They were looking for a better way of life – to breath air that hadn’t already been breathed.
Author: Jeff Hicks
Lessons from an Old Mine
“You fall down a mine shaft; that’ll be the end of you.”
How It All Started
Harry worked with his dad running a pack string down the Salmon River on the old Sheep Eater Indian Trail to supply mining operations.
Dugout Dick: Living the American Dream
“You bump your head a lot when you live in a cave,” Dick said one time.
Buckskin Bill: The Man, the Legend
Buckskin Bill said, “Ma’am, we don’t get broken legs around here!”
Old Idaho News: The Runaways
I was euphoric knowing I would never sit in another damn school class as long as I lived!
Healed by an Indian Woman: Disease in Early Idaho
...an Indian woman appeared at our door and said over and over, “I can fix the boy; I can fix the boy!”
A Teamster Looking for Work in Yellow Jacket
Yellow Jacket 1905 (advrider.com) Around 1927, Vic and Clyta Hicks moved their family from their homestead in Pahsimeroi, Idaho to Yellow Jacket. Like so many folks trying to make a living in those days, Vic was looking for a bit of good luck to go in his favor. Clyta and Victor Hicks Years before, he … Continue reading A Teamster Looking for Work in Yellow Jacket
Being a Second in a First-Rate Series
My job was to look mean, worn-out, and hungry for gold.
The Art of Life: Take Me Back to Salmon
Perhaps we will all eventually return to our roots and reclaim in some intrinsic way what was once ours.
GROWING UP IN IDAHO 