Category: People
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Tennessee in Southern Idaho- An Unexpected Encounter
Montpelier has always been a baseball town. Discussions about religion or politics are often less heated than those involving the latest pennant race or an… Read More
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Elijah Nicholas ‘Nick’ Wilson; The White Indian Boy
Nick Wilson (1842–1915,) lived an exciting, adventurous, life. Raised in Utah on the western frontier, this Mormon boy ran away from his home to live… Read More
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Butch Cassidy Statue at Heritage Park
At exactly 3:13 pm on Thursday, August 13, 1896, Butch Cassidy and his infamous gang of outlaws robbed the Bank of Montpelier in downtown Montpelier.… Read More
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Amos Russell Wright; Mormon Frontiersman
Born Jan 12, 1840 to Jonathan C. and Rebecca Wheeler Wright in Nauvoo, Illinois, Amos Russell Wright lived an adventurous and colorful life. Raised as… Read More
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Thomas ‘Peg-Leg Smith;’ Early Settler
Born on October 10, 1801, in Crab Orchard, Kentucky, Thomas Lane “Peg-Leg” Smith was one of the most colorful characters in the early 1800s. He… Read More
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‘Butch Cassidy;” Robert Leroy Parker
One of the Old West’s most storied personalities was the outlaw “Butch Cassidy”, whose real name was Robert Leroy Parker. In the late 1800s, Cassidy,… Read More
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Gutzon de la Mothe ‘John’ Borglum: Sculpturer of Mount Rushmore
Born in St. Charles, Idaho, in the Bear Lake Valley, in what was then the Idaho Territory in 1867, Borglum became famous for creating the… Read More
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Jim Bridger; Mountain Man & Guide
James Felix Bridger was born on March 17, 1804 in Richmond Virginia. He received no formal education and was illiterate all his life. After… Read More
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James, Jesse Woodson- in Malad?
Jesse James was born September 5, 1847 in Clay county, the “Little Dixie” area of western Missouri, near present-day Kearney. James became a Civil War… Read More