The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-06-18
On the Trail OF
the Idaho Pioneers.
MRS. MAGGIE HALLERAN JOSE.
FLOR THE MEssENGER.l

man; she Is MS companion Az
peace and in war. When he goes
as a pioneer into new lands to
make home and grow up with
the country she insists in going
along to help him grow up. So
we see woman in the pioneer
ranks hand in hand with man, as
brave as he is under most trying
circumstances indeed, woman
is less liable to lose her head in
extreme emergencies than is
man. On the trail of the Idaho
pioneers we find the footprints
of woman in every path and at
every turn of the road, and al
ways bravely bearing more than
her share of the burden.
The subiectof this sketch was
not only a pioneer of Idaho but
pioneer of America as well.
Born in the glades of the dear
old sacred Emerald Isle, where
Erin's harp is hung upon the
willows in mourning for those
who died for her liberty and got
it not-the isle that has contrib
uted its millions of strong men
and brave women in the pioneer
life of America-the parents of
Mrs. Jose emigrated to the Uni
ted States when she was only a
few weeks of age, and settled in
Boston, where she lived until in
1875 when she and her brother
Timothy came to Utah, living in
Bingham and Park City until the
spring of 1878. There was some
excitement at that time about
the Ramshorn and Yankee Fork
mines, and a party of about 40
with IL wagons QUILTED for the
Salmon river country, Miss Hal
leran (now Mrs. JOSEF and her
brother being of the company.
AT the Salmon river near the
point where the Colvin bridge
was built, (now the Jensen place.
they met A. p. Challis and Ben
and Sam Blackburn, who were
constructing small fatboat fol-
the purpose of getting supplies
and wagons across the river
The Utah party assisted in max
ing the boat and also used wa.
gon box for boat to get THEN
outfit over the river. The first
inhabitants of the Salmon river
country that greeted them after
landing on the north side of the
river. was the original band o.
Rocky Mountain Sons of Son.
of the Wild Woods more fla
miliarly known as the Sheep
Eater linens the. same who the
following winter burned the towr
of Orc Grande at Loon creek ant
massacred the inhabitants. Blu
this time they were on q begging
and hunting expedition and saw
too many guns with the Utat
party to undertake to collect
tithing. But the newcomer,
were not very favorably impress
ed with this wild reception com
inittee of undesirable citizens
that met them on the banks o
the Salmon.
In this party were a numoer o
men who had been in the Challi
country the year before and wer
Interested in mines, among then
being Maj. e. w. Jones, of tn
Ramshorn," (now very rich an,
resident of Los Angeles); 7
E. Linsley, of the same mine
tbroker and stocks-also wealthy
residing in Spokane). With tn
party also were others of the oil
pioneers of Challis: Owen Long
Jack Kirk, Peter Stanley, Tin
othy Hallaren, Mr.. Creighton
and others whose names are ne
now recalled. The only ladies
the train We're Mrs. Creighto
and Miss Hallaren, (Mrs. Jose
These new people had hear
such glowing reports of this Sc
ton of the Salmon River th
they expected to find Challis.
booming little city instead of