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A Graduate Returns To Investigate Story and Photos by Tanae Clayson I was graduated from Pocatello High School, which has the usual complement of honors, academics, and championships, but also is known by its students for something else.
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Recipe courtesy of the Idaho Department of Agriculture idahopreferred.com INGREDIENTS 1-2 Alpicella sourdough baguettes, baked and sliced ½ an inch thick 1 tablespoon olive oil, divided 1 ½ cups pitted sweet cherries, coarsely chopped 1/4 cup chopped cilantro
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Recipe courtesy of the Idaho Department of Agriculture idahopreferred.com INGREDIENTS 4 Rainbow Trout or 8 boneless Trout Filets ½ cup fresh lime juice 3 tablespoons chopped cilantro 2 garlic cloves, minced ¾ teaspoon ground cumin ¼ cup olive
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By Steve Carr Steve Carr moved back into town. He can be reached at [email protected]. This content is available for purchase. Please select from available options. Register & Purchase Purchase Only
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Digging up a Japanese Internment Camp By Andrea Clark Mason Having my morning cup of coffee, I open the Lewiston Tribune to an article on a public archeology day at the excavation of a former Japanese internment camp.
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Idaho’s Loftiest Fly Fishing Text and Photos by Basil Service This content is available for purchase. Please select from available options. Register & Purchase Purchase Only
A Community Re-seeds Auger Falls Park Story and Photo’s by Mike Cothern This content is available for purchase. Please select from available options. Register & Purchase Purchase Only
An Insider Finds This Old Town Still Reluctant to Make Noise
By Wallace Swenson
Straddling the rail line that angled through the Upper Snake River Valley southeast to northwest, and bisected by the two-lane track that eventually became US Highway 91, the sleepy hamlet of Firth didn’t amount to much in 1900. But as was often the case while the West was settled, the railroad put the namesake of a pioneer, Lorenzo Firth, on the map. In 1903, the Oregon Short Line, a narrow gauge connection to the transcontinental Union Pacific Railroad, decided to move the existing siding at Basalt, along with its water tower and maintenance sheds, one mile south. Exactly why this move was made has been lost in history; but back then, when railroad owners spoke, sparks flew and wheels turned. As was the fashion, the Pocatello Tribune reported laconically:
“As far as the Oregon Short Line affairs are concerned, Basalt is a matter of history. The new siding, called Firth, is three thousand feet long. A loading track has also been put in.”
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A Summer Idyll Never Forgotten By Dan Strawn This content is available for purchase. Please select from available options. Register & Purchase Purchase Only
