Category: Regions
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Art by Steve J. Johnson
The artwork featured on the cover of this publication is by Steve J. Johnson, an accomplished illustrator and fine artist from Afton, Wyoming. Since beginning… Read More
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Barbed Wire Tamed the Old West & is a Unique Hobby
Historians cite barbed wire as the invention that tamed the West. Historically, herding large numbers of cattle required significant manpower. But, when barbed wire fencing… Read More
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Preston’s Circle of Life
Preston, Idaho, is surrounded by lush fields of green. Acres of alfalfa, wheat, safflower, barley and other crops are harvested by the farmers that work… Read More
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The First Local Rodeo
The first organized rodeo in Preston was called the “Great Roundup,” and was held at the ballpark, at 11 a.m. on September 1-2, 1921, as… Read More
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Preston, ID
Although residents of Preston, Idaho began living in the city’s current limits as early as the 1860s, it was almost 40 years before they officially… Read More
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Napoleon Dynamite
The hometown of “Napoleon Dynamite”, Preston, is also the hometown of its creator, Jared Hess, who grew up in a family of six boys, and… Read More
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Bear River Massacre
For generations the So-So-Goi people moved with the seasons through Southeastern Idaho and Northern Utah, knowing where to find what Mother Nature had provided to… Read More
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The Sad, Forlorn Story of Oneida County’s Elkhorn Dam
Taming the western US largely told tales of successful projects delivering life-bringing irrigation water to thirsty land. Dams were built, canals were dug and reservoirs… Read More
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Making Her Father’s Dream Reality
Some people make commitments, but never follow through on them. But since Gene and Kay Caldwell and Brent Bowen are not that kind of people,… Read More
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A Miracle from the Past- Grandpa’s Aggravation Game
It’s strange how a chance conversation can take on a meaning of its own. Somehow, a random reference here or there connects us to others… Read More
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Malad 4th Grader Publishes Her Own Book
Jordyn Rose Thomas is a published author at just eight years of age. At an age when most kids are uncertain what their own dreams… Read More
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Osmond’s Samaria Ancestors had Great Musical Talents
Long before the singing Osmond Brothers became famous, their ancestors were widely known for their outstanding musical abilities in the Malad Valley.Anna Jenkins liked to… Read More
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Did Jesse James live in Idaho?
Did legendary outlaw Jesse James ever call Malad his home? The story has been part of the Palmer family folklore for over a century. They… Read More
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History Of Malad Valley
The Welsh history of Malad Valley began in Wales in the 1840s when missionaries for the fledgling Church of Jesus Christ Latter-day Saints were sent… Read More
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Make The Short Trip To Samaria. It’s Worth Your Time
Remove yourself from life’s daily rush. Take a trip to Samaria- it’s a stroll back to a simpler, slower-paced time. It may not be Mayberry,… Read More
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A Tale of Two Counties: the Mini-Cassia Area
South Central Idaho’s Magic Valley covers an immense area, stretching from Gooding, Jerome, Lincoln and Twin Falls counties in the west, across Minidoka and Cassia… Read More
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Visionary Frank Riblett- “The ‘Magician’ Of Magic Valley”
According to Wikipedia,”Magic Valley” refers to the early twentieth-century construction of Milner and Minidoka Dams and their series of irrigation canal systems on the Snake… Read More
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Eugene Matthews and The Last of the Really Good $28.00 Cars
“Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder.” One man’s trash is another man’s treasure.” “What this country needs is a really good $28.00 car.”… Read More