Backcountry Ranch Lessons By Levi Armichardy I wake to the abrasive bray of the donkey in the corral outside my open window. All the windows in this small bunkhouse are open, to let in the cool air of
Coming Back to the Country Story and Paintings by Phil Murdock I’m a steelheader and for the past twenty years I have hazarded the spring weather between Rexburg and the Salmon River. Each summer, the big fish work
A Backcountry Tradition Ends Story and Photos by Richard H. Holm, Jr. The high-pitched sound of Mike Dorris’s ski-equipped Cessna 185 bound for Warren and various remote ranches along the South Fork of the Salmon River reverberates through
This Is What You Get By Gary Oberbillig They say first impressions are the most powerful, and my cousin, Dave Oberbillig, reached the pinnacle of them in the late 1960s, during Salmon River elk-hunting season. Dave happened to
At a Backcountry School By Katherine Wonn Harris Following is an excerpt from Topping Out, the late author’s account of teaching children in 1916 in the remote Salmon River country west of White Bird, which she did for
