Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1921-08-27
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To the northeast of Glenn's Ferry,
about ten miles, Is the Cold Springs
settlement prosperous agrlcul-
tural and stockraising region,
covered with fertile farms we'll wa
tered from Cold Spring creek. Way
back in the early COS the settle
ment OF this fertile district began,
and the early settlers, by thrift,
energy and industry, prospered. The
first white men to locate here, as
the writer is informed, were Andy
gomery, who made locations here in
1853, but later sold out to settlers
who short time subsequent an
chored there to stay.
Most OF the old settlers here, hardy
pioneers of civilization in the Noun
tain Gem State, or their descendants,
still remain in the homes OF peace
and plenty which they have raised
out of the sagebrush wilderness.
Prominent among these builders OF
our great state are the names OF
Charles Walker, Dan McGinness
James McGinness, William McGin-
ness Harvey Glenn, Dr. l.. r Glenn,
Dave Macy, Sam Blackwell, s A. Nc
Annuity, Carter Edwards, John Mar
ley, Tom Stevenson and Pat Ma
loney.
Close to and a little to the west
OF Cold Cpring valley is the Bennett
creek settlement, an equally prosper
Gus stock and farming community.
This place was also settled in the
pioneer days of Idaho, in the early
cos. Conspicuous among the old
pioneers OF this locality are the
names of Hon. d. B. Ethel, Fielding
(Tuck) Ethel, George W. Ethel,
Cy. N. Doom, George Ross, Or. Q.
]. Edison, Omer Hutchins, Adm M.
Hail. w. r. Burns, Cy Burns, Will
liam Turner, Cal Schoff and Ira
Schoff.
These two settlements comprise
Cold Springs precinct, one OF the
oldest in the state.
For number OF years james
Stout, the Illinois journalist and
AlkaIi creek farmer, and at one
time Receiver in the U. s, Land Of
Ace at Boise city, held the office OF
justice Of the peace. In 1885, Dave
Macy was elected to that ONCE, put
leaving there soon afterward the Of
flee became vacant and still re-
mains so for the reason, Sam Black
well saws, that 1--WE can get all kinds
of Justice at Glenn's Ferry"
some of the old-timers of this To-
cality have been prominent In the
nolitical arena. Hon D. B. Ethel
was a member of the first board OF
commissioners of Gilmore county,
and also was in the first legislature
~ the state of Idaho. Sam Black
we'll and Cal Schoff were also COM
missionars. or the old pioneers,
Dave ETHEL, Tuck Ethell, James ana
VIM. McGinness, Geo. Ross, VIM
Turner and Charles Walker nave
passed into the Great Beyond, but
their work remains.
III the east of Glenn's Ferry IS
the King Hill creek country, settled
nnon at first by John and Lewis
Kensler In 1865, and later by Amos
watkins and his sons, Commodore
Holt Miles C. Lawrence, Frank
Lawrence. Hiram Canfeld, H. +,
Ravles and Charles Brady. In 1900
a new school district was organized
here and we'll kept school Is taught
nine months in the year. -Four OF
these sturdy pioneers have passed
awav--Louis and John Kensler,
watkins and Holt. The others are
enjoying life under their own hg
trees.
Home ID the Indian creek country,
known as Mayfield district, where
sheen ranches abound, Among its
early settlers are J. 0. Corder, John
Amdra watha. Joe Mayne, 0. P. Ha-
yard orange J. Slater, Oliver B.
Slater, Jake Rein, Frank stanton,
Hon. John Mcmillan and his Dro'h-
ers Anthony and Thomas Mcmillan.
An up-to-date school is kept here ten
months in the year, and only the
best teachers are employed. Jonn
AndrawatJha has been justice of the
ueaee here ever since the precinct
was established.
Somewhat northerly from this
Mace ID Smiths Prairie, fine, fertile
tract vet to be settled up. 1t was
organized into a school district in
1900 prominent among the early
settlers of this region are the names
Of william Russell, Joe Adm, VIM.
Basil. Geo. Goble, VIM. Little, An
drew bowling, Peter Brown, Theo-
dore pierce and G. w. Joy.
A good wagon road to Pine Grove
connects the place with the outside
world THE home-seeker will do
well 40 look over this prairie, where
he will always see the latch-string
outside Of every door and meet with
hearty welcome within.
About half way between Mountain
Home and Rocky Bar is Little Camas
prairie. 1T is the summer range for