George Dunning and the Cattle War By Shirley Moon Photos Courtesy of Shirley Moon For those who like exciting or even shocking Old West stories, here’s one: last summer, I learned that my great-uncle, George Dunning, of Owyhee
By Les Tanner Double-checking with event coordinators about the following locations, dates, and times is recommended. Northern Idaho 2 The Well~Read Evening Book Club: 6:00 – 7:30 PM, The Well Read Moose, Coeur d’Alene 2,9,16 Pre-school Storytime: 10:30
1935-1939 By Karlene Bayok Edwards Photos from the Joe and Marcella Bayok Collection ’ve often wondered how my parents got together. They were so different. Mother was tiny, fine-boned, and quick. Dad was tall, big-shouldered, and steadfast. She
By Amy Story Larson Armadillo Eggs INGREDIENTS 1 lb. sausage meat (mild, spicy, breakfast, honey garlic, etc.) 5 jalapeno peppers (or, if too strong for some members of household, Poblano peppers will suffice) 1/2 brick cream cheese (4
When Game Birds Were Plentiful By David E. Metcalf The colorful bird flew fast and low, directly toward me. “This will be an easy shot,” I thought. In a situation like this, sometimes I was right and sometimes
A Normal Thing Back Then By Gary Oberbillig When I was a high school kid in rural Idaho in the 1950s, several times each week during the pheasant hunting season I would take up my twelve-gauge shotgun from
By a Budding Femme Fatale By Steve Carr I spent three days in band class. Before my first day as a bussed seventh-grade student at O.E. Bell Junior High in Idaho Falls, I guess I was supposed to
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A Lot of Cars Totaled By Michael Vogt Photos Courtesy of Michael Vogt The author, who compiled an oral history of a horse racing track near Caldwell in the 1940s (“Sage Acres,” IDAHO magazine, January 2021) now does
A Town Tailored to Its History By Amy McClellan My family has a long-standing personal connection to Roberts—a town of about six hundred and fifty residents fifteen miles north of our home in Idaho Falls—through our frequent visits
