I have driven Highway 13 many times and have passed Mount Streeter without knowing it is there. Today, without its buildings and mine structures, it is totally unremarkable. It is fenced off and marked with formidable private property signs for a good reason, so please don’t trespass. As I drove close to the original mine
A farthing is a British coin worth a quarter of a British penny, or 1/960 of a pound. Not much value there. In 1918 a Dr. Farthing in Rio Blanco County was worth his weight in gold. Dr. Charles H. Farthing was recorded in the county clerk’s records as certified as appointed to be assistant
Our White River Museum has a room full of tools. OK … some of them we call kitchen appliances, but they are still tools. I believe the first tool a man ever used was a rock. He used it as a hammer to crack open acorns and walnuts and dispatch sabretooth tigers. The invention of
This was written years ago by my late mother-in-law Pat Hendrickson. She had a wondrous gift of humor which I would like to share. This is for all of us who have put on pounds during the holiday and bought gym memberships on impulse. This is dedicated to every woman who ever attempted to get