Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1921-08-20

round-house, store-house and cal
yard, and its monthly payroll OF tel
thousand dollars.
In 1865, Gus and o. S. Glenn es
tablished Ferry across the Snake
river, son the old overland trail be
tween Kelton and Boise, about
mile east Of the site of the railroad
depot, and later a postoffice was es
tabiished here, known as Glenn's
Ferry, with G. P. Glenn as post
master. The ferry continued in &C
tive operation until 1889, when il
was abandoned.
In the spring of 1883 the locality
was invaded by a force of track
layers, and ere the summer passed
the shrek of the iron-horse was
heard along the banks of the Snake
river.
For many years prior to and after
the advent of the iron trail, Charles
e. Corker profitably operated a val
liable placer mine on the Snake
river, about mile down stream
from the present site of the town
and a mile north of the track was
the stock ranch of Gus Glenn, where
his family resided.
In December, 1888, A. M. Sinnott
then young and newly married, ar
rived on the ground with his wife
where, in the employ of the Shor
Line railroad, he looked after thu
track between King Hill and Ben
! nett creeks, patrolling the same
every day-being the pioneer rail
road man of the place.
On New Years day of 1884, G, G
Glenn and family, consisting of hi
wife and two daughters, Matte ant
Marie, arrived from Atlanta, anC
Mr. Glenn took charge of the ferT.
boat
In the early part of 1885, Mrs. S
e. Corker, her son Walter and he
daughters Frances and Winefred
arrived from Boise to reside witt
| their son and brother, Charles L
Corker, and about the same tim
James II. Cameron and wife arrived
from Corvallis, Oregon, and mad
their abode at the Ferry.
About this time James Fl. Nor
row and family reached the Ferr
from Arkansas, and still resid
| there. Mrs. Morrow was calle
from this world in 1899.
In 1884, a school district was or
ganized, comprising all the terri
tory now covered by Glenns Ferry
King Hill and Cold Springs dis
tricts. and G. P. Glenn, 0. S, Glen,
and Chas. Walker were appointe
school trustees. A school was KEEP
in a dugout at first and then in
tent, at the Ferry, in 1884 and 81
Where c. G. Glenn taught the youn
| ideas how to~shoot, and in 1886
was removed to Cold Springs, wher
lit was taught by Miss Anna McGin
ness and Miss Anna Daniels (noN
Mrs. w. Il. WILSON,.
In the spring of 1885 A. r. Nelli
opened a blacksmith shop at tn
Ferry, and now the nucleus of tn
present live. populous town wa
| formed
In the summer and fall of 1882
while the Short Line grade was be
ing pushed along by the Corriga
construction company, tent an
| shacktown sprung up at the oil
ferry site, with its quota OF saloons
gambling tents and other institu
tions in those days familiar to
railroad grading camp. AS the grad
was pushed further west this tow
pulled up stakes and followed, leaV
ing the first established cemeter
behind 1t.
In 1882 Glenn's Ferry was a PAL
of Cold Springs precinct, whe
James Stout, "the old man elc
quent of Alkali creek" becam
| Justice of the peace.
In 1884 Glenn's Ferry precinc
was established and ten votes wer
cast at the first election--nine dem
ocrats and one republican. A NJ
Sinnott was elected justice of tn
peace and Frank Valdez constable
! G. II. Corker, A. M. Sinnott and G
p. Glenn were judges of electio
and Ed Kirby and Fl. S. Tuttu
clerks.
In 1886 Sinnott was re-electe
Justice and A. r. Nellis chosen con
stable.
AT the first ensuing meeting Q
the county board, e. S. Malone
was appointed road overseer.
In September of 1886 the rail
road company made its grand stan
play for Glenn's Ferry. On tn
18th day of that month the plac
was invaded by corps OF surveyor
and chainmen and very soon CON
menced the work of laying out tn
yard and the sites for depot, roun
house, coal platforms and other ap
purtenances necessary to divisio
end.
CHAPTER XLVH
No sooner had the yard for tn
newfdivision terminus been laid on
and the stakes driven than tn
work of excavation and gradin
commenced under the supervise
of Burgoyne q Osborn, the contraC
tors Then followed the laying c
the sidings and the putting in c
the frogs and switches under tn
supervision of roadmaster 0lmstea
and yard foreman Ed. Coady. Will
the tracklayers were going on wit
the spiking and splicing, the build
ing forces under foreman Jack Lima
han and BFont Young, were rushin
upward the new buildings, an
when the new years sun Of 1SS
rose 1t shed its rays over a new d.
pot, round-house, pump-house, tanl
iee-house and store and office build
ing
On the 5th of January, 1887 ar