The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1922-06-16

II q Q WIN gave HIS name 10 the
Payette.
Capt. Bonneville was a soldier in
the regular army in 1882. He led an
EXPEDITION to Idaho during a leave of
absence. The Advantage of Cant.
Bonneville is a valuable book on the
American fur trade.
Nathalal Wythe was the founder If
Old o Hall, one of the really great
American associated with fur raiders
in the Columbia Basin.
John Irueman was one of the noted
explorers to pass through Idaho.
Inc causes of civilization are as
IoIIo"s: the wild beasts. the hunter.
followed by the settler with his wagon
and last in the locomotives: famous
trails that made the growth of our
country people: In the east there was
the great Wilderness: Boone's Trail
IN western Oregon; Santa Fe Trail.
Gllla lrall; California and Old Span
ish Trail. The Santa Fe Trail led
o Kansas City to the town of
Santa Fee, New Mexico. From Santa
re there were two parts to the
coast. The Gilla Trail, which ended
at san Diego, and Old Spanish, that
ran to Los Angeles. These were used
in settling lower California. The Cal
norma lrall was a branch of the Ore
gon trail, and was much used in set
ting northern California. The Ore
gon Trail entered Idaho near the
present town of Border, Wyoming. af-
ter passing through Bear River VAL
ley its course lay in a northwesterly
direction toward Fort Hall. From
this point the trail followed along the
south side of the Snake River until
1t came to the Island lord near the
modern Glenns Ferry. The road then
left Snake River and struck out across
the plains to the northwest, passing
near the present sites Of the towns
OF Mt. Home and Mayfield, until it
reached the Boise River. Its course
now stretched westward along the
south side of the Boise River. After
passing through the present South
Boise, it crossed Boise river at the
canyon north of Caldwell. From here
- PuSoSu tIiOuSH Tie Sue OIL
what is now the town Of Notus and
followed down the Boise river until
1t crossed the Snake river a second
time at the ford near old Fort Boise,
the Hudson Bay company post.
The Oregon Trail was the first
great wagon road through Idaho.
TWO other famous trails in Idaho
yyoro tha I n ~ rT~oN o-l A.. ~.
Road.
The missionaries followed the fur
traders. Father Peter j. d. Smith, of
the Society Of Jesus, came from st.
Louis to labor among the western IN
dians. After 1859 he became an in.
ternational figure on cou of his
writing and his extraordinary ability
as a pacider of hostile Indian tribes.
The first Catholic mission was estab-
lished at Couer d AAene. 1daho's
first white child vas Elizabeth Spald-
ing, who in 1918 still resided at Cat
aldo, Idaho. The first church of
Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, or
Morsnons, established a mission in
Idaho in 1855 They came from Utah
to the present town of Tendoy, a dis
lance of 379 miles, IdahD's first per.
manent settlement was made April
IA, 1860, by a little party of Mormon
home seekers at Franklin. Irrigation
was first practiced in idaho in 1860
lAmong the pioneer Protestant work
ers in Idaho, Daniel futile stood out
prominently as Bishop of the Episco-
pal church, who had charge of Mon
tana. Uhah and 1dahS missions.
Colonel Vim. Craig was Idaho's frs,
permanent white settler. Robert
Newell was an early trapper who lat
err made his home tn Idaho. In 1S4C
he organized at Fort Hall the small
party that drove the first wagon over
the Oregon Trail.
Capt. E. d. Pierce discovered gold
in 1850 or the Clearwater river. Dur
ing the following years men rushed
from California to Idaho, as the mines
Of the former place began to show
signs OF exhaustion. Pure City, nam
ed IN honor of Capt. Prer, and the
n~eighboring camp of Orc, sprang into
existence almost e night. In June
1861. Lewiston, christened in honor OF
Mer1wether Lewis, was founded at the
confluence of the Snake and Clear
water rivers. Salmon river mining
district was discovered in the fall OF
1861. These discoveries proved that
the gold fields of future Idaho were
extensive.
Placer mining was the first method
used in removing the yellow dust
from Idaho's creek beds and gulches