History of Idaho; a narrative account of its historical progress, its people and its principal interests . ars in promoting his adopted sections commercialand industrial inttrests. Born August 29, 1S33, onthe Canadian side of Niagara Falls, Mr. Kennalycame to Idaho as a young man of twenty-seven years,and in the spring of 1S64, in partnership with FredHottes embarked in the hardware business in Boise,an association which continued until May, 1865. .Mthat time he disposed of his interests and started backon a trip to the home of his parents, the journey offour hundred miles to Salt Lake being m
History of Idaho; a narrative account of its historical progress, its people and its principal interests . ars in promoting his adopted sections commercialand industrial inttrests. Born August 29, 1S33, onthe Canadian side of Niagara Falls, Mr. Kennalycame to Idaho as a young man of twenty-seven years,and in the spring of 1S64, in partnership with FredHottes embarked in the hardware business in Boise,an association which continued until May, 1865. .Mthat time he disposed of his interests and started backon a trip to the home of his parents, the journey offour hundred miles to Salt Lake being made on horse-back and the trip then being continued by wagontrain to Nebraska City, and thence by steamer toSt. Louis and on to Cleveland. Ohio. He did notremain at the old home for long, however, as thelure of the West again called him, and in the springof 1866 he returned to Idaho and settled in IdahoCity. His subsequent life in this state was one ofgreat activity, and he rapidly became one of thedominant figures in the commercial life of his adoptedcity. With Frank R. Coffin he entered the hardware. iVo;i L-^i-i^^ ^^^^ HISTORY OF IDAHO 849 and implement business, vvhicli was developed intothe most important enterprise of its kind in tlie state,and for a long period Mr. Kennaly enjoyed the repu-tation of being a leading factor in business venturesof an extensive nature. The Sherman Act, whichinstructed the secretary of the treasury to buy silverbullion to the amount of 4,500,000 ounces a month,and to issue treasury notes in payment, was blatnedfor the busmess depression of 1893, during whichtime Mr. Kennaly sustained losses of many thousandsof dollars, and he was eventually obliged to abandonhis business and to turn over to his creditors hisentire stock of merchandise, valued at more than$20,000. Thus, although at the time practicallypauperizing himself, Mr. Kennaly retained the highreputation that had been his throughout his businesscareer, and vindicated the confidence in w
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