Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1924-06-19
PIONEERS Of
COUNTY HOLD
.ANNUALP |CN|C'
r.r,v Residents Again Get
Together in Reunion and
Relate Old Time Experiences
prosident Telcher Gives In
tsrssting Data Taken from
First Records in Courthouse

Henry Telcher, clerk, auditor anu
.ooorder of Idaho county, ana u
,,so,ang resident of the county,
n m,s slected president of the Idaho
| canntv pioneer association. at the
nuoi reunion of the society, at
%nrss, grove. south of Grangeyilie,
Tridsv other officers elected are:
First vice president-C. P. Cone
second vice president = a r.
Parker.
Third vice president-W. n. Knox.
Secretary-treasurer = Mrs. Bertha
Long.
Members of the association, their
families and friends spent an ENJOY
ohle day in the woods. Speeches were
mad by pioneers, picnic dinner was
hold and old friends mingled together
and talked over early days in ldaho
county.
ADDRESSES TO PIONEERS
Among the speakers were, w. w.
Brown. I. c. Hattabaugh, of Lewiston,
and former resident of Idaho cOun-
ty. Henry Telcher. Senator Seth ID.
Jones, R. w. Overman and A. +.
Parker
Introduced to the crowd from the
speakers stand were three little
boys.n who played together in the
| streets of Cottonwood in 1863. They
were Charles p. Cone, Harry W. Cone
and ]. E. Byron.
President Telcher, in his address
gave to the pioneers much historical
data, hitherto unpublished, taken
from early records in the vaults IN
the Idaho county courthouse. MT
Telcher spoke in part. as follows:
idaho county was created in Dec
emberd 1861, and during the following
year was organized with the county
seat at the old town of Florence, In
what was then the territory of Wash
ingtOn, and for this reason the earl!
records of this county show the filing
made in Idaho county, Washington
Territory. On March 3, 1858, the ter
rtory of Idaho was by act of congress
created out of part of the territory OF
Washington.
"The records of the district cour
date back to the first term held II
what is now the State of Idaho. Tht
recorders records are complete ant
date back to the beginning, but fol
some reason the records of the acts o.
the county commissioners are missint
from the time during which the 'coun
ty seat was at Florence, and wer'
probably lost in either the move t
Warren or to Mt Idaho. In 1863
the county seat was moved to the tow
OF Washington, now Warren, from
which time the records in all depart
ments seem to be complete.
FIRST INSTRUMENT RECORDED
'The first instrument of record, a
shown by the records in the recorder
Office is deed from A. d. Ford t
Albert Dewitt, transferring tn
north half of Lot in Block s of tn
town of Florence for the sum o
sl2OO. This deed was dated May
1862 and was fled for record Ma
%, 1862.
The first transfer of farm Ian
placed of record is found in Book
and for deeds, at page 242, in whic
onarles G. Garrison deeds to job
C.lendenning the SwANEA of SCI
uon 2S, and the WhNEH and Sci
NWA of Section 33, Township
north, Range east, Boise meridian
ior the consideration Of $1,000. Sal
instrument was filed for record Apr
l. 1915, and while the county sea
was still at Warren.
The first U. s. patent recorded
found in Book 3 and 4 of deeds, Q
page 347, filed for record Oct.
'ao'o' and is dated April 10, 1871
.a,nereby Is granted the SEA of Sc
uon 4. Township 80 north, Range
Gust Boise meridian, 100 acres,
muses. II. Rice, as a preemption III
uer the act Of April "a, 1920. Tn
'nu now belongs to George Turne
| FIRST DISTRICT COURT
The first term of the distri,
Surt held in the state of Idaho, &
a~own by the records, was held
o~rence 1.-THE county seat, Of Idaf
wSun,y then Washington Territory
II Iionoay, Sept. %, 1852, converting
ociock with Hon. II. z. Oliphan
~ justice of the supreme cou
washington Territory, presidins
bn, s Standifer, sheriff; J. Rand Sa
lou. clerk; minutes recorded
bs sna' W. Brown. deputy clerk. TT
"nslsted Of two attorneys, 1.
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