2009-04, April 2009 (Bloomington)

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  FEATURES

  Ike Swim’s Lost Gold Mine: Does a Trail of Clues Lead to Where the Lode Lies?
  by Jim Ridenour

  A fabulous 1881 gold find in the White Clouds was lost when its discoverer drowned. Historical clues suggest where the lode lies.

  Bloomington—Spotlight City
  by Tammy Stephens

  The Bear Lake Valley was “a howling wilderness” to early settlers, and the winter is still no picnic, but in the warm months Bloomington lives up to its name.

  The Last Harvest: Being Raised on a Small Idaho Farm Could Be an Endangered Legacy
  by Lalove Foster

  Raised on a potato farm in Shelley, the author describes the endangered future of family farming, and rues the potential loss of a legacy.

  DEPARTMENTS

  Editorial: On Autobiography, by Steve Bunk

  Who We Are: The Knifemakers; After Generations of Traveling America, The Buck Family Found an Idaho Haven, by Tom Ables

  River Run: The Big Sweep; Salmon River Trade Depended on Sweep Boats in the Old Days, by Ward Stevens

  This Sporting Life: For Love of the Game; Idaho Stampede Coach Bryan Gates’ Quest for Excellence Isn’t Over Yet, by Tracy Graven

  Mining Wars: Insurrection in Coeur d’Alene; From a Bloody Strike by Miners in 1892, Unions Arose Triumphant, by Jonathan Shipley

  Around the Bend: Home in the High Country; A Wilderness Childhood Changed Her Forever, by Kaitlin Ens

  Town Founder: The Duke of Weippe; He Wasn’t Really Royal, Except Maybe at Heart, by Michael Green

  Activist: Victory in the Doing; In Snake River Country, He Fights the Good Fight, by Breland Draper

  Recipe Contest: Portuguese Linguica Quiche, by Paula E. Faulkner; and Stella’s Icing, by Kitty Fleischman

  April Contributors

  IN THIS ISSUE!
  Bloomington, Boise, Castleford, Clayton, Coeur d’Alene, Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness Area, Miracle Hot Springs, Post Falls, Salmon River, Shelley, Weippe