Remembering the Forgotten By LeeAnn Garton I don’t know if my mother and I were going to Spencer to catch the train or just for the excitement of seeing a letter from Dad a few hours earlier than
Stranded amid the Pioneers Story and Photos by Diana Hooley The temperature outside, according to my car dashboard, was 95 degrees. I muttered to myself as I stalked through the Owyhee Desert. Why hadn’t I brought a hat
Snowed-In With a Vengeance Story and Photos by Clell G. Ballard My late father, Claude Ballard, became postmaster in Fairfield, the seat of Camas County, in 1934. In our extremely small community, he knew everyone who received mail
A Small Brotherhood Story and Photos by James Roberts The sign in the lodge’s restaurant at Lowman said, “COVID-19 Free Since 1937.” I wondered if that was because most of the wild animals on the walls were wearing
And Walking with the Wildflowers Story and photos by Michael Ridge Thigh-high muddy waters from spring runoff had transformed this intermittent creek into a raging river, and I was in the middle of it. Under me, the horse
The Firearm As Tool By Dwight Sutton In the years of this story, from 1910 to 1950, in Arco and elsewhere in Idaho, guns and shooting were part of our everyday life. Not a large part, but nonetheless
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
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
On Sharing Space Story and Photos by John Davidson Fifty years I’ve been gearing up for this, since my first job as a dishwasher, at fourteen. I’d think about who would be using plates, cups, silverware, saucers. My
At a Backcountry School By Katherine Wonn Harris Following is an excerpt from Topping Out, the late author’s account of teaching children in 1916 in the remote Salmon River country west of White Bird, which she did for
