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Forgotten tales of Idaho
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Weeks, Andy, Author.
- Series:
- Forgotten Tales
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Legends--Idaho.
- Legends.
- Tales--Idaho.
- Tales.
- Idaho--History--Anecdotes.
- Idaho.
- Idaho--Biography--Anecdotes.
- Idaho--Social life and customs--Anecdotes.
- Idaho--History, Local--Anecdotes.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (117 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- [Place of publication not identified] The History Press 2015
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Idaho was the forty-third state admitted to the Union, but it just might lead the nation in strange stories and offbeat legends. Author and Idaho resident Andy Weeks fills this collection of tales with stories ranging from compelling and heartfelt to outlandish and bizarre. Discover the boxcar that carried the alleged body of John Wilkes Booth through Idaho. Uncover the identity of Lady Bluebeard, the unassuming Twin Falls housewife who allegedly murdered four husbands. Find out how cars ended up at the bottom of Lake Coeur d'Alene. Learn the grisly story of Gobo Fango, a black Mormon sheepherder whose late 1800s bloody dispute with a cattleman on the open range proved fatal. These tales and many others bring to light Idaho's unruly past in fascinating detail.
- Contents:
- Front Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I: Madness and Mayhem
- 1: Riding with John Wilkes Booth
- 2: The Death of Gobo Fango
- 3: The Infamous Lady Bluebeard
- 4: The Assassination of Idaho's Fourth Governor
- 5: Execution at the Old Pen
- Part II: Ancient Times Revealed
- 6: Uncovering the Hagerman Horse
- 7: Land of the Ancient Ones
- Part III: Missionaries and Pioneers
- 8: Idaho's First Book and Its First Spud
- 9: Tempting the Snake River: Caldron Linn
- 10: Riviere Aux Malade
- 11: The Writing on the Walls
- 12: Saving Her Furniture
- 13: Three Island Crossing
- 14: Massacres, Drownings and Water Babies
- 15: A Brief History of Fort Hall
- 16: Mormon Town
- Part IV: Hoaxes and Daring Stunts
- 17: Fooled by a, Um…UFO
- 18: Chipping Away at Balanced Rock
- 19: Evel Knievel vs. the Snake River Canyon
- Part V: Contention and Camps
- 20: Idaho's Almost Forgotten War
- 21: Relocation Camps
- Part VI: Wacky and Weird
- 22: Snaring the Bear Lake Monster
- 23: A Strange Occurrence at INL
- 24: The Mysterious Creature of Rose Hill Cemetery
- 25: A Little of Egypt in Boise
- 26: Miniature Soldiers and a Ghost
- 27: The Strange History of Idaho Ghost Towns
- Part VII: Personalities and Profiles
- 28: Rich, Famous and Historical Figures of the Gem State
- Part VIII: Historical Tidbits and Oddities
- 29: Underwater Cars at Lake Coeur d'Alene
- 30: Stuff You Should Know Just for the Heck of It
- Bibliography
- About the Authors.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781625852465
- 1625852460
- OCLC:
- 1388497320
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