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IDAHO COUNTY FREE
PRESS
APRIL 17, 1896
L.P. BROWN
Loyal P. Brown died at Mt. Idaho, April 9, 1896, at the age
of 65 years and 7 months. He was
born in New Hampshire and at the age of sixteen removed to Boston and clerked in
a mercantile establishment. Early
in 1849 he joined a company and proceeded to California by way of the Isthmus
and landed in San Francisco in July. He
mined on the American river with three of his eastern friends and realized the
visions that inspired him to leave the “land of steady habits.”
In 1852 he came to Oregon and in 1854 married Sarah T. Crusen.
He returned east and brought most of his relatives across the plains to
the Umpqua Valley, Oregon, intending to settle there.
But the gold discoveries in Idaho animated his heart with adventure and
he purchased the hotel at the foot of the old Mose Melnor trail from Melnor and
Francois and has resided there ever since.
Mr. Brown was active in all public matters and filled many positions of
public interest, including two terms in the territorial council chamber, and
succeeded in having the county seat removed from Warrens to Mt. Idaho.
During the Indian war of 1877, the entire population of Camas prairie were
compelled to stockade at “Mt. Idy” for self-protection.
He was a man of decided convictions and strong will, unswerving in his adherence
to the principles he believed to be right, a staunch supporter of law, order and
morality, of broad charity and a heart as big as the needs and sorrows of
humanity.
He leaves a widow and three married children, Rollin C.
Brown, Ada M. Hovey and Daisy Smith. A
large concourse of sorrowing friends attended the funeral.
May he rest in peace.
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