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Idaho Yesterdays - Article Index

Idaho Yesterdays - Volume 10

Date Volume Issue Author Title Description
1966 10 1 Edited by William E. Davis George Forman, the Great Pedestrian Entertaining and perceptive observations of Boise Basin during the gold rush.
1966 10 1 Stacy Peterson Silas Skinner's Owyhee Toll Road An Idaho author describes the toll route established by Silas Skinner in 1866.
1966 10 1 R. G. Cook Pioneer Portraits: Weldon B. Heyburn This biographical sketch of a prominent Idaho United States Senator is based upon a thesis prepared at the University of Idaho.
1966 10 1   Those Were the Days ...Pack trains.
1966 10 1   Book Reviews  
1966 10 2 Thomas George McFadden "We'll All Wear Diamonds" In 1865-1866 and again in 1892, the Owyhee region was the scene of a wild diamond hunting craze.
1966 10 2 Annie Laurie Bird Idaho's First Territorial Governor An evaluation of the career of William Wallace, one of the leading founders of Idaho.
1966 10 2 John J. Peebles The Return of Lewis and Clark The trail and campsites of Lewis and Clark on their return through Idaho in the spring and summer of 1806.
1966 10 2 Alfred Glen Humphreys Peg-Leg Smith: A Horse Trader on the Oregon Trail Thomas L. Smith ran a trading post for California and Oregon immigrants on Bear River until the time of the California gold rush. This fascinating story of one of Idaho's pioneer merchants - and horsethieves - is the eighth in a series of pioneer portraits.
1966 10 3 William E. Davis A Swedish Gem in Idaho's Shining Mountains A leading Idaho historian paints a portrait of Dr. Sven Liljeblad, linguist and ethnologist, who has spent a quarter century studying the Indians of Idaho.
1966 10 3   Pioneer Portraits: Charles Leopold Ostner In connection with the Idaho Arts and Humanities Conference held in Boise on November 14, this article features several paintings by an early Idaho artist.
1966 10 3 Nancy Miller The Equestrian Statue of George Washington The story of the statue of George Washington, carved by Charles Ostner, which has been on display for almost a century at the Idaho Statehouse.
1966 10 3 Merle W. Wells Walla Walla's Vision of a Greater Washington An account of the dispute over the location of the North Idaho-East Washington boundary.
1966-1967 10 4 Michael J. Malone C. Ben Ross:  Idaho's Cowboy Governor A study of the political career of the first native Idahoan to be elected governor.
1966-1967 10 4 Haruo Aoki What Does "Chopunnish" Mean? A distinguished linguist explains the origin of the name Nez Perce.
1966-1967 10 4 Bess Steunenberg Early Days in Caldwell Recollections of what Caldwell was like, at least in the eyes of a child, at the turn of the century.
1966-1967 10 4 A. K. Steunenberg From Fraternity to Paternity:  The Caldwell Brotherhood of Bachelors Hilarious reports of organized bachelorhood in Caldwell entertained the community at the time Idaho became a state.
1966-1967 10 4 Mark K. Brown The Chessmen of War An analysis of the strategy of troop movements in the Nez Perce War of 1877.
1966-1967 10 4   Book Reviews