Category: Growing Up in Idaho
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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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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!”