William was the son of William Isaac Frost and Sarah Frances Yaryan.
Claud Frost, successfully engaged in the live stock business at Star, is a representative of one of the old and honored pioneer families of Ada county. His grandfather, William Frost, and his father, William Isaac Frost, had crossed the plains from Iowa in 1862, bringing with them one hundred and twenty-five head of cattle. They did not have a great deal of trouble with the Indians as they traveled westward, but one night the red men shot one of the steers with an arrow while the animals were being herded for the night. William I. Frost was on duty at the time and out of the dark came the bawl of a steer, of which he took no special notice at the time, but the morning light showed the animal with an arrow in its flank. Traveling westward, William I. Frost and his father passed through Idaho and continued on to' California, where they engaged in freighting until 1865, when they returned to this state and settled on the Boise river in the Boise valley eighteen miles west of what is now the capital city. There W. I. Frost homesteaded a tract of land, on a portion of which his son Claud now resides. When passing through Idaho in 1862 the grandfather, William Frost, was offered forty acres of land in what is now the center of Boise, the Sonna block — one of the finest business structures of the city — now standing upon that property, which Mr. Frost could have secured for a team and two hundred and fifty dollars in money. Today the property is worth several thousand dollars. As the years passed the grandfather and father bore their part in the work of development and improvement, contributing largely to agricultural progress. The home in which W. I. Frost lived is now occupied by his son George and is on the southwestern side of the original tract which Mr. Frost had homesteaded and taken up as a culture claim, while he had also purchased an eighty acre tract adjoining. Both the father and grandfather, together with other settlers of the locality, had assisted in building a fort about three miles southwest of Star on the Boise river in 1865 in order to afford protection for their families from the Indians. On one occasion when word was received that the Indians were coming the men were all working in the harvest fields. William Frost, who was the recognized leader in the community, ordered them to stop and get their families into the fort, which they did. The white men then went to meet the Indians, who beat a hasty retreat into Owyhee county south of the Snake river. Those early days were ones of constant vigilance and nerve-racking anxiety. The old Indian trail from the Owyhee mountains to the Sawtooth range passed through the homestead property of the Frost family. There is a slough which runs through the place and the old Indian crossing over this is the only trace left of the trail.
Claud Frost was born March 9, 1881, on the old homestead, a portion of which he now owns and occupies. He attended the schools of the district, worked with his father in the fields through the summer seasons and remained at home until he had attained his majority. He then took up stock raising and farming on his own account on a part of the old home place given him by his father. He both bought and sold live stock which fed on the ranges around the Meridian country. In fact almost the entire state at that time was an open range and Claud Frost rode many days, months and years after the cattle. He is familiar with every phase of cowboy life and has lived to see remarkable changes occur in the state as Idaho has become thickly settled and the land has been taken up for farming purposes. He has improved his own place and has a splendid farm, in the midst of which stands a beautiful, modern and commodious home within one mile of Star. His property is indicative of the success which has crowned his efforts, for the prosperity which he has achieved enabled him to secure his present residence and to add to his ranch all modern equipment and conveniences.
In 1901 Mr. Frost was married to Miss Ora Jessee, a native of Harrison county, Missouri, who came to Idaho with her parents, Elisha and Nan (Glendenning) Jeasee. Her father has passed away but her mother survives and is living at Homedale, Idaho, at the age of sixty-six years. Mr. and Mrs. Frost have two children: Chester C., sixteen years of age; and Myrl A. The progressive work instituted by his grandfather in pioneer times and carried on by his father is being continued by Mr. Frost and thus three generations of the family have been active factors in the development and cultivation of Idaho's rich farming country.
(Published in History of Idaho: The Gem of the Mountains Vol. 3 by James H. Hawley 1920)
Claud Frost, successfully engaged in the live stock business at Star, is a representative of one of the old and honored pioneer families of Ada county. His grandfather, William Frost, and his father, William Isaac Frost, had crossed the plains from Iowa in 1862, bringing with them one hundred and twenty-five head of cattle. They did not have a great deal of trouble with the Indians as they traveled westward, but one night the red men shot one of the steers with an arrow while the animals were being herded for the night. William I. Frost was on duty at the time and out of the dark came the bawl of a steer, of which he took no special notice at the time, but the morning light showed the animal with an arrow in its flank. Traveling westward, William I. Frost and his father passed through Idaho and continued on to' California, where they engaged in freighting until 1865, when they returned to this state and settled on the Boise river in the Boise valley eighteen miles west of what is now the capital city. There W. I. Frost homesteaded a tract of land, on a portion of which his son Claud now resides. When passing through Idaho in 1862 the grandfather, William Frost, was offered forty acres of land in what is now the center of Boise, the Sonna block — one of the finest business structures of the city — now standing upon that property, which Mr. Frost could have secured for a team and two hundred and fifty dollars in money. Today the property is worth several thousand dollars. As the years passed the grandfather and father bore their part in the work of development and improvement, contributing largely to agricultural progress. The home in which W. I. Frost lived is now occupied by his son George and is on the southwestern side of the original tract which Mr. Frost had homesteaded and taken up as a culture claim, while he had also purchased an eighty acre tract adjoining. Both the father and grandfather, together with other settlers of the locality, had assisted in building a fort about three miles southwest of Star on the Boise river in 1865 in order to afford protection for their families from the Indians. On one occasion when word was received that the Indians were coming the men were all working in the harvest fields. William Frost, who was the recognized leader in the community, ordered them to stop and get their families into the fort, which they did. The white men then went to meet the Indians, who beat a hasty retreat into Owyhee county south of the Snake river. Those early days were ones of constant vigilance and nerve-racking anxiety. The old Indian trail from the Owyhee mountains to the Sawtooth range passed through the homestead property of the Frost family. There is a slough which runs through the place and the old Indian crossing over this is the only trace left of the trail.
Claud Frost was born March 9, 1881, on the old homestead, a portion of which he now owns and occupies. He attended the schools of the district, worked with his father in the fields through the summer seasons and remained at home until he had attained his majority. He then took up stock raising and farming on his own account on a part of the old home place given him by his father. He both bought and sold live stock which fed on the ranges around the Meridian country. In fact almost the entire state at that time was an open range and Claud Frost rode many days, months and years after the cattle. He is familiar with every phase of cowboy life and has lived to see remarkable changes occur in the state as Idaho has become thickly settled and the land has been taken up for farming purposes. He has improved his own place and has a splendid farm, in the midst of which stands a beautiful, modern and commodious home within one mile of Star. His property is indicative of the success which has crowned his efforts, for the prosperity which he has achieved enabled him to secure his present residence and to add to his ranch all modern equipment and conveniences.
In 1901 Mr. Frost was married to Miss Ora Jessee, a native of Harrison county, Missouri, who came to Idaho with her parents, Elisha and Nan (Glendenning) Jeasee. Her father has passed away but her mother survives and is living at Homedale, Idaho, at the age of sixty-six years. Mr. and Mrs. Frost have two children: Chester C., sixteen years of age; and Myrl A. The progressive work instituted by his grandfather in pioneer times and carried on by his father is being continued by Mr. Frost and thus three generations of the family have been active factors in the development and cultivation of Idaho's rich farming country.
(Published in History of Idaho: The Gem of the Mountains Vol. 3 by James H. Hawley 1920)
William was the son of William Isaac Frost and Sarah Frances Yaryan.
Claud Frost, successfully engaged in the live stock business at Star, is a representative of one of the old and honored pioneer families of Ada county. His grandfather, William Frost, and his father, William Isaac Frost, had crossed the plains from Iowa in 1862, bringing with them one hundred and twenty-five head of cattle. They did not have a great deal of trouble with the Indians as they traveled westward, but one night the red men shot one of the steers with an arrow while the animals were being herded for the night. William I. Frost was on duty at the time and out of the dark came the bawl of a steer, of which he took no special notice at the time, but the morning light showed the animal with an arrow in its flank. Traveling westward, William I. Frost and his father passed through Idaho and continued on to' California, where they engaged in freighting until 1865, when they returned to this state and settled on the Boise river in the Boise valley eighteen miles west of what is now the capital city. There W. I. Frost homesteaded a tract of land, on a portion of which his son Claud now resides. When passing through Idaho in 1862 the grandfather, William Frost, was offered forty acres of land in what is now the center of Boise, the Sonna block — one of the finest business structures of the city — now standing upon that property, which Mr. Frost could have secured for a team and two hundred and fifty dollars in money. Today the property is worth several thousand dollars. As the years passed the grandfather and father bore their part in the work of development and improvement, contributing largely to agricultural progress. The home in which W. I. Frost lived is now occupied by his son George and is on the southwestern side of the original tract which Mr. Frost had homesteaded and taken up as a culture claim, while he had also purchased an eighty acre tract adjoining. Both the father and grandfather, together with other settlers of the locality, had assisted in building a fort about three miles southwest of Star on the Boise river in 1865 in order to afford protection for their families from the Indians. On one occasion when word was received that the Indians were coming the men were all working in the harvest fields. William Frost, who was the recognized leader in the community, ordered them to stop and get their families into the fort, which they did. The white men then went to meet the Indians, who beat a hasty retreat into Owyhee county south of the Snake river. Those early days were ones of constant vigilance and nerve-racking anxiety. The old Indian trail from the Owyhee mountains to the Sawtooth range passed through the homestead property of the Frost family. There is a slough which runs through the place and the old Indian crossing over this is the only trace left of the trail.
Claud Frost was born March 9, 1881, on the old homestead, a portion of which he now owns and occupies. He attended the schools of the district, worked with his father in the fields through the summer seasons and remained at home until he had attained his majority. He then took up stock raising and farming on his own account on a part of the old home place given him by his father. He both bought and sold live stock which fed on the ranges around the Meridian country. In fact almost the entire state at that time was an open range and Claud Frost rode many days, months and years after the cattle. He is familiar with every phase of cowboy life and has lived to see remarkable changes occur in the state as Idaho has become thickly settled and the land has been taken up for farming purposes. He has improved his own place and has a splendid farm, in the midst of which stands a beautiful, modern and commodious home within one mile of Star. His property is indicative of the success which has crowned his efforts, for the prosperity which he has achieved enabled him to secure his present residence and to add to his ranch all modern equipment and conveniences.
In 1901 Mr. Frost was married to Miss Ora Jessee, a native of Harrison county, Missouri, who came to Idaho with her parents, Elisha and Nan (Glendenning) Jeasee. Her father has passed away but her mother survives and is living at Homedale, Idaho, at the age of sixty-six years. Mr. and Mrs. Frost have two children: Chester C., sixteen years of age; and Myrl A. The progressive work instituted by his grandfather in pioneer times and carried on by his father is being continued by Mr. Frost and thus three generations of the family have been active factors in the development and cultivation of Idaho's rich farming country.
(Published in History of Idaho: The Gem of the Mountains Vol. 3 by James H. Hawley 1920)
Claud Frost, successfully engaged in the live stock business at Star, is a representative of one of the old and honored pioneer families of Ada county. His grandfather, William Frost, and his father, William Isaac Frost, had crossed the plains from Iowa in 1862, bringing with them one hundred and twenty-five head of cattle. They did not have a great deal of trouble with the Indians as they traveled westward, but one night the red men shot one of the steers with an arrow while the animals were being herded for the night. William I. Frost was on duty at the time and out of the dark came the bawl of a steer, of which he took no special notice at the time, but the morning light showed the animal with an arrow in its flank. Traveling westward, William I. Frost and his father passed through Idaho and continued on to' California, where they engaged in freighting until 1865, when they returned to this state and settled on the Boise river in the Boise valley eighteen miles west of what is now the capital city. There W. I. Frost homesteaded a tract of land, on a portion of which his son Claud now resides. When passing through Idaho in 1862 the grandfather, William Frost, was offered forty acres of land in what is now the center of Boise, the Sonna block — one of the finest business structures of the city — now standing upon that property, which Mr. Frost could have secured for a team and two hundred and fifty dollars in money. Today the property is worth several thousand dollars. As the years passed the grandfather and father bore their part in the work of development and improvement, contributing largely to agricultural progress. The home in which W. I. Frost lived is now occupied by his son George and is on the southwestern side of the original tract which Mr. Frost had homesteaded and taken up as a culture claim, while he had also purchased an eighty acre tract adjoining. Both the father and grandfather, together with other settlers of the locality, had assisted in building a fort about three miles southwest of Star on the Boise river in 1865 in order to afford protection for their families from the Indians. On one occasion when word was received that the Indians were coming the men were all working in the harvest fields. William Frost, who was the recognized leader in the community, ordered them to stop and get their families into the fort, which they did. The white men then went to meet the Indians, who beat a hasty retreat into Owyhee county south of the Snake river. Those early days were ones of constant vigilance and nerve-racking anxiety. The old Indian trail from the Owyhee mountains to the Sawtooth range passed through the homestead property of the Frost family. There is a slough which runs through the place and the old Indian crossing over this is the only trace left of the trail.
Claud Frost was born March 9, 1881, on the old homestead, a portion of which he now owns and occupies. He attended the schools of the district, worked with his father in the fields through the summer seasons and remained at home until he had attained his majority. He then took up stock raising and farming on his own account on a part of the old home place given him by his father. He both bought and sold live stock which fed on the ranges around the Meridian country. In fact almost the entire state at that time was an open range and Claud Frost rode many days, months and years after the cattle. He is familiar with every phase of cowboy life and has lived to see remarkable changes occur in the state as Idaho has become thickly settled and the land has been taken up for farming purposes. He has improved his own place and has a splendid farm, in the midst of which stands a beautiful, modern and commodious home within one mile of Star. His property is indicative of the success which has crowned his efforts, for the prosperity which he has achieved enabled him to secure his present residence and to add to his ranch all modern equipment and conveniences.
In 1901 Mr. Frost was married to Miss Ora Jessee, a native of Harrison county, Missouri, who came to Idaho with her parents, Elisha and Nan (Glendenning) Jeasee. Her father has passed away but her mother survives and is living at Homedale, Idaho, at the age of sixty-six years. Mr. and Mrs. Frost have two children: Chester C., sixteen years of age; and Myrl A. The progressive work instituted by his grandfather in pioneer times and carried on by his father is being continued by Mr. Frost and thus three generations of the family have been active factors in the development and cultivation of Idaho's rich farming country.
(Published in History of Idaho: The Gem of the Mountains Vol. 3 by James H. Hawley 1920)
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