2006-09, September 2006 (Clayton)

• Description

  Product Description

  FEATURES

  Women in Outdoor Sports 
  by Margo Aragon

  Traditionally, one finds men traipsing through the Great Outdoors in search of fish and game, but women “who have usually stayed at home or in the camper or at the campsite while their husbands or boyfriends headed for the hills and the rivers, are now joining in the fun.” More and more women are beginning to hunt and shoot, 2.4 million as of last year, and even more are hiking, camping, learning self-defense, and acquiring the skills necessary to live in the wilderness. As this story illustrates, anyone can hear the call of the wild.

  Clayton—Spotlight City
  by Anna Means

  Clayton, home to a population of twenty-six, began its life in 1879 as a mining town at the confluence of Kinnikinic Creek and the Salmon River. Though several different companies scoured the landscape for silver, lead, and molybdenum at different times, ultimately either selling out or quitting, mining remains the area’s primary employer. Through the boom and bust cycles common to towns dependent on resource industries, Clayton continues much as it has always been, as a “community of friends.”

  Rock On
  by Jessica Mullins

  While most local residents are intimately aware of the cross set in the high plateau of Boise’s Table Rock and many of them also know that the sandstone used to construct the Capitol Building was quarried there, far fewer have any idea that it is a climber’s delight. Featuring more than 125 routes with varying difficulty levels, Table Rock provides “a challenging experience beyond any gym, especially when the weather is pleasant and the scenery is spectacular.” Meet some of the people who frequent the sandstone landmark and learn why the exhilaration of mastering steep rocks in a rugged setting can be an “addicting” activity.

  DEPARTMENTS

  2006 Cover Photo Contest Winners

  Studebaker Says: On the twenty-first day of September, by William Studebaker

  Northern Exposure: Nakia Williamson Cloud paints Nez Perce tribal history, by Margo Aragon

  Profile: Dr. Kevan Weaver; INL nuclear engineer is a trailblazer but remains rooted to his family, by Sam Payne

  Hidden Heroes: Here comes the mail boat; John Thaxter delivers the mail to residents along the shores of Lake Pend Oreille, by Cecil Hicks

  Mild Horses: On top of old Smoky; Discovering solitude on a stoic horse, by Meg Donahue

  Front Porch Tales: Pressing on; The old ironing board and fifty-four years of a family’s life, by Lynn Farley

  Campfire Tales: My summer vacation; The real story, by Marilyn Rich

  Historical Snapshot: Behind those old stone walls, by Arthur Hart

  One Spud Short: Unexpected company, by Merle Kearsley

  The Learning Curve: The persistent student, by Les Tanner

  Wild Horses: Wild ride, by Brian Jackson

  Recipe Contest: Idaho apple dumplings, by Ross & Angie Conlin

  September Contributors

  IN THIS ISSUE!
  American Falls, Athol, Bayview, Boise, Caldwell, Challis, Clayton, Garden Valley, Idaho Falls, Kamiah, Lake Pend Oreille, Lewiston, Mackay, Melba, Meridian, Moscow, Oreana Lookout, Payette, Post Falls, Spaulding, Twin Falls