Culture Shock in Northern Idaho By Bob Johnson Photos by Michelle Johnson Mother deer do not like me. Well, one specific mother deer, anyway. That’s one thing I learned during our family’s three-week stay in a secluded cabin
Lucky to Be Here Story and Photos by Levi Armichardy With each curve, my excitement grows. I know the road well and can gauge distance by landmarks. From behind the wheel, I frequently scan the rocky cliffs and
During a Gold Rush Revival By Clete Edmunson Photos Mary Edmunson Collection John H. “Jack” Edmunson II, my Grandpa Jack, took his horse down Warren Creek throughout the spring, summer, and fall to get the meat he needed
The Underbelly of a Fine Town By Joe Cusick Like an ode to Salmon’s blue collar history, a loud WWII bomb siren goes off every day at noon, except Sundays. Before the town’s tourism industry got going, Salmon
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
