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All for One

Posted on September 1, 2022 by Ray Brooks / Comments Off on All for One

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
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A Horse’s Seat

Posted on April 1, 2022 by Julie Fox / Comments Off on A Horse’s Seat

The Race That Settled a County Dispute By Julie Fox The basis for the following story is a manuscript written by Jeanette Fox LeMoyne, my great-aunt. The Fox family has been prominent in Hailey since its founding. A
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Over the Trail and Down the River

Posted on February 1, 2022 by Gary Oberbillig / Comments Off on Over the Trail and Down the River

The Mystery of an Old Canoe By Gary Oberbillig My stepfather, Austin Case, liked to assure any dogs he encountered that they were “a nuisance, an abomination, and a detriment to mankind.” He would say this in the
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Once in the Blue Moon

Posted on January 1, 2022 by Harvey Hughett / Comments Off on Once in the Blue Moon

Seven Decades of Culinary Fame By Harvey Hughett Photos Courtesy of Harvey Hughett I’ve never figured out why some of Idaho’s most interesting places sometimes have the least amount of information written about them. That seems to be
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Dry Creek Memories

Posted on January 1, 2022 by Tom Lopez / Comments Off on Dry Creek Memories

Remote and Idyllic By Tom Lopez We never know where life will take us. Often we are bounced around like driftwood in a river by occurrences we could not have foreseen. Fortunately, my unforeseen bounces took me to
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A Gunslinger’s Confession

Posted on December 1, 2021 by Shirley Moon / Comments Off on A Gunslinger’s Confession

George Dunning and the Cattle War By Shirley Moon Photos Courtesy of Shirley Moon For those who like exciting or even shocking Old West stories, here’s one: last summer, I learned that my great-uncle, George Dunning, of Owyhee
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Wilkins Speedway [read this free]

Posted on December 1, 2021 by Michael Vogt / Comments Off on Wilkins Speedway [read this free]

A Lot of Cars Totaled By Michael Vogt Photos Courtesy of Michael Vogt The author, who compiled an oral history of a horse racing track near Caldwell in the 1940s (“Sage Acres,” IDAHO magazine, January 2021) now does
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Return of the Captives

Posted on October 1, 2021 by Trevor James Bond / Comments Off on Return of the Captives

How the Nez Perce Rallied America and Rescued Their Heritage By Trevor James Bond In a new book, Coming Home to Nez Perce Country: The Niimíipuu Campaign to Repatriate Their Exploited Heritage (Washington State University Press), librarian and
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Stalking the Smelters

Posted on September 1, 2021 by Ray Brooks / Comments Off on Stalking the Smelters

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
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Ghosts of Brick and Stone

Posted on September 1, 2021 by Tom Straka / Comments Off on Ghosts of Brick and Stone

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
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