Category: Mini-Cassia Area

    • Sugar Beets

      Sugar Beets

      Grains and hay were the main crops on the Minidoka Project, as they were in other parts of Cassia County. In 1915 the alfalfa crop… Read More

    • The Hunt Camp

      The Hunt Camp

      Japanese-Americans from Washington and Oregon were sent to a center in Idaho. Officially named the Minidoka Relocation Center—a confusing name since it was located in… Read More

    • The Russet Burbank

      The Russet Burbank

      In 1872 a twenty-three-year-old plant breeder named Luther Burbank found a single seed ball growing on the vine of one of his Early Rose potatoes.… Read More

    • Burley and the Beginning of Grocery Store Chains

      Burley and the Beginning of Grocery Store Chains

      By 1917 Burley had a population of nearly twelve hundred, with electricity, telephones, an ice house, and an ice cream plant. Two general merchandise stores… Read More

    • A Flood Cannot Happen Here

      A Flood Cannot Happen Here

      Synopsis of the book “A Flood Cannot Happen Here”, written by the book’s author, Kathleen Hedberg Most people in Cassia County were not worried about… Read More

    • The Y-Dell Ballroom

      The Y-Dell Ballroom

      For many years the old Y-Dell Bowling Alley operated at the intersection of present-day Highways 30 and 24 on Burley’s east side.  The Y-Dell was… Read More

    • Special Feature: Minidoka Dam – A Historic Undertaking

      Special Feature: Minidoka Dam – A Historic Undertaking

      Nothing is more important to the Idaho economy than water.” At one time, it did seem inconceivable that the high desert of Idaho could bloom… Read More