2014-04, April 2014 (Pingree)

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  FEATURES

  No More Metes and Bounds

  By Dean Worbois

  After years of bypassing Initial Point near Kuna, the author finally took the turnoff, which led him not only to the point from which all Idaho land is surveyed, but to history going way back.

  Pingree- Spotlight City

  By Angie Blake

  During a nostalgic return to this Snake River Plain hometown of her grandparents and parents, the author confronts the effects of time and change, and gets a glimpse of the future.

  The Austrian Settlement

  By Rachel Holt

  In 1914, eight immigrant families were lured by promises of fertile, irrigated land to what proved to be a wilderness of sagebrush near Homedale. A century later, a descendant narrates the scam.

  DEPARTMENTS

  Comments: Beloved Barn in Malta

  Rigby: A Few Hands of Trouble, by Paige Nelson

  Palisades Creek: Sorting Spawners, by Kris Millgate

  Weiser River: Those Were the Days, by Ted Trueblood

  Idaho Books: Harold’s Voyage, by Faye Higbee

  Star: Mom’s Poem, by Janene Bromley Piecuch

  Caldwell: At the Museum, by Dianna Miller

  Idaho at Large: Thoroughly Lost in the Moment, by Steve Carr

  Recipes: Ham in Cider Gravy; Copper Penny Salad

  Calendar of Events: Salmon River Jet Boat Races, Riggins

  IN THIS ISSUE!
  Boise, Caldwell, Homedale, Initial Point, Moscow, Palisades Creek, Pingree, Pocatello, Riggins, Star, Weiser River