Sometimes we all get nostalgic for the old times - maybe remembering when we were kids growing up in our hometowns. I certainly have those moments! This show is about one such incident where I recalled the memories surrounding the Salmon River and my hometown, Salmon, Idaho.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/growing-up-in-idaho/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/growing-up-in-idaho/support

Growing Up in Idaho

The Art of Life: Take Me Back to Salmon!

When you grow up in the country, sometimes you're expected to do dangerous things to get the job done. Listen in as Dan King talks about his experiences as a kid working as a core driller on a rig in Idaho.   --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pow-wow/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/pow-wow/support

Dan King: Doing Dangerous Work as a Kid

Mike was a deputy sheriff in the good ol' days when drugs were taking off in Idaho back in the 1960s. It wasn't "Mayberry" anymore. Listen to some wild and crazy stories of policing during that era.  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/idaho/support

Police Stories from the 1960s

With the looting and destruction going on in big city street protests today, you have to ask yourself, would this happen if those participants were spanked and disciplined as children? Every generation has their problems and answers are not easy, but we can agree - discipline teaches respect. Listen in as Jeff talks about the good ol' days growing up in Idaho when kids still got their butts kicked and spankings were as common as drinking cows' milk.   --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/idaho/support

Let the Beatings Begin! Discipline in the Good Ol' Days

When you're a teenager, you will do anything to make a buck. When you grow up in Idaho, those jobs are often dangerous and varied. Listen in as Jeff talks about his life as a line-boy for Salmon Air Taxi in Salmon, Idaho in 1980.  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/idaho/support

Salmon Air: Larry the Hippie Mechanic and Other Great Memories

It was 1935 and young Harry was out of work. So, he did what a lot of other young men were doing; he joined the CCCs. The Civilian Conservation Corps was a place to earn money, learn new skills, and stay out of trouble. A lot of men between the ages of 18 and 25 were doing that in those dark days of the Great Depression. Listen in as he tells of his experiences in the CCC camps in Central Idaho. Narrated by Jeff Hicks. 

Surviving in the CCCs

What kinds of cool or crappy jobs did you do as a kid back in the good ol' days? Bucking hay bales, moving sprinkler pipes, and riding the range were only a few of the things kids did in my neck of the woods. Listen in as Dan King talks of his job as a kid working on a drilling rig. There was no such thing as child labor laws; if you worked hard and smart, you were treated like a man regardless what age you were. 

Cool and Crappy Jobs

The beaver ponds was a famous meeting place for the kids in town; it was also the place where my brother and I liked to camp when we were kids. One night, an earthquake in Yellowstone Park set in motion some events that nearly ended our young lives. Listen in to discover what can happen to humans during freak events of nature! 

When Camping Can Get You Killed!

When you love to deer hunt, but not for the reason to shoot deer, then you're naturally going to have some cerebral dissonance going on! Listen in as Jeff tells the story of woe and misery as he embarks on the greatest hunt and hiking excursion known to man. Will he survive? Talk of 'The Birds and the Bees' might have saved his life!  

Honest Woes of Deer Hunting in Idaho

The Brown family moved from Lovell, Wyoming to Salmon, Idaho in the early 1900s, using covered wagons, riding horseback, and hauling stuff in a couple old broken-down trucks. They even managed to throw in grandma's old player piano. But moving has its problems. Listen in as Jeff tells the story. 

When Modern Pioneers Moved to Idaho

Sherm Williams experienced growing up in Idaho during the good ol' days. Listen in as he tells the story of what it really means to be a man. 

Tough Guys

When you're a kid, you gotta have something to believe in. Harry's first job was riding the range; reality came crashing in when he discovered what his boss wanted him to do. Sickness in the 'good ol' days' often ended horribly. Harry had a bout of Bright's Disease and met the Angel of Death. 

The Horrible Horse Slaughter and Overcoming Bright's Disease

Back in the good ol' days, love and romance took on a different flavor than in modern times. For example, how many grooms have you heard of that are expected to fight his bride's dad before the big marriage ceremony? Check in as Harry takes care of all the preliminaries before he marries his sweetheart, Doris. 

When Harry Met Doris: Old-fashioned Love Affair

Harry was a young boy trying to stay alive in the wild mining camp of Yellowjacket, Idaho. When you make enemies in a rough-and-tumble place, you must might find yourself at the wrong end of a hangman's noose. 

Life in Yellowjacket Can Kill You

Harry did what he could to survive as a young boy living in the rough-and-tumble Central Idaho in the early 1900s.  Listen in as he talks about his adventures and scrapes with danger. 

Dangerous Life Near Forney

Talkin ‘bout the good ol’ days! True stories about experiences growing up in the wilds of Idaho back when there were no seat belts or bike helmets. Everyone owned a gun and knew how to shoot. Hippies riding ‘choppers’ was a thing, and every driveway had a muscle car and a pickup.

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