A Weekly Paper in the Good Old Days By Larry Burke Photos courtesy of the author Today it is an outdoor patio adjacent to a popular bar and restaurant in Hailey’s Main Street business district, a seldom-used space
Private or Public Potatoes? By Max Jenkins Photos Courtesy of Max Jenkins On a Saturday morning early in 1950, as I dusted the new cars in the Jordan Motors showroom, a big black vehicle pulled up and parked
An Idaho Day Celebration By Linden B. Bateman During a thirty-seven-year career as a history teacher, I constantly searched for class projects that could bring the past to life—things that went beyond just reading a textbook. And so it
Uncle Sam Calls a Six-Year-Old By Ed Marohn Photos courtesy of Ed Marohn I stared at the framed certificate hanging on the wall with the other mounted items in my office—a sunny windowed room in our empty-nester home
A Call to Yesteryear By Julie Conrad Photos courtesy of Julie Conrad Smelling the sweet scent of overripe huckleberries, I ditch my car and walk along the lane where our old cabin still stands, although our family doesn’t
By James J. Pizzadili The old cowboy stood along U.S. 95 with his thumb out. He was dressed in clean ostrich-skin cowboy boots, jeans, brown leather jacket, and a large Stetson. He looked a bit weathered and worn,
Battling through Polio By Jane Falk Oppenheimer as told to Arthur “Skip” Oppenheimer Photos courtesy of the Oppenheimer family. This story is offered to readers free in its entirety. The prominent business ventures and charitable work of the
A Riggins Girl in Hells Canyon By Murrielle McGaffee Wilson Photos courtesy of Billy Jim Wilson The author was born in White Bird on January 5, 1913. Her son, Billy Jim Wilson, who has written frequently for this
By Dana Stewart Quinney Conservationist and biologist Dana Stewart Quinney grew up in Ketchum in the 1950s, where her father was one of the first fly fishing and hunting guides for celebrities who stayed at Sun Valley Resort.
Which Cowboy Will She Wed? By Ethyl Thomason Rodden The author, born in Parma in 1920, celebrates her ninety-ninth birthday on June 12. The eldest of eight children, her parents both came from out of state, married on
