| Date | Volume | Issue | Author | Title | Description |
| 1985 | 29 | 1 | Hugh T. Lovin | Free Enterprise and Large-Scale Reclamation on the Twin Falls-North Side Tract, 1907-1930 | Carey Act reclamation projects were chancy endeavors for all concerned. |
| 1985 | 29 | 1 | Barbara E. Perry | Arrowrock Dam Is Built | A photographic essay on one of Idaho's greatest construction projects. |
| 1985 | 29 | 1 | H. Roger Grant | An Idahoan Experiences Utopia: Irvin E. Rockwell and the Spirit Fruit Society | An influential Idaho resident supported an unusual community. |
| 1985 | 29 | 1 | Glen Barrett | Agnostic and Believer: The Darrow-Rockwell Correspondence | An intriguing dialogue between two old friends. |
| 1985 | 29 | 1 | Book Reviews | ||
| 1985 | 29 | 2 | Merle W. Wells | Timber Frauds on Crooked River | Several prominent Idaho political figures were caught up in a major legal battle in the early 1900's. |
| 1985 | 29 | 2 | Linda Morton | The Mills of Owyhee County | A photo essay on structures critical to the success of the Owyhee mines. |
| 1985 | 29 | 2 | Larry R. Jones | Staging to the South Boise Mines | The rise and fall of early Idaho communities was closely linked to the success of stage, freight, and mail service. |
| 1985 | 29 | 2 | R. E. Mather and F. E. Boswell | Henry Plummer in Idaho | A legendary figure did not get into so much trouble in Idaho as has been reported. |
| 1985 | 29 | 2 | Book Review | ||
| 1985 | 29 | 3 | Robert Waite | Necessary to Isolate the Female Prisoners: Women Convicts and the Women's Ward at the Old Idaho Penitentiary | Caring for female prison inmates has often been a difficult task. |
| 1985 | 29 | 3 | Those Were the Days | ...when walls were built around the old warden's house to provide isolated facilities for Idaho's women prisoners. | |
| 1985 | 29 | 3 | Marjorie J. Williams | A Volcano in Idaho? | Newspaper coverage of a remarkable "event" in 1881 offers some interesting insights. |
| 1985 | 29 | 3 | James W. Hulse | Idaho versus Nevada: The 1887 Struggle Between Nevada's Senator and Idaho's Governor | The first in a series of articles providing background for celebrating the centennial of Idaho's statehood in 1990. |
| 1985 | 29 | 3 | "Sawtooth Frogs" | An Idaho United States senator's papers produce a tongue-in-cheek exchange. | |
| 1986 | 29 | 4 | Clifford E. Trafzer and Richard D. Scheuerman | "This Land Is Your Land and You Are Being Robbed of It": Dispossession of Palouse Indian Land, 1860-1880 | The aftermath of the Plateau Indian War in the interior Northwest was painful for Palouse bands. |
| 1986 | 29 | 4 | Carrie Adell Strahorn | City Building - Caldwell | A reminiscence of the wife of Caldwell's principal founder. |
| 1986 | 29 | 4 | Those Were the Days | ...when Caldwell boomed. | |
| 1986 | 29 | 4 | Dale M. Gray | War on the Mountain | Not only mining was conducted underground. |
| 1986 | 29 | 4 | Book Reviews |