Tag Archives: Idaho

Bayhorse, Idaho

Posted on August 5, 2024 by Caryn

Sometimes, towns get their names in unusual ways. That is exactly how the town, now ghost town of Bayhorse, Idaho got its name. In the Yankee Mining District, about 40 miles east of what would later become the boom towns of Bonanza and Custer City. Continue reading →

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Mad For Gold

Posted on January 12, 2019 by Caryn

After the discovery of gold in California, people went crazy…mad really for gold. For twenty years, in fact, all the Continue reading →

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The Big Burn

Posted on August 20, 2017 by Caryn

With summer, and especially late summer, when things are beginning to dry up, comes an increased danger of wildfires. Add to that, an extremely dry spring and early summer, and you have a recipe for disaster. Such was the case … Continue reading →

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The Thrill Of Her Life

Posted on June 21, 2014 by Caryn

For years, when I would research the Spencer side of our family, I continued to run into a woman named Alice Viola Spencer. I kept wondering how she fit in exactly. Early on in my quest for my ancestry, the … Continue reading →

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The Perils Of Travel

Posted on December 3, 2013 by Caryn

Travel these days is so common that we really don’t give it much thought at all, but travel or moving in days gone by, was a very different matter, or perhaps it is just that some things worry people of … Continue reading →

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Where God Wants Us To Be

Posted on November 30, 2013 by Caryn

In June of 1946, my Uncle Bill and Aunt Doris left Wisconsin, for points west. He had no intention of moving back to Wisconsin at that time. They weren’t sure where they wanted to settle, so they tried Idaho, Oregon, … Continue reading →

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Country Girl

Posted on May 19, 2013 by Caryn

Yesterday, we went to a barbecue at my sister, Caryl and her husband, Mike’s place out west of Casper. It is a place they are actually working on, and plan to live on when the retire. For now, they live … Continue reading →

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Journey Beyond Loss

Posted on February 21, 2013 by Caryn

When a couple has been married for many years, as my mom and dad were, before his passing, the years beyond their earthly time together reminds me of the recent version of the Titanic, where Rose had to go on after Jack’s … Continue reading →

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The Essence Of The Mountains

Posted on February 13, 2013 by Caryn

Our travels to Washington to attend my uncle’s funeral took my mom, my sister, Cheryl, and me through such beautiful country. It had been a long time since I had driven through western Montana, Northern Idaho, and eastern Washington…since my … Continue reading →

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Cascade, Idaho

Posted on December 13, 2011 by Caryn

My mom had relatives who lived in Cascade, Idaho, and I remember going up there for visits as a child. The area is beautiful, and their home were practically right up in the mountains. The trees were pine trees, and … Continue reading →

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