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Idaho Yesterdays - Article Index

Idaho Yesterdays - Volume 44

Date Volume Issue Author Title Description
2000 44 1   From the Editor: "Storytelling" Sharing stories as a way to preserve history
2000 44 1 Barbara Perry Bauer The Main Line Comes to Boise History of a direct rail line to the Boise capitol and construction of the Boise Depot
2000 44 1 P. J. Kinney Report on the Feasibility of Irrigation and Reclaiming Certain Desert Lands in the Peyette Valley, Ada County, Idaho Reprint of a 1885 report sent to commercial entities to invest in irrigation projects in southwest Idaho
2000 44 1 Steve F. Russell On the Trail of Lewis and Clark: The Riddle of Hungery Creek, September 18 - 20, 1805, and June 16, 18, 25, 1806 Tracks the expedition's travel through north central Idaho, and past research efforts to find and map historical campsites
2000 44 2   From the Editor: Guidelines Submission guidelines for the Idaho Yesterdays publication
2000 44 2 Jane Chase "My Dear Bishop": A report from Minidoka Letter describing conditions and community at the Minidoka Japanese-American relocation camp outside Twin Falls in 1942
2000 44 2 Robert C. Sims "You Don't Need to Wait Any Longer to Get Out": Japanese American Evacuees as Farm Laborers During World War II Study of agricultural activities at the Minidoka Japanese-American internment camp
2000 44 2 J. A. Chamberlin On the Trail of Lewis and Clark: Over the Wild Bitterroots; by Land and Air 1930 newspaper story of an aerial survey project to determine a route for US Highway 12
2000 44 2 Jenny Emery Davidson Power Switches on the Middle Snake River: The Divergent Histories of Two Hydroelectric Projects Compares contemporary and historic thought on hydroelectric projects and human intervention on the Snake River, especially industrial and environmental concerns
2000 44 3   From the Editor: Artifacts History and archaeology: Oral traditiona, written records, objects
2000 44 3 Priscilla Wegars Charlie Bemis: Idaho's Most "Significant Other" Biography of Charlie Bemis, husband of Polly Bemis, taken from original legal documents and diary accounts
2000 44 3   From the Collections Photograph of the 1916 Democratic electoral college delegates from Idaho
2000 44 3 Hugh Lovin Pipedreams and the Great Dubois Tract History and politics surrounding irrigation efforts in southeast Idaho
2000 44 3   Book Reviews  
2001 44 4   From the Editor: Mentoring Memorial to Merle William Wells for his leadership at the Idaho State Historical Society
2001 44 4   Merle William Wells, December 1, 1918 - November 6, 2000 Obituary for the Idaho historian
2001 44 4   From Friends and Colleagues Memories of Merle William Wells from members of the Idaho history community
2001 44 4 Merle Wells  Pioneer Portrait: Jean Baptiste Charbonneau Biographical sketch of Jean Baptiste Charbonneau, son of Sacajawea.
2001 44 4 Merle Wells  Footnote to History: New Notes on the Word "Idaho" Origin of the word Idaho
2001 44 4 Merle Wells  Territorial Government in the Inland Empire:The Movement to Create Columbia Territory, 1864 - 69 Efforts to divide large territories of land in the Pacific Northwest into smaller governmental units and the creation of Idaho as a territory
2001 44 4 Merle Wells  Clinton Dewitt Smith: Secretary, Idaho Territory, 1864-1865 Biographical sketch of Smith's time in Idaho Territory
2001 44 4 Merle Wells  Wilson Waddingham in Idaho Quartz mining efforts at Rocky Bar east of Boise
2001 44 4 Merle Wells  Origins of Anti-Mormonism in Idaho, 1872-1880 Religious prejudice and politics in early Idaho
2001 44 4 Merle Wells  Wartime in Berkeley Memories of the week following Pearl Harbor as a student at UC-Berkeley
2001 44 4 Judith Austin Merle Wells's Writings Bibliographic essay listing Wells' work over several decades