IN THIS ISSUE! Buhl, Coeur d’ Alene, Cottonwood, Glenns Ferry, Hells Canyon, Lewiston, Medbury, Moscow, Moscow Mountain,
Not Dead Yet but Just Wait By Ron McFarland Pretty much everyone draws blood when attaching snow chains, right? I certainly always did so when I undertook such a complex and dangerous challenge. Fortunately, I’ve moved on to
Especially in an Elevator By Chuck Trunks Dog-lovers, be forewarned: in this excerpt from a new book, Must Love Dogs, the author describes an encounter that helps to explain why he’s anxious and fearful in the presence of
By Amy Story Cucumber Sesame Salad INGREDIENTS 2 medium-sized cucumbers 1/2 tsp. salt 2 tsp. toasted dark sesame oil 2 Tbsp. seasoned rice vinegar 6 basil leaves, thinly sliced 1/2 tsp. red chili flakes minced garlic to taste,
Books in Times of Change By Aisha Marie My love affair with books began a very long time ago. I was just a little girl in Rose Lake when I used to watch my sister, Sandi, and my
Almost Six Decades Later Story and Photos by Ray Brooks This past spring I completed a long-interrupted fifty-nine-year search. My quest to find the ghost town of Medbury had been revived the previous winter, when I drove northwest
Disaster Barely Avoided By Wayne Fuller When I was a young child, I wandered away from home frequently. I was the eighth of nine children, and my mother often delegated one of my six older sisters to try
It’s a Game-Changer By Amy Story I never would’ve thought the guy I jokingly called Wild River Bill would actually one day take me on the river, but he sure did, as promised. In Hells Canyon. “It’s a
A Youthful Investment By Steve Carr The evergreen hedge, ten feet tall, stretched the length of the estate. A landmark in its own right and already decades old in 1970, it provided privacy and, I suspect, a sense
Everybody Was Doin’ It By Rob Moore In the mid-1970s, the Latah County Historical Society coordinated the creation of recorded interviews with more than two hundred northern Idahoans, a collection of nearly six hundred hours of oral history
