The old Bonneville Public School on Clark Street in Pocatello, exactly where the post office is currently located; the demolition was completed in 1964. Pictured are Rick Cuoio and his sister Christy. Photos from the Fred Cuoio collection.

By John O. Cotant

The New York Yankees were always my favorite team. Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig were my favorite players. We could only read about them and their games or once in awhile at the theater on the news they would show a short on the World Series. One day we had been playing baseball at the park. About 1 p.m. we quit and decided to go swimming. We had a pool in the canal where we worked before water came into the ditch, widen the ditch and place a diving board. We could swim in our nude and after being in the... (more)

William Henry Jackson (1843-1943) was an early photographer of the American West, as well as an accomplished artist. He traveled the Oregon-California Trail in 1866 and 1867, and later in life painted a series of watercolors based on his experiences.... (more)

Editor’s Note: The following are Alfred W. Stoker’s reminiscences of his career as a railroad telegrapher, edited and adapted by Jo Ann Ruckman. “Al” Stoker began working for the railroad in 1899 and retired in 1961 at the age of 78, having compiled what still may be the longest record of service of any employee of the Union Pacific Railroad. He was also known in Pocatello as an avid and expert fisherman. He died in Boise in 1973. This story was first printed in the Pocatello Tribune on June 5, 1939.... (more)

Based on the accounts of travelers in 1848 and 1849 there is evidence that the first Mormon women to reside in Idaho were at Fort Hall. Hazen Kimball, who traveled to Salt Lake in 1847, according to church related documents. And in January 1848 Kimball was granted permission to relocate from... (more)

The Bannock County Historical Museum is having a program on the Portneuf Aquifer on Saturday, Aug. 21 at 7 p.m. at the museum.  ... (more)

By John O. Cotant

          I want to talk about the greatest baseball player of all time, and that is George Herman "Babe" Ruth. The... (more)

By Sam Wyrouck

    It was the year 1944 that ten men trained together as a crew on the famous Flying Fortress and on their completion were given a new B-17... (more)

On May 22, 1886, a tremendous wind storm swept over Eagle Rock, blowing and wrecking havoc on the railroad's roundhouse. The decision was made not to rebuild the railroad's roundhouse in Eagle Rock. It was rebuilt 50 miles south in the town of Pocatello. This photo is of the Pocatello roundhouse... (more)

    Editor's Note: The following recollections of the Auditorium Theater were written by Robert E. Watson and first printed in the Idaho State Journal on April 29, 1951. The Auditorium was built by a company organized by Col. G.A. Hannaford and opened in January 1901. Over... (more)

Dr. Minnie Howard, M.D., was always the authority on the Oregon Trail and Fort Hall. She signed my ‘‘official Fort Hall Centennial book’’ in 1934. As I recall, Dr. Howard lived on South Garfield in Pocatello, next to the public library.... (more)

This piece was originally published in the Union Pacific Bulletin new letter in July 1946.

Rampton Barlow, Pocatello music instructor, who organized the union Pacific R.R.... (more)

By Paul Massier for Idaho State Journal

"Barnstorming" was a term used by pilots of airplanes when they put on shows of exciting and dangerous acrobatic stunts in rural areas... (more)

Annette and Peter emigrated from Norway October 1883. In an Idaho state Journal article dated July 14, 1957 it was claimed Annette Larsen (Nettie Powell), was the first white woman to reside in Pocatello. I believe they may have confused Annette with her mother, Maren Andersen, who proceeded... (more)

The Caribou Historical Society has planned a tour of sites on the Pioneer Historic Byway starting at Franklin, Idaho, and ending at Soda Springs.

The tour will be August 14, and the group will meet at the Soda Springs City Hall at 8 a.m. and go to Franklin, the oldest town in Idaho, to begin the tour. At Preston, the group will see the restoration in progress of the Oneida Stake Academy. Just... (more)

By Bill Ryan

One of the joys of my tenure at news director for KSEI was getting to know and work with the members of the Pocatello police force. The figure of 80 sworn officers... (more)

By Alison B. Law 

Historical monuments, markers and landmarks dot Utah and Idaho counties and thanks to a project by the Sons of the Utah Pioneers, they are easier to... (more)

By Arie Kirk for The Herald Journal in Logan, Utah

One of the oldest buildings in Preston was demolished July 19. ... (more)

Editor's note: This article is about the beginnings of Pocatello General Hospital. This hospital was torn down in 1957 after the present hospital on Memorial Drive had been built. This story first appeared in the Pocatello Tribune on May 11, 1923. It has been edited and adapted for... (more)

By Sam Wyrouck

     My crew, number 5383 was part of the 351st Bomb Group. During World War Two the Eighth Air Force was the thrust of the air was against... (more)

Editor's note: The following article is the Pocatello Tribune's account of the Fourth of July celebration in 1905. It was printed on July 5 of that year. The story has been edited and adapted for use here by retired Idaho State University history professor Jo Ann Ruckman.

         The Fourth of July celebration in Pocatello yesterday was one of the most successful from every point of view ever given in the city. The only disagreeable thing to mar the pleasure of the occasion was... (more)

Evenings that we did not fly, often times we Ariel gunners would gather around the lone radio in the barracks and listen to the American Forces Network or to the German Radio Berlin and listen to Lord Haw Haw and other personalities give out the latest news. Oh, I mean propaganda. After the... (more)

By Sam Wyrouck

    Four 17-year-old boys were pals as only going to school, playing hockey and baseball, hiking and hunting together could be. One winter Sunday... (more)

Editor’s note: The following is an article on some Pocatello businesses in the 1890s and early 1900s, as written by George N. Ifft for his newspaper, the Pocatello Tribune, on Oct. 22, 1934. It has been edited and adapted for use here by retired Idaho State University history professor Jo... (more)

  June 15, 2010

Dear Bob, Sixty six years is a long time to go back in time, don't expect very much. Our squadron was a night fighter squadron, number 543. We flew F6. F fighter aircraft equipped with radar for night flying. We left this country on Christmas day 1944 from San Diego, California. The first day of our trip was on a small aircraft carrier that took us and our planes to... (more)

Originally published in the Idaho State Journal on March 21, 1993 following the fire at the Chief Theater in Pocatello.... (more)