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
A Couple Follow Their Hearts to Dwell on a Remote Mountainside By Kitty Widner Photos courtesy of Floy and Jay Hester The lure of the backcountry can be as strong as the siren song. It inspired a young
When It was Really Cold By Marylyn Cork Photos Courtesy of Marylyn Cork As I walked into my Priest River pharmacy on a snowy day during Christmas week 2015, a longtime resident greeted me with a beaming smile
A Job Done Together Story and Photos by Desire´Aguirre When I pulled into the driveway in Laclede, my eighty-year-old mom, Rhoda Sanford, had her electric chainsaw in hand and already had made a significant dent in the pile
Saving Water in a Drought By Carolyn White The ranch guest—I think her name was Millicent—stared at me with her mouth open. Her jaw grazed the elegant silk scarf that was draped around her neck. “The what?” she
The Old Way in New Idaho By Jim Akenson with Holly Akenson The Akensons, both biologists, spent twenty-one years over three decades (1982-1990 and 1997-2010) at the University of Idaho’s Taylor Ranch in the Frank Church–River of No
A Far-Flung Family Struck by Floods By Khaliela Wright It rained for forty days and forty nights. Okay, that’s not entirely accurate. Some of those days it snowed. The point is there was a lot of water all
For years, the Riggins airport east of town, across the main Salmon River, was accessed by a swinging bridge at the end of a short street in the middle of town that went about halfway down the riverbank. Continue reading
