
thrilling experiences which in later
years formed the bases for many an
interesting uneCdote.
Mr. Faust often recalled the days
when scarcely two miles away from
tho campfire where he had eaten his
solitary meal he had turned in his
v&gon-seat and seen the Indians
Apaches. paving over The ashes Then
II would be a swift race 10 the next
stopping place and a repetition until
the entire journey had been accom-
pushed.
During his residence at Fillmore. and
While engaged as mail carrier- Mr.
Faust built what was probably the first
Trick house i'm the state He also in
PRODUCED the brick making trade In
the state. finding the soil in many
places well adapted TO this,
ABOUT 1857 when the famous pony ex-
press came into existence, Mr.. Faust
accepted a position under Captain Egan
OF the mail service company as station
keeper and horse-buyer At Rush val
ley. The point where the horses were
changed subsequently became known as
Faust station While Mr.. Faust was
really the Keeper OF the station. it often
devOlVed upon him to carry the mails.
especially when the weather was bad
aDo the hired drivers were inclined to
mutiny.
Marrow Escape From Death.
IT was while living at Rush station
with his wife that Mr.. Faust had the
narrOwest escape of his whole western
career Only by strategy and presence
OF mind did he succeed in saving him
self and his wife from death at the
hands of the Skull Valley Indians II
was through Mrs. Fausts generosity
that the redmens plot came about
Mrs. Faust had taken a liking to GER
tain of the squaws of the Skull Valley
tribe and had given them as a special
park Of favor several pale face" pies
The aborigine system, unused 10 pas
Try. rebelied against the over-eating
The consequence was that the braves
imagined that bad medicine had been
paced IN the pies. The leader OF the
Tribe. accompanied by several hundred
tribesmen came TO Faust station and
calmly informed Mr. and Ms. Faust
that they were to die because the pie
lad made the squaws sick. First. how
ever. Mrs. Faust should cook the In
Clans their dinner She was prepared
t. acquiesce 10 the chiefs demands
when Mr. Faust nterfered RE ex-
planned 10 the chief THAI if they We're
TO die they were prepared. but would DO
40 favors for their slayers,