Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-08-22

Joseph E. Sullaway, one of tn
= best known men in Idaho, passe'
away at Trinity creek Saturday o
last week, after short illness
Apoplexy was the cause of his death
Joe had arisen in the morning
eaten hearty breakfast, ant
seemed to be in his usual health
During the morning, however, h
complained to his daughter, Mrs
Durant, of a headache. He grew
rapidly worse, and the end cam,
about 1 o'clock in the afternoon.
He leaves the following children;
Mrs. C. B. Durant, Boise; Mrs. w r
Gay, Butte, Montana; Mrs. May
Brown, Spokane, Wash; Mrs. Thystls
Fallentyne, Los Angeles, CAL; NJ. F
Sullaway, Butte, Mont. Another
daughter, Mrs. Gladys liable, died in
August, 1919.
Mrs. Sullaway preceded Joe in
death, passing away in 1921. He
was married to Miss Elvira Jones OF
Albion, Idaho, "A years ago. Mr..
Sullaway also leaves three brothers
and one sister, all residing in Cali
fornia.
The funeral services were held at
the zacher funeral parlors Wednes-
day afternoon at 2 o'clock, the Rev.
DR.. Taylor being in charge. People
from all over southern Idaho were
in attendance, testifying to the
6sseem, in which Mr. Suilaway was
held. Mrs. o. E. Cannon and Miss
Emma Bunk sang during the SER
vices. Interment was in the local
cemetery.
Joseph E. Sullaway, Familiarity
known as "Joe," was born in Paw
tucket, R. l., away back in 1846, and
came to California with his mother
in 1855, joining the father, who was
a '49er. The trip was made by way
of the isthmus.
In 1872 Mr.. Sullaway went to
Boise in the employ of the North
western Stage company. He went
to work on the old Overland route,
driving between Jackson's ranch,
eight miles north of the present
town of Mountain Home, and Malad
station, which was located eight
miles east of Bliss and of which
nothino nour rom q inc h,,t tho old roolx
walls of the barn. The old Over
land route of those days stretched
away from Umatilla, oregon, to Kel-
ten Utah, the junction of the Central
Pacific railroad. OF the 2S hostlers
and drivers in the employ of the
company at that time, Mr.. Sullaway
Is the only one known to be alive.
He drove only three months for
this outfit, when he cast his lot with
the Pitsburg Mining company, at
Rocky Bar, working at the quartz
mill during 1874. He then pushed
on to the Camas and located the |
Bascom ranch (now an old land
mark) and staid there until the out
break of the Bannock Indians on
May Is, 1873, on Big Camas, at the
head of the Malad. This uprising
forced all the ranchers to abandon
their homes and Joe, with seven 9TH I
ers, took the trail after band of 40
braves, who had cut around into the
rear of General Howard's regiments
and were making life pleasant" for
everybody in the secion, and kept it
up all summer. This band had 125
head of horses and was making for
the north. Joe and his companions
succeeded in killing five of the In
dians. One of the party secured a
scalp of the last victim, who was
killed on the headwaters of the Sal
mon and Boise on August %, 1878,
and on the next day they arrived at
Rocky Bar and the bloody trophy
was hung up over the bar mirror in
John 'Winklebaugh' saloon. 1t was
later learned that the band of m
dians' had run out of ammunition,
and for moons the boys regretted
the lack of this knowledge, which
prevented them from killing the
whole outfit and capturing the
horses.
: Four men were killed at Glenns
Ferry By this band of Indians and
|
two of the volunteer company that
was sent out from Silver City, met
the same fate in an encounter on
other side of the Bruneau. Others
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