Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1915-11-26
DEATH OF ELKO
COUNTY PIONEER
Man Who Helped To Make Nevada
History Passes Away
In Texas

We learn Of the recent death of ia.
| cob Hufford at his home in Austin,
Texas. He was one of the earliest pio.
neers OF this state. Mr.. Hofrord came
To this section in 1862 and settled in
Star City. The road at that time from
Star City 10 Unionville passed down
the long dry valley now known as
Huena Vista. long stretch of which
had no water. He noticed streak of
sreasewood coming out of a canyon
and running across the valley. He con-
cluded that there must be water un-
der the greasewood to keep it green,
and accordingly he dug we'll where
the greasewood crossed the road and
got a fine well of water, making the
discovery that the root of the grease
wood goes down in water. He started
Il station there and it was known TO
the old-timerS as Jacobs Well"
He went to Paradise valley in 1863
and toop up farm first on Haviland
creek and afterwards another on Mar
tin creek. He was living on the first
named farm when the Indian raid oc-
Cured on the 9TH of April, 1865, in
which every house in the valley was
burned and many OF the settlers killed.
Most of the settlers succeeded in
reaching Mr.. Huftord's corral, where
they withstood the Indians from sun
rise until sundown, when the Indians
seeing large dust coming up the val
ley, withdrew. The dust was caused
by some twenty-five miners. who were
on their way to Idaho. providentially
arriving at Middleton's station al vii.
low Point that evening. Hearing OF
The plight of the people in Paradise
from Thomas Byrnes, who escaped
cut of the corral ky galloping through
the Indians. the miners FASTENED TO
resaddlc their horses and started at
full speed up th" valley to the rescue.
and IL was their dust that the Indians
draw to the mountains above.
After this Mr.. Hulord went down
To Star City and for year carried
the mail from the place to Dunn
Glen. Meeting an old California friend,
Charles Adams, he went back TO Para
disc and with his partner, Firman,
took the contract from Adams of
building the tlourishing mill on Martin
creek. In order 10 get the machinery
he had to make a trip TO California
and he made the journey from Para
disc to Carson on foot in winter, and
thence by stage to California. The fol-
machinery and the mill was completed
in time to grind the wheat crop of that
summer, 1867. The early settlers were
always very proud of the class of flour
that the old mill turned out, it being
fhe first mill in northern Nevada and
was run by water power.
In 1868 he remove to Glover valley,
giving the valley the name, being the
came into the valley insisted on call.
ing the creek he lived on after him
and 1t has since born the name of
Jake's creek. He later removed to FL
ko where his family resided many
years, going to Austin, Texas, some
thirty years ago, where he engaged in
building.
He married Miss Mary Ann Carey, a
New York girl, that came from Cali
fornia with the Crook family. the cere-
money being performed by Judge
Dunn at Dun Glen. In crossing the
plains Mrs. Hufford was scalped by In.
dians. This left her frightfully scar.
red for life.
She died some two years ago. They
had two sons, George d. of Austin,
and Charles II. of Brentwood Texas.
and one daughter Mrs. J. w. Templer
of Austin.-Star.
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