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Monday, August 4, 2025

Ag Secretary, Author, and LDS Patriarch Ezra Taft Benson [otd 08/04]

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LDS President and public servant Ezra Taft Benson was born August 4, 1899 in Whitney, Idaho (located 20-25 miles west of Bear Lake). He was ...
Sunday, August 3, 2025

Track Star, Olympic Athlete, and Coach "Hec" Edmundson [otd 08/03]

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Coach, University of Idaho track star, and Olympian Clarence “Hec” Edmundson was born August 3, 1886 in Moscow, Idaho. In 1901, Clarence enr...
Saturday, August 2, 2025

Lumber (and Fire) in Pioneer Idaho

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A few weeks back, I had to stock up on copies of my book Boise River Gold Country (thank you, Skip Myers). While I was flipping through boo...

Lewiston Newspaper Golden Age distributed Its First Issue [otd 08/02]

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On Saturday, August 2, 1862, the Golden Age newspaper released its inaugural issue in Lewiston, Washington Territory. The Age thus has the ...
Friday, August 1, 2025

Colonel William Dewey: Mining Investor, Road Builder, and Business Developer [otd 08/01]

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Prominent Idaho pioneer Colonel William H. Dewey was born August 1, 1823 in Hampden County, Massachusetts (some sources give the birth year ...
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Thursday, July 31, 2025

Gooding College President and Methodist Minister Charles Wesley Tenney [otd 07/31]

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Charles Wesley Tenney, LL.D., was born in Vancouver, Washington on July 31, 1873. His father, Horace Dewey Tenney from Vermont, pioneered in...
Wednesday, July 30, 2025

Chief Pocatello Signs "Box Elder" Peace Treaty [otd 07/30]

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On July 30, 1863, Shoshone Chief Pocatello signed the Treaty of Box Elder. In return for promises of food and other compensation for the gam...
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