Arimo, Chief of a band of Shoshone Indians who made their home in Marsh Valley, Idaho and in Cache Valley in the 1870's and 1880's, is shown here---pipe of peace in his hand.
With him are his sons and sons-in-law along with Cyrus E. Napper who is standing in about the center of the group. Mr. Napper did considerable doctoring among the Indians and was named by them "The Great Medicine Man."
Old Arimo, as he was known to the whites, was a splendid type of Western American Indian, a man of high character as his features indicate. He died in 1896.
It is believed that the station of Arimo, Idaho was named after this old chief.
This photo was taken about 1895 and a few resources claim it was taken at Ft. Hall (Idaho), even claimed at the Fort Hall Drugstore. These sources name the men as follows: Standing back row (left to right): Canaker (canker) Johnson, Percy Edmo, Cye Napper/druggist, Chas. Deepwater, Tom Edmo and seated (left to right), Chief Arimo, Geo. Edmo, and Johnnie Gibson. The name "Edmo" is the anglicized form of "Arimo". This photo is part of the Abe Lillibridge collection, Eli Oboler Library, Idaho State University
NOTE: So you can follow the family tree, Cyrus E. Napper is the father of Ruby Napper Price, the grandfather of Mary Price Alvey and the great-grandfather of Gary, Mary Lee, Lynn, Debi, Bobbie and Billie.
