Author: Jeff Hicks
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Merl Guth Interview: President Carter River Trip
In 1978, President Jimmy Carter and his family took a float trip down the Middle Fork of the Salmon River. Norm Guth and his sons were the river guides. Merl Guth talks of his experience on that trip. Merl is an accomplished Cowboy poet. Listen in and enjoy Merl’s wit and humor and get a…
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A Tour of Gibbonsville
Gibbonsville is an unincorporated community of around 130 residents living just below the Continental Divide in Eastern Idaho. The town is about 25 miles north of Salmon, so Gibtown people typically shop in Salmon and the kids attend school there, as well. Settlers, including miners, arrived around 1872 when the town was referred to as…
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Breakneck Trail: The River of No Return
Do you think we can make it on the old Breakneck Trail? “Yes,” my father said. “I’ll put him on the Appaloosa. He may be the only one to make it.”
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Thanksgiving: Bring on the Food
There were folks in that crowd who valued their pie more than my life.
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Kid Currey: Life on the River
It was 1974 and I was just a kid looking for heroes. In those days, the idea of kids having someone to look up to was in vogue. It hadn’t yet been marred by athletes betting against their own teams or rock and roll stars wasted on acid – at least in my world. Sports…
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Dugout Dick: Living the American Dream
“You bump your head a lot when you live in a cave,” Dick said one time.
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Idaho Pioneers: Robert and Anna Hicks
They were looking for a better way of life – to breath air that hadn’t already been breathed.
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Buckskin Bill: The Man, the Legend
Buckskin Bill said, “Ma’am, we don’t get broken legs around here!”
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Stand for Something
Biz Break is a blog that discusses the wisdom and stories that define the human experience. And by human experience, I’m referring to the collection of everyday events that humans endure in life, including happiness, sadness, love, heartbreak, work, play, expectations, and failures. My first introduction to the phenomena framed in the context of “human…
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Being a Second in a First-Rate Series
My job was to look mean, worn-out, and hungry for gold.
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