Last surviving member of the Grimes party which discovered gold in Boise Basin in 1862. This picture was taken in November 1921 at the age of approximately 90 years. Mr. Splawn was within six feet of George Grimes when the latter was mortally...
With relics collected at site of Sinker Creek Massacre. Jake Ruebens, Ezra Meeker, Bob Limbert, & Major J. W. Burns. Objects are in the Idaho State Historical Musuem in Boise.
