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Inventing Idaho

Posted on by Keith C. Petersen / 1 Comment

How Idaho Got Its Shape By Keith C. Petersen When I got a question about Richard Nixon’s profile in Idaho’s borderline, I figured it was time to write a book. I once served as Idaho’s State Historian. When
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From Scow to Sweep Boat

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A Rafting Evolution By Ray Brooks In late July 2000, it was raining lightly on Boundary Creek’s steep wooden launch ramp of the Middle Fork Salmon as our group started loading our rafts. When I was an apprentice
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The Way to Elk City

Posted on by Dana Lohrey / Comments Off on The Way to Elk City

A Journey into History By Dana Lohrey Photos Courtesy of the Dana Lohrey Collection I  wonder if there’s any gold left? That’s what I used to think when we fished Newsome Creek and other streams along the historic
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Bachelor Pioneers

Posted on by Michael Vogt / Comments Off on Bachelor Pioneers

Three Brothers Who Never Parted Story and Photos by Michael Vogt Caldwell native Dale Smith’s pride in his great-great uncles, the Johnston brothers, led him to study their lives closely, and he even portrays one of them when
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All for One

Posted on 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 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 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 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 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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