History Archive

Idaho’s Basque Tables

A Boise pub, a Hailey church and Meridian restaurant trace common roots to the Old Country.

BY Patti Murphy

Memories of Minidoka

By Patti Murphy

The California Trail: A Tangible History

The California Trail, only a few hours from Sun Valley, offers tangible history you can trace. Follow wagon ruts through farms and small towns and the most formidable desert. That’s just what this writer did.

text: Van Gordon Sauter
Photography courtesy Oregon Trail Center

Endangered Art

The ancient art of hunting with a bird of prey where humans are seen as neither friend nor foe, but a means to a meal when working together.

Text: Patti Murphy
Photography: Courtesy of The Peregrine Fund

My Sunny Valentine

A loving look at Sun Valley through the eyes of a Hollywood mogul whose humble beginnings included a stint here as a waiter at the Sun Valley Lodge.

Text: Saul Turteltaub
Photography: Courtesy of Saul Turtletaub

Red Lights and Silk Stockings

Red lights, silk stockings. A look at the bawdier days of Blaine County.

Text: Kelly Jackson
Photography: Courtesy of Idaho State Historical Society and The Regional History Department of The Community Library

Scratch the Surface

Gooding, the birthplace of Idaho's seventh governor and a stop for the Chatauqua Movement.

Text: Deb Gelet
Photography: Craig Wolfrom

Within A Wolf's Cry

Idaho Rocky Mountain Ranch north of Ketchum.

Text: Karen Bossick
Photography: Tim Brown and Courtesy of Idaho Rocky Mountain Ranch

Mountains of Honor

Bittersweet stories of ultimate sacrifice behind the names of three local peaks.

text: Erik Leidecker
photorgraphy: Courtesy Regional History Department of the Community Library

Del Davis

The legend of outfitter Del Davis.

text: Greg Wilson
photography: Jim Fowler