Stories from Saturday, August 3, 2019

On June 26, Betty Ashcraft, President of the Recreation Foundation of Elmore County and WECRD President Dan Gillies were presented a check by Mike Buckner on behalf of Walmart. The check, which was given to the foundation, is meant to help support the WECRD in the construction of its indoor pool facility...

Do you have a story about the memories passed down by your ancestors; experienced by you of your own life in Elmore County. Mountain Home Historical Society wants to keep local stories and memories alive as a historical resource. The Museum has embarked on a program to collect the voices of history from all citizens of our great communities of Elmore County. The voice of history will be preserved. Your story will endure to enlighten and educate those who follow you...

Walmart recently awarded the Mountain Home Historical Society $500 to help with preservation of historical negatives. The funds will help restore fragile historical negatives and have them digitized and preserved. Examples of some of the negatives will include a fading negative of Kitty Wilkins (Horse Queen of Idaho) a variety of negatives of early Mountain Home, Atlanta, Rocky Bar, and Glenns Ferry, plus much more. ...