Grimes' Creek

Grimes' Creek was named for George Grimes, who with Moses Splawn led the party that on August 2, 1862, made the strike that started the Boise basin gold rush. The party was searching for a rich basin that had been described to Splawn a year earlier by an Indian, and farther up this creek they found the gold they were looking for. A few days later, Grimes was killed at Grimes Pass, his death was blamed on Indians, and his partners buried him in a nearby prospect hole.

Idaho · United States