And a Lion, Too By Ray Brooks I saw my first Idaho black bear at about age ten, while driving up a narrow dirt road near Ketchum with my mother. The bear was turning over rocks and pieces
The CCC in Central Idaho By Ray Brooks In 1970, I worked for the Sawtooth National Forest’s Hailey Ranger District as part of a summer crew of three. Our crew boss was the “district man,” Jim Cook, a
Detective Work in the Mountains Story and Photos by Ray Brooks I rose early and arrived by 11 a.m. at the southern gate to Nicholia, which had been a mining and smelting town in the 1880s. It’s now
Idaho’s Charcoal Kilns By Tom Straka Contemporary photos by Dick Ringelstetter The charcoal kilns of central Idaho’s early mining days described here are accompanied by another story in this issue about the mines, smelters, and charcoal pits connected
Tales of Backwoods Survival By Karlene Bayok Edwards Photos courtesy of Karlene Bayok Edwards “Hold still now,” Dad would say as he tipped the five-inch blade of his hunting knife beneath our splinters to lift them out. It
The first time was back in the early 1980s, when I was driving home to Moscow with my buddy Kevin after a weekend climbing trip amid poison ivy-infested crags along the Salmon River above Riggins. Continue reading
