And Strength of Mind By Trisha Taylor Photos courtesy of Trisha Taylor When I was around ten years old, I wanted to go see Terri Clark in concert at the Twin Falls County Fair, but I got pneumonia
The Key to a 30K Trail Run By Kimberly Shepard Sometimes you don’t know how you feel about an experience until it’s over. Take a novel, for example: the beginning may have you rolling your eyes and questioning
Where Heaven and Earth Meet By Jay G. Burrup I remember Downey’s small but impressive Marsh Valley Hospital of orange brick. It was built on North Main Street in the late 1940s by energetic civic leaders, including my
Boondocks Royalty Story and Photos by J. David Erickson ____________________________________ Nelson Blewett Tenmile Creek, Nez Perce National Forest. Nearing midnight, six of us hovered around our smoky base camp fire. Our ten-day elk hunt was essentially over. Tomorrow
A Small-College Professor Remembers His Students By Les Tanner Photos Courtesy of The College of Idaho Some years ago, I asked the students in my trigonometry class to help decide what to do about an application for admission.
Idaho’s First Black Lawyer By Justin Vipperman When I grew up in rural Idaho, I had few opportunities to interact with African Americans on a day-to-day basis. Moving to Tennessee in 1999 provided me with ample opportunities to
By Amy Story Larson When the air turns cooler, the fare turns heartier. That’s my motto, anyhow. his being my birth season, when I smell fall in the air, the senses go on high alert. The shadows have
Navigating South Selkirk Crest Story and Photos by Alice Schenk In “Highpointing the Forty-Four,” (IDAHO magazine, March 2020), Alice Schenk described several climbs in a continuing effort to reach the tallest peak in each of Idaho’s forty-four counties.
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By John W. Lundin Photos courtesy Center for Regional History, the Community Library, unless otherwise noted I first skied in the Wood River Valley in 1960, after a twenty-four-hour train ride from Seattle, when a week-long ski pass
