The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1909-07-16
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have also the pleasure, Governor
to tell you that have the hearty con
gratulations OF President Taft fol
this great hour for the State of Idaho
wishing the State of Idaho and thu
people Of Idaho the greatest prosper
ity. And on this occasion we will, II
every way, bring glory and honor te
our land.
And this morning present this
flag to you, Governor, In the name Of
the Village Improvement Society Of
this city, and we ask you, as the Gov.
ernor Of this State, to raise it for us
And we trust that this banner will
flow to the breeze in all its glory, and
that the Great God who has lead us
on, will lead it to greater sacredness
Governor Brady: Ladies and gen
tlemen, and citizens:
II feel that it is one of the great
est honors of my life to stand before
you today, and receive from the hands
Of this Reverend gentleman, for and
in behalf of the great State OF Idaho
this magnificent emblem Of our conn-
try (Applause.)
Il receive this flag as the Chief
Executive of this State, to mark a
mile stone this morning, a mile stone
in the pathway of this State, and a
Diamond Jubilee celebration of the
men who came here at the dawn Of
day seyenty-fiye wears ago.
Il take great pleasure in receiving
this as the Chief Executive of the
State of Idaho. / can not keep it
long. 1t belongs to the excellent citi-
zens of this beautiful city of Black
foot, who have done wonders toward
presenting this State to the minds of
one hundred million people. (Great
applause.)
II take great pleasure in present.
ing this flag to the City of Blackfoot.
| give it in the special care and charge
Of the ladies of the Village Improve
ment Society, who have done so much
for this occasion" CHEERS and APP
plause.)
''On April FL, 1884, Captain Sub
lett, Captain Mckay, and Captain Wy
eth left st. Louis for the great Pa
cific northwest. The Rev. Jason Lee,
his nephew Daniel Lee, and Mr..
Edwards accompanied them. On
July they reached the Rocky noun
tain divide and commenced to wend
their way down through the valley
descending like a ribbon from the
snow to the ocean. On July Is they
reached the Snake river near the
mouth of the Portneuf river, and
proceeded at once to erect fort
known as Fort Hall, and on this 18th
day of July, 1884, the first official
flag that ever was raised west of the
Rocky mountains was unfurled to
the winds by Captain Mckay at this
place. Hence to Idaho belongs the
honor and distinction of the first flag
of our country ever raised in this
western land.
ION July 81, 1884, the Rev.
Jason Lee preached at this place the
first Protestant sermon ever delivered
west of the Rocky mountains, taking
for his text, Whatsoever, therefore,
We do, whether We eat or drink, do all
to the glory of Cod His congrega-
ton consisted of half-breeds and In
dams, with a few white men, and to
Jason Lee must be given the distinc-
lion OF preaching the first Protestant
sermon ever delivered on the Pacific
slope. And we are here today plant
ing milestone in Idaho's history to
mark the seventy-fifth anniversary of
he raising of that first flag and the
preaching of that first sermon in the
Rocky mountains. From Fort Hall
he company parted. Captain Wyeth
'emained at Fort Hall, while Captain
Mckay followed down the Snake riv-
n and erected Fort Boise in August
If 1884.
This completed three forts. Cap
ain Sublett built Fort Laramie in
Captain Mckay Fort Boise
md Captain Wyeth Fort Hall. These
orts a few years later were sold to
he Hudson Bay Company, and the
Pacific Northwest, for a time. was
leld by joint interests of the United
states and the Hudson Bay Com
,any.
1T is true and only fair to say
hat Jason Lee preceded Marcus
Whitman by two years. True it is
hat Marcus Whitman made his ia
nous ride. but it is also true that six
ears before this time Jason Lee had
nade a wonderful journey over the
fountains and preached the first
'rotestant sermon in this western
mpire. Both men we're great. Both
arried within them the ability to do
reat things. Both were missionaries
I the church of God, but both were
ltizens Of this great commonwealth,
nd the supreme desire of each man
as that this beautiful Pacific north
est might be controlled by the Uni
ID States.