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In the 1976 parade, ore wagons hauled by 14 horses head eastbound on Eighth Street bound for Warm Springs Road.
Wagon Days honors an

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Earliest settlers had an entrepreneurial spirit
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of pioneers in the area traces to a
business deal.
Isaac I. Lewis, at one time a
banker in Montana, helped found
the town of Leadville, later renamed Ketchum, at the confluence of the Big Wood River with
Warm Springs Creek and Trail
Creek in May 1880.
Lewis soon heard of an ore
strike up the East Fork of the
Big Wood River, and went out to
investigate. He didnt find the
prospectors he was looking for,
but did encounter two other men:
John Rasmussen, a Norwegian,
and John Keeler, a Dutchman.
Rasmussen was well-known
in Boise City as Honest John,
and had lived in Idaho for several
years after reaching San Francisco in the 1860s, Lewis recalled
years later in an autobiography.
Both men said they had a mining claim, and Rasmussen led
Lewis up a steep hill to an immense blowout, with chunks of
ore scattered across the ground.
Lewis wanted a lease; the men
wanted a sale and named their
price$30,000.
Lewis refused, but Rasmussen
and Keeler agreed to give him
first rights to the site. Lewis returned to camp, but encountered
both men shortly thereafter.
They said theyd run into a
man from California who was
willing to pay $14,000 for the
claim. Honest John, however,
couldnt give the mans name,
or much information about him.
Lewis haggled the price down to
$12,000, and they had a deal. He
returned to Montana to borrow
the money, and gave $6,000 to
Keeler and $6,000 to Rasmussen.
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than $1 million worth of ore,
according to History of Idaho:
Gem of the Mountains.
It received that name because
a set of elk antlers was found at
the site, sticking incongruously
out of the ground. It was also
quickly under production, as the
first ore was extracted by August
1880.
Lewis and his eldest son,
Horace, werent finished, either.
Miners and workers began flocking to the area, bound for mines
in Clayton, Challis, Bonanza
and Bay Horse. The elder Lewis
founded Ketchums first bank.
The Philadelphia Smelter
fired up in Ketchum in 1881, and
the Oregon Short Linelater
Union Pacificmade the town its
terminus north of Shoshone in
1884.
Horace Lewis saw an opportunity and pounced, incorporating
the Ketchum Fast Freight Line
that year. With a series of warehouses and shops in Ketchum,
Lewis company had a rolling
stock of freight coming into town
bound for the mining camps.
Wagon trains hauled supplies out of Ketchum and into
the mountains, returning with
shipments of ore, silver or other
precious metals from the mines.
Lewis also started the KetchumChallis Toll Road, which follows
the same path that Trail Creek

Road now does over the summit,
east of Sun Valley.
Its not an easy drive now, but
it was far rougher then. Drivers
had to navigate hairpin turns
and a 12 percent grade in places
while leading chains of three,
four and even five wagons, hauled
by a dozen to two dozen mules.
The west side dropped 1,200
feet in a mile and a half. Drivers
steered with a 100-foot-long jerkline that moved the lead mule to
the right and left.
Moving 12 to 16 miles a day,
drivers could make the 140-mile
roundtrip from Ketchum to Challis, Bayhorse and Clayton in
about two weeks.
A ledger at the Community
Library lists shipments that Horace Lewis received in Ketchum,
and shows there was an abundance of goods coming in on a
weekly basis by the 1890s.
Trains originating from San
Francisco, Portland, Pocatello,
Chicago, St. Louis, Cleveland,
Salt Lake City, Omaha and Council Bluffs, Iowa, showed up in Ketchum to drop off their shipments.
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Ask Bob Rosso, grand marshal

for the 2015 Wagon Days event,
about Ketchums early days. You
might not get the answer youd
expect.
Instead of ore wagons and
mining, smelters and sheepherders, Rosso talks of skiing and
trail-clearing, tourism seasons
and the evolution of outdoor recreation in the Wood River Valley.
Rosso, a native of Newport
Beach in Southern California,
came to Blaine County in the
1970s. He was a different kind of
pioneer when he arrived one winter 44 years ago, sporting ski gear
rather than a cowboy hat.
Rosso set up The Elephants
Perch outdoor gear shop in Ketchum, which he still owns today,
in addition to playing a key role
in founding the Boulder Mountain Tour cross-country ski race.
He was among the original leaders of the Blaine County Recreation District, and helped start
Sun Valley Mountain Guides.
He has been active with the
Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation and the Community School, a
private school in Sun Valley.
In 1971, however, he was just
another ski bum from the Los
Angeles area.
This place was pretty rough
in the late 1960s and early 1970s,
Rosso said. People came up from
L.A. to go skiing. Thats when I
kind of discovered this place. I
moved back here and never left.
Rosso said he was helping run
an outdoor gear shop named Snug
Mountain in the early 1970s, and
split out to form The Elephants
Perch in fall 1976. The business is
still located in the historic home
of the Lewis family, whose patriarch, I.I. Lewis, helped found Ketchum in 1880.
Rossos timing was terrible.
He and the employees at the store
were excited about the upcoming
ski season, but it never showed up.
The winter was abysmally bad.
It never snowed, Rosso said.
A lot of us thought, Im done.
Well, this is game over.
He got an emergency loan to
keep the business afloat, and
pushed on.
When you see the

crowd here, its pretty
amazing. We feel
really humbled by it.
Bob Rosso
Wagon Days grand marshal

He was also involved in Wagon Days in the late 1970s, when
the event featured a bike race
as well as a parade. The bike
race through Ketchum took up
most of the morning on the day
of the parade, and then organizers cleared the way for the buggies, carriages, stagecoaches and
wagons. Another bike race would
happen after the parade was finished, Rosso said.
He laments that the races no
longer happen, but understands
that it became too difficult for or-
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Bob Rosso, the 2015 grand marshal for Wagon Days, has been involved in the
event since he moved to Blaine County 40 years ago.
ganizers to juggle both, particularly with the massive crowds the
Big Hitch Parade now attracts.
When you see the crowd here,
its pretty amazing, he said. Wagon Days is the most wholesome
gathering of happy families.
The city of Ketchum announced it was selecting Rosso
as Wagon Days grand marshal
in August.
He has been a dedicated and
tireless volunteer for the many
causes he champions, Ketchum
Mayor Nina Jonas said in a statement. I am pleased we can honor
him in this way.
To Rosso, Wagon Days is significant not only as a way to connect
with the roots of Ketchums history
as a mining and smelting hub, but
also to honor the end of the everbusier summer tourism season.
Thats an important shift
from when he first arrived in the
valley in the 70s, when it was
winter-or-bust for the business
community here.
Were kind of a toy store for
adults, Rosso said of The Elephants Perch. The last couple
of years have been tough because
weve had some very thin snow
years. This summers been very
wonderful and busy. Things are
changing.
When winter shifted to spring,
many part-time residents and
business owners used to leave
Grand
marshals
reception
The public is invited to join the
city of Ketchum and the Wagon
Days Committee in honoring this
years grand marshal, Bob Rosso,
at 5:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 4, at
Memory Park in Ketchum.
town until the fall, Rosso said.
Thats no longer the case.
He said hes humbled to be
named as the grand marshal for
the 2015 Wagon Days, as there are
many other community leaders
who deserve the distinction of being grand marshal.
Its very flattering to be put into
that group, Rosso said. Theres a
whole lot of people who should be
up on that wagon with us.
He jokingly ponders whether
there are special powers bestowed to the grand marshal,
and noted that a trail for cyclists
could be built on both sides of
state Highway 75 from the Ketchum Cemetery to Saddle Road.
Im still trying to figure out
what my powers are, Rosso said.
I hope theyre significant, but I
doubt that thats the case.
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at Ketchum Town Square from 8
a.m. to noon. The Papoose Club
has been hosting pancake breakfasts since 1977 to raise proceeds
for childrens events throughout
the Wood River Valley.
The club has been in existence
for more than 50 years. It was
started by a group of mothers in
1954 as a babysitting cooperative
to help moms find time to ski, according to club member Anna
Svidgal.
The club became a nonprofit
in the 1970s [and] as the membership grew, the focus evolved into
holding fun youth events, as well
as holding iconic fundraising
events, the organization said in
statement.
This isnt the only annual
event for the Papoose Club
a holiday bazaar in December
showcases the wares of 50-plus
vendors from throughout the region. A partnership with Webb
Garden Center facilitates an annual summer plant extravaganza, and Webb donates a portion of
plant sales to the club.
Last year, the club raised
some $12,000 from the pancake
breakfasts, said event chairperson Rose Burbank. Recent
recipients of Papoose Club funding include Higher Ground Sun
Valley, Blaine County Education
Foundation, Wood River YMCA,
Girl Scouts, Hemingway Elementary School, Sun Valley Ballet
Foundation, Blaine County Rec-
reation District, St. Thomas Playhouse, The Hunger Coalition,

Girls on the Run, Hailey Ice and
Wood River High School ParentTeacher Association.
Every single penny of it goes
toward kids groups of the valley,
Burbank said.
She said the club has monthly
meetings in which they consider
requests for funding. If the request is granted, the organization
in question is added to the pot
in which fundraising proceeds
are collected and then divvied
out to eligible groups throughout
the valley.
Every single penny of it

goes toward kids groups
of the valley.
Rose Burbank
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Burbank said about 100 people

are needed before, during and
after Wagon Days weekend to set
up and take down the breakfast
station. Those interested in helping can call her at 720-0117.
Breakfast-goers pay $8 for
adults, $7 for teens and seniors
and $5 for children. Kids under 3
can eat for free.
Svidgal encourages folks to
join the organization, calling it a
feel-good club.
All our volunteers are very
dedicated and amazing, she
said. We have a lot of social
events, unlike other clubs, and
people really enjoy connecting
with one another through the
Papoose. It is not just giving. Our
next new-member meeting is in
September, and we always welcome new members.
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Photo courtesy of the Community Library in Ketchum
A group of Chinese immigrants appears to perform a ceremony in the Wood River Valley, circa 1885.
Mining era brought fortunes

for a few, hard luck for many
Life during the 1880s was fraught by violence and squalor
By TONY EVANS
ollowing the end of the

Bannock War of 1878, hundreds of mining prospectors flocked to the Wood
River Valley in search of
riches. They worked dozens of
mines from Bellevue to Galena
Summit north of Ketchum, taking more than $14 million in silver and about $5 million in lead
by 1879.
The mining boom brought
fortunes to a few but hard luck
to many, while spoiling rivers,
choking the air with smoke and
setting man against man on the
often rowdy Western frontier.
Ten years after it began, the
boom left the Wood River Valley
with electricity, a water works
in Hailey and reputation enough
to one day provide a locale for
Americas first destination ski
resort.
Historian Clark C. Spence
quoted an article in the Idaho
Tri-Weekly Statesman newspaper that described the town of
Bellevue in 1880:
All day long and far into the
night, reported a self-described
nomad of the pick and canteen,
men from every quarter of
the globe, bronzed and bearded
miners, merchants, professional
men, uncouth bullwhackers,
profane mule skinners, quartz
experts, stock sharps, gamblers
and desperados crowd the sidewalks and throng the saloons,
wrote Spence.
During that winter, nearly 200
families and a thousand single
men lived along the Big Wood
River, in makeshift tents until
lumber could be procured for
construction. By mid-1881, there
were 11 saloons in Bellevue,
about a dozen in Ketchum and
nine in Bullion, a town that no
longer exists. Hailey had 18 saloons and two breweries.
Few of the original miners struck it rich because they
lacked the capital to dig down.
Photo courtesy of the Community Library in Ketchum
The town of Ketchum (circa 1885) was built to house miners and the companies
that supported their industry.
Many sold their claims for a song
to men who made fortunes. The
founder of the Elkhorn Mine near
Ketchum sold it to Isaac Lewis for
$12,000, and Lewis made $344,000
on the mine by 1885.
A quarter interest in the Minnie Moore Mine near Bellevue
was sold for $10,000. In 1884, a
British company bought the
Minnie Moore for $500,000, and
eventually removed $8.5 million
worth of ore.
Usually the benefits were
reaped by a promoter or shrewd
buyer one step removed who recognized potential, had access to
capital, and knew how to handle
both men and money, Spence
wrote.
Nothing remains today of the
enormous Philadelphia Smelter,
which once operated on a 400acre bluff at the confluence of
the Big Wood River and Warm
Springs Creek. Built at a cost of
$1 million in 1880 to handle 180
tons of ore brought in each day,
the yard was big enough to contain up to 50 teams of mules and
wagons at a time.
Wood River Times publisher
T.C. Picotte took note of the smelters productivity in Aug. 3, 1881,
describing a process that roasted
25 tons of ore on piles of coal each
week to separate sulphur, arsenic
and other toxic metals from iron,
gold and silver.
A pile is nearly ready and will

be lighted in less than a week,
Picotte wrote. When it is started
the residents of this burg will
probably get occasional whiffs of
air charged with vapors that will
not be apt to remind them of the
fragrance of the flowers of Araby
the Blest.
By January 1883, the Oregon
Short Line railroad had reached
Shoshone. It reached Hailey in
May, allowing the ready removal
of riches from the mines and a
further influx of newcomers.
Picotte had retired from the
Union Army to come west, writing about the rowdy Wood River
Valley during its mining heyday.
He was horse-whipped by disgruntled readers on two occasions. One of his editors was shot
in the groin and neck for publicly
accusing a Hailey resident of
running out on his bills at the
Hailey Hotel.
Spence wrote that 19th-century boom towns were unsavory
places in almost every other
respect.
Butchers dumped offal in the
nearest stream; Ketchum sawmills did likewise with their sawdust, killing fish in the process.
Outhouses and livery stables
were an affront to the olfactory
nerves. In narrow streets, spring
thaws brought to light accumuSee Frontier, Page 7
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lated layers of manure (five tons
per horse per year).
Rowdy behavior between
iron-fisted miners also provided a host of hazards. By August
1882, Picotte had covered his
share of murders.
Shooting manias, like suicides and measles, etc. appear at
times to break out almost into a
contagion. We had hoped that six
murder cases on the docket for
the next term of court would be
sufficient, but still they come,
Picotte wrote.
That week, Picotte reported
on the killing of John Hall (better known as Johnny-Behind-theRocks) by George Pierson at the
Vienna Mine. The dispute began
over a woman.
It appears that Hall, at that
time, was on his way to the house
of a woman named Banjo Nell,
and arriving to within 15 feet
of the door, was fired at by Pierson, who was in the house and
saw Hall approaching. Pierson
stepped to the door and fired,
and Hall immediately turned
and ran, but Pierson fired twice
again. Hall ran about 50 yards,
when he fell forward, and died in
effect.
Picotte said Hall was known
in mining camps from California
to Nevada, and had won his nickname from having ambushed an
enemy during a shooting fight
by jumping from behind a pile of
rocks by the roadside.
When Hall was killed he was
reeling drunk, and unarmed,
wrote Picotte. The boys who ran
up, not willing that he should die
with his boots on, pulled them
off. The Vienna graveyard will
therefore be started with a stiff
who died with his boots off.
Pierson and Nell had been
married a few months before the
shooting, but their romance was
short-lived. On Oct. 5, 1882, Pierson was indicted for the murder
of Hall and soon hanged by the
sheriff in the first gulch north
of Quigley Canyon near Hailey,
thereafter known as Hangmans
Gulch.
By 1884 the valley had an improved jail built into the rock
basement of the courthouse in
Hailey, complete with five-ply
saw-proof and file-proof cells, at
a cost of $6,000. It served as the
Alturas and Blaine County Jail
until 1973.
In 1885, Kuck Wah Choi, also
known as Ah Sam, was also
found guilty of murder in the
first degree and sentenced to be
hanged by the sheriff in Hangmans Gulch.
At that time, Hailey had a
Chinatown on River Street with
a population that grew into the
hundreds. The area is a workingclass neighborhood today known
as China Gardens. Despite being relegated to menial jobs as
laundrymen, wood cutters, servants and cooks, 75 of those immigrants belonged to a Chinese
Masonic Lodge in 1882.
Hailey Chinatowns opium
dens were raided on Sept. 8, 1883,
by Sheriff D.H. Gray and his
deputies, making the first-ever
drug bust in the Wood River Val-
ley. Eight Chinese and one white

man were brought into custody.
Pipes and paraphernalia along
with $350 worth of opium were
confiscated. At a trial two days
later, two Chinese were fined $20
and the third was fined $5.
By 1886, anti-Chinese leagues
in Hailey and Ketchum organized economic boycotts to drive
out the Chinese, whose numbers
were quickly reduced.
Also located on River Street
was Haileys red-light district,
home to Dot Allen, a well-known
madam who was said to have
sent all her brothers and sisters
to college on her income.
W.W. Coles Colossal Show
circus of 1884 drew 5,000 spectators, who witnessed a five-ton
elephant named Samson run
amuck through Hailey, rolling
a lion cage, demolishing wagons
and killing horses before being
brought under control, according
to T.C. Picottes account.
Church men came to the valley early and culture of a sort began to flourish as families settled
in the valley. A debating club and
literary society formed in Ketchum, while Bellevue formed a
minstrel group and literary society of its own. Hailey had its own
culture groups, while offering
also the Damphools and Order of
Cranks to match the antics of the
Bellevue Liars Club.
Usually the benefits

were reaped by a
promoter or shrewd
buyer one step removed
who recognized potential,
had access to capital and
knew how to handle both
men and money.
Clark C. Spence
Historian
Before anyone saw an end to

the mining boom, the craze of
snow-shoeing had caught on in
the Wood River Valley. People riding on wooden boards left tracks
all over the hills around Hailey,
so they had the appearance of a
railroad map, so numerous were
the tracks along its sides, wrote
Spence.
After the silver bust in the early 1890s, many left the Wood River Valley. Mining was reduced
to a trickle in coming decades as
ranching took over as the mainstay of the local economy, until
Count Felix Schaffgotsch came
to the valley in 1936 to scout for a
new resort that would be named
Sun Valley. By then, the sport of
snow-shoeing was called skiing
and the Wood River Valley was
set to reinvent itself once more.
(Sources: Idaho Mountain
Express, Idaho Yesterdays
by Clark C. Spence, the Blaine
County Sheriffs Office and the
Ketchum Tomorrow. Thanks
also to the Blaine County Historical Museum and the Community Library Regional History
Department.)
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Kids gather near the finish line as ducks race down the Big Wood River in the
2014 event.
Last call
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Rotary Club to end charity race after 19 years
By AMY BUSEK
On Sunday, Sept. 6, intrepid

rubber duckies will leave the
bath tub in pursuit of adventurequite possibly, for the last
time. The Great Wagon Days
Duck Race will no longer be hosted by the Ketchum-Sun Valley
Rotary Club after this year, and
will cease to exist unless another
organization takes over.The club
has hosted the event for the past
19 years.
The race sends 12,000 ducks
down the Big Wood River, where
some lucky owners will win prizesif their bright yellow fellow
is fast enough.
Ducks start at the Warm
Springs Bridge off Warm Springs
Road and make their way down
to the finish line at Rotary Park,
across the street from the Wood
River YMCA. Each duck is numbered to identify its owner.
The event starts at 1 p.m. and
the ducks are launched at 4 p.m.
Live music lasts from 3-5 p.m.
Event Co-Chair Teresa Beahen-Lipman said the organization aims to make this the biggest and best duck race yet, since
its also likely to be the last.
No pun intended, it has run
its course, she said.
She said the Rotary Club will
be refocusing its energies toward itsnew Brewfest event
instead.
To commemorate the final
race, theres a chance to win a $1
million prize. Four ducks are predetermined as potential grandprize winners, and if one of them
beats immeasurable odds to be
the first duck across the finish
line, its owner gets a million big
ones. Three duck races over the
events history have had the million-dollar duck, but no one has
won yet, Beahen-Lipman said.If
theres a pay-out, it will be covered
by Dallas-based SCA Promotions.
Other prizes include $500
worth of landscaping services, a

season ski pass from Sun Valley
and gift certificates from over a
dozen local retailers.
The Rotary Club event pays
dividends for the community.
Adopting a duck generates funds
for Blaine County Search and
Rescue as well as scholarship
funds for Wood River Valley students and contributions made to
local nonprofits.
According to Beahen-Lipman,
the organization netted $30,000
from the 2014 race. One-fourth of
that revenue went to Search and
Rescue, $11,000 went to scholarships for graduating seniors and
the rest was given to nonprofits,
including the Hunger Coalition,
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Co-chair
It costs $5 per duck or $25 for

a six quack. Its every duck for
himselfand no alterations are
allowed pre-race. People can fill
out paperwork and pay for their
ducks at a number of local businesses, including Atkinsons
Market in Ketchum, Wood River
Insurance in Hailey and the Idaho Mountain Express office in
Ketchum.
The race is made possible by
several sponsors, including Tim
Jeneson Insurance Agency, Pioneer Title Co., Clearwater Landscaping and D.L. Evans Bank.
The Rotary Club will continue
to fund the search and rescue operation, scholarships and myriad
nonprofits through its other fundraisers, Beahen-Lipman said.
To be considered for funding,
organizations can fill out a grant
application on the Rotary Club
website.
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20-Mule-Hitch Jerk Line Mechanics
A crupper around the

base of the tail prevents
the harness from sliding
forward.
On the wheelers, theres
also breechinga strap
that wraps around the
hindquarters to prevent
the wagons from running
into the back of the
animal. The wheelers
would be the only assist
from the team in slowing
down the train.
SWINGERS
Essentially veteran
pointers, their advanced
training gives them the
ability to step over the
haul chain and make
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Jerk Line
The 20-mule hitch pulling wagons full of ore over Trail Creek Summit were controlled
by a 120-foot-long jerk line. The driver, or muleskinner, would ride the left (near) draft
horse or mule in front of the wheel. In his left hand was the brake line. In his right
was the jerk line. The jerk line laced through the collars of the swing mules but was
attached to the lead near mules left side of his bit. A steady pull meant to go
left, a quick jerk commanded the mule to go right. There was one continuous
chain running underneath all the wagons all the way to the lead mules.
This allowed the swing mules to pull that line on either side
around corners as long as the line was taut. The wagons
would follow suit in the same locations.
ORE WAGONS
The first wagon (Lewis Lead)
was built entirely of hardwood
by employees of Horace Lewis
in 1889. It may be the largest
freight wagon still in existence.
The wagons follow suit according
to what the team dictates.
WHEELERS
This stout team is the muscle in
getting the freight moving.
Youll see them really throw
their might into the collar.
SIXES, EIGHTS & TENS

The six mules span the middle of
the jerk line. They need to know
their names for taking directions
from the muleskinner to shift
speeds or pull in different
directions to help steer the
wagons and make the corners.
hey are loose, without head or
chest harnesses.
Blinders keep the mule

focused on the job ahead
and not distracted by
goings on behind her.
Chain traces have a
leather sheath over
them so they dont
pinch the mules sides.
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By EXPRESS STAFF Illustration by KRISTEN KAISER
LEAD
The smartest mules in the team. Always keep
the center chain tautand usually straight.
SWAMPER
This person rides on the
side of the wagon. Hes the
brake man and helps tend
to the mules and supplies.
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POINTERS
In addition to helping with pulling,
their function is to guide the wagons.
They must be trained to step over the
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at a 12% grade. Thats
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mountainsides made for a
harrowing transport.
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MULESKINNER
This is the driver of the
team, and he rode the
near (left) side wheeler.
The hames are covered with a

leather flap to prevent dust and
debris getting into the collar.
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Hailey artist chosen to create Wagon Days poster

Howard Lacina, 85, had
painted model boxes as a career
By GREG MOORE
A painting of Ketchums famous Big Hitch ore wagons,

done by an 85-year-old artist who used to illustrate plasticmodel boxes, has been chosen as the artwork for the 2015
Wagon Days poster.
Howard Lacinas painting portrays the train of 10-mule
team ore wagons from the rear, with the Bald Mountain ski
area in the background. Lacina said he drew the scene from
a photograph he took of the 2014 parade.
Lacina moved to Hailey from the Chicago area two
years ago to be closer to his daughter.
As a youngster, Lacina found drawing airplanes to
be a fascinating pastime. After high school, he attended
Ray-Vogue College of Design in downtown Chicago. It was
there that he met and married his wife Marlene, a fellow
art student.
In 1963, he went to work for Lindberg Products, a maker
of plastic hobby models, illustrating the boxes that contained the model kits. His talent with watercolor, gouache,
acrylic, airbrush and even hand-lettering was put into
good use for renderings of planes, ships, cars and military
vehicles. His work can be found on hundreds of vintage
model boxes.
In 1964, the Lindy Loonies kits came out with Lacinas
fantastical illustrations of monsters and creatures for the
models box tops. Lindy Loonies and Bad Wheels box cover
art was a distinct change from the realistic car, plane and
ship model art popular at the time.
Lacina has illustrated four childrens books, two of
which were written by his daughter, Judy Stoltzfus.
After retiring in the late 1990s, Lacina began painting
still-lifes, portraits, lighthouses and landscapes.
He and Marlene moved to Hailey from Morton Grove,
Ill., and were able to rent a house next door to their
daughter.
Shed always been after us to move here, he said.
Courtesy graphic
The 2015 Wagon Days poster features a painting by Hailey artist Howard Lacina.
Lacina said his painting activities have tapered off,
but he still does sketches for fun. He said the Wagon Days
poster required a lot of concentration.
Theres a lot of detail on it, and my eyes were getting
real tired, he said.
Copies of the poster are for sale for $25 at the Ore Wagon
Museum, at East Avenue and Fifth Street, through Sept. 6.
The rendering of the Big Hitch which Lacina painted

for this years Wagon Days poster proves that he still has
that same eye for detail and perspective, the Wagon Days
Committee stated on its website.
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calendar
of events
wagon days 2015
Express photo by Willy Cook
The Wagon Days Big Hitch Parade starts at 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 5.
The following is a list of primary events for Wagon Days
weekend in the Ketchum area.
To read the full Idaho Mountain
Express calendar, see the Arts &
Events section of this newspaper.
Through Sept. 6
Wagon Days
headquarters open
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily at the Ore
Wagon Museum in Ketchum. Get
information, hats, T-shirts, posters, buttons and much more.
Thursday, Sept. 3
The Sagebrush Sea
7 p.m. at the Ore Wagon Museum
in Ketchum. In celebration of The
Nature Conservancys 50th anniversary in Idaho, a public screening of The Sagebrush Sea will
be shown. This documentary
recently premiered onthe awardwinning PBS series Nature.
Refreshments will be served.
Free and open to thepublic. Seating is first-come, first-served.
Friday, Sept. 4, and

Saturday, Sept. 5
Meandering Musicians
In Ketchum, musicians will meander through the streets and
into select venues, including the
Cornerstone Bar & Grill, Grill
at Knob Hill, The Kneadery, Perrys, PioneerSaloon, Sawtooth
Club, Sun Valley Wine Co. and
Warfield Distillery & Brewery.
Join the musicians starting at 9
p.m. on Friday and Saturday evenings for a good ol barn dance.
Friday, Sept. 4
Cowboy Poets Recital

1-5 p.m. Ore Wagon Museum. Listen to vintage cowboy poets as
they swap stories that have been
thrown around cow-camp cook
fires for centuries, as well as contemporary stories.
Art Gallery Walk

5-8 p.m.in downtown Ketchum.
Sun Valley Gallery Association
hosts a walk that features new
work at member galleries.
Grand Marshals Reception
5:30-7:30 p.m. at Memory Park
in Ketchum. Join the city of Ketchum and the Wagon Days Committee as they honor the 2015
grand marshal, Bob Rosso. Live
music, food and drink; open to
the public.
Friday, Sept. 4, to
Monday, Sept. 7
Art, Crafts & Antique Fairs
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Haileys Antique Market
Roberta McKercher Park and
Hailey National Armory: Thursdayshop set up; Friday 9 a.m.-6

p.m.; Saturday 9 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sunday 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
l Ketchum
Antique & Art
Showat the parking lot next to
Hemingway Elementaryin Ketchum: Sept. 4, 5 and 6 from 9 a.m.
to 7 p.m. and Sept. 7 from 9 a.m.
to 4 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 5, and

Sunday, Sept. 6
Papoose Clubs Pancake
Breakfast
8 a.m. to noon in Ketchum Town
Square. All-you-can-eat breakfast. Papoose Club members and
friends will cook up pancakes,
sausage and scrambled eggs,
with Starbucks coffee.Benefits
youth of the Wood River Valley.
Silver Car Auction

9 a.m. to 8 p.m.at Sun Valley Resort. Silver Auctions presents the
annual Sun Valley Collector Car
Auction. Some 200 car owners
and dealers display and auction
off cars in this two-day sale.
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3 p.m. at the Casino on Main
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The Great Wagon Days
Duck Race
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The party starts at 2 p.m., with
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The Big Hitch Parade

1 p.m. in Sun Valley and Ketchum (see route on Page 16). The
largest non-motorized parade in
the Northwest, the Big Hitch Parade includes dozens of museumquality buggies, carriages, carts,
stagecoaches and wagons. The
six enormous Lewis ore wagons,
known as the Big Hitch, are the
grand finale and are pulled by an
authentic 20-mule jerkline.
Dewey, Pickett and Howe

2:30 p.m. or after the parade in
Ketchum Town Square. Dewey,
Pickett and Howe will entertain
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Poets and pickers to liven up Wagon Days

Event is tribute to
Idaho poet Wayne Nelson
pating poets include Colt Angel, Brian Dillworth, Mick Halverson, Ron Parish, Tommie Patton and Wayne Pinson.
Wagon Days 2015 will include cowboy The poetry recitals and hootenannies
poetry recitals Friday afternoon and hoo- will take place at the Ore Wagon Museum
tenannies Friday and Saturday nights, in Ketchum, or barn, as architect David
Barovetto, who designed the
as well as musicians strolling
structure, likes to call it.
through the streets and playing
I designed it with the purbriefly at seven Ketchum restaupose of housing the wagons, but
rants throughout the weekend.
when the wagons are away, we
This years event will be in
go in and play, Barovetto said.
part a tribute to poet Snake
Its a great spaceits acousRiver Wayne Nelson, who died
tically good and it can handle
Aug. 8 at age 71 from a heart
hundreds of people.
attack after fighting off a bout
Barovetto is also the orgaof pneumonia. Nelson grew up
nizer of the Meandering Musion a ranch outside Blackfoot,
cians event, which was inauguIdaho, and won the Golden Note
rated last year. He said the idea
award for outstanding music in
had been incubating in his mind
1996 and the Silver Quill award
for many years, while he imagfor outstanding poetry in 2000.
ined what must have occurred
The website comboypoetry.
as townspeople saw the ore wagcom states that not only a treons roll down Trail Creek Road
mendous poet, songwriter and
and into town with the ore they
entertainer, Wayne was an
had gathered from mines over
amazing human being, full of
the hill.
love and care.
They didnt know when the
In the short few years he
wagons were going to show up,
was in my life I never heard him
and when they did show up, the
mutter a negative word about
whole town went crazy, because
anyone else, and I never heard
its a pay day, he said.
anyone speak ill of Wayne, the
David Barovetto
Barovetto said the hootenanwriter stated.
Organizer
nies will take whatever musical
On Friday afternoon from 1-5
p.m., Nelsons friends and contemporaries direction the musicians and the audience
will recite some of his and their own poems feel inclined to move in.
and songs as well as vintage cowboy poetry The musicians get together and they
that has been thrown around cow-camp just whip up the magic that they do,
cook fires since the 19th century. Partici- Barovetto said.
By GREG MOORE
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the greatest flag on earth. Please take
a moment to remember all that serve
our great country. We also fly the Idaho
state flag thankful we live in this beautiful land. We are so happy to be part of
the Wagon Days parade. Thank you for
your patriotism.
3) David Ketchum American

Legion Post 115
The city of Ketchum and Wagon

Days honor Bob Rosso. Rosso was one
of the founders of the Blaine County
Recreation District and served for more
than 20 years on the board of directors. He also ran the Boulder Mountain
Tour from the very beginning, Sun
Valley Mountain Guides in the 1970s, Ski
Education Foundation Cross Country
Ski Team with Rob Kiesel and the free
annual Adams Gulch Fun Run. He started
the Backcountry Run more than 35 years
ago and has been involved ever since.
He has also been on the Galena Advisory
Committee for the historic cross-country
ski lodge and trails north of town and
the boards of the Wood River Community
YMCA, Sun Valley Junior Hockey and
the Community School. He and his wife,
Kate, own The Elephants Perch, which
is housed in the historic Horace Lewis
home.
5) City of Ketchum
The city of Ketchum proudly presents
Wagon Days weekend. Mayor Nina Jonas
and City Council members are riding
in the historic Lewis family coach. The
coach was given to the city along with
the Lewis ore wagons, featured in the
parade today.
Ketchums Ore Wagon Museum is
home to the Lewis ore wagons where
they can be seen year-round. Horace
Lewis began the Ketchum Fast Freight
Line soon after the town was founded
on Aug. 2, 1880. The magnificent wagons
carried the first load of ore from the
Elkhorn mine to the railroad at Kelton,
Utah.
Riding in the city of Sun Valleys

carriage is Mayor Dwayne Briscoe. This
John Deere carriage dates from around
1900 and was restored to its original
condition by Wayne Orvick of Wood River
Carriage Works. The carriage was purchased by the city of Sun Valley along
with a sleigh. The carriage was originally
used to transport guests at the old
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a beautiful team of grey Percherons
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Idahos lieutenant governor, Brad
Little, said he is proud to join in the
celebration of the 57th anniversary of
Wagon Days. Accompanying the lieutenant governor is his bride of 37 years,
Teresa. Brad is third-generation Idahoan
and a familiar face at Wagon Days.
Welcome back, Brad!
10) The Blaine County

Museums Heritage Court
Riding in this beautiful buggy is
the 2015 Blaine County Heritage Court.
The buggy is owned and driven by Bill
Sherbine.
11) Tegernsee, Ketchums

sister city
Ketchum and Tegernsee have been
sister cities since 1980, providing opportunities to share their two cultures.
This Wagon Days, Ketchum is hosting
children from the Tegernsee Valley. The
kids appreciate the experience, so show
them a warm Ketchum welcome! Next
summer, Tegernsee will host children
from Ketchum.
12) Wagon Days

2015 sponsors
Wagon Days is made possible by the
support of the city of Ketchum and a
dedicated volunteer group, as well as by
the financial support of generous sponsors. The Wagon Days Committee thanks
all the sponsors. Each of these businesses has contributed to the success
of Wagon Days and it could not be held
each year without them. They make this
wonderful event possible.
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Tilley.
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23) Rebeccas Private Idaho

and World Bicycle Relief
Authentic stagecoach used between

Silver City and Murphy, Idaho, from the
late 1800s through the early 1900s. It
is now the icon stagecoach symbol for
Nampas Snake River Stampede, which
just celebrated its 100th anniversary.
Professional bike racer, one of the

worlds top endurance athletes and
Ketchum local Rebecca Rusch (known as
the Queen of Pain) is hosting the third
annual Rebeccas Private Idaho event.
Its a 100-mile bike ride to benefit three
bike organizations. World Bicycle Relief
and its Buffalo Bike have joined Rebecca
Rusch today with a few other world
champion cyclists.
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Ambush of Tigers Marching
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17) Snake River

Stampede Stagecoach
This wagon is driven by Tyler

Peterson and pulled by his horses,
Sophie and Lacey. The wagon riders
are celebrating the third annual Cherry
Bounce Contest.
Something for Every Collector
And now, a special treat for Wagon

Days! Please welcome Buffy, a 4-month
old white buffalo to her first parade!
Buffy lives in Idaho Falls with Jeral and
Jenine Williams. Accompanying Buffy is
Mya Williams riding Danny Girl.
This frontier wagon is a complete

replica of an 1882 Studebaker freight
wagon used to haul supplies from
Caldwell to Silver City. Today, this
14-foot-tall oak wagon is used to haul
Snake River Stampede whiskey to the
towns of the West.
18) Third annual

Cherry Bounce Contest
Show Open Every Day
9:00 to 7:00
Closes at 4:00
Monday, September 7th
21) Buffy the White Buffalo
Jerome High School Band Program,

nicknamed the Ambush of Tigers,
is entering its third year under the
direction of Mr. Hiroshi Fukuoka. The
Ambush of Tigers Marching Band had
participated in numerous parades such
as the Rose Parade, Wagon Days Parade,
Jerome County Fair Parade and Western
Days Parade. On the field, the Ambush of
Tigers travel to marching competitions
throughout Idaho and Utah.
16) Snake River Stampede

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20) Blaine County

Republican Women
The Blaine County Republican Women
and Central Committee are proud to
sponsor the return of the camels.
Idaho Controller Brandon Woolf is riding Ralphie in his first Wagon Days
Parade, with veteran camel rider Rep.
Steve Miller showing him the ropes
on Humphrie. Joining them is Dude, a
camel in training for next years parade.
Brandon and Steve said they are grateful
for the opportunity to serve the residents of Blaine County in the greatest
state in the nation. Thanks to Jeral and
The Buffalo Bicycle is not just a bike;

its an engine for economic and cultural
empowerment. The bikes design is
reflective of the original English Raleigh
Roadster, developed in the late 1800s.
The result is a robust bicycle engineered
specifically for rural African terrain and
load requirements. Everyone is asked to
welcome the riders back to civilization
in the Ketchum Town Square on Sunday
afternoon for the Smith Optics Off The
Wagon Day celebration. There will be live
music, food and cold drinks.
24) Spirit of Ketchum

Iditarod Team
The Mighty Shiba dogsled team is
again in training to dominate the competition in the 2016 Alaskan Iditarod. Help
cheer YumYum and Radar on to victory!
25) Miss Lambchops

Miss Lambchops is riding her favorite
steed, Tiffany, a 26-year-old quarter
horse born and raised in the Wood River
Valley. Lambchops and Tiffany live near
the Triumph Mines with their friend
Wendy Collins.
26) Trailing of the Sheep

Festival
The 19th annual Trailing of the Sheep
Festival will be held this year Oct. 7-11
in Sun Valley, Ketchum and Hailey. Its a
five-day weekend packed with events for
the entire family. The festival celebrates
more than 150 years of sheep herding
and sheep ranching in Idaho and the
West with storytelling, art, music, food,
a Fiber Festival, a sheep Folklife Fair,
Championship Sheepdog Trials and the
Big Sheep Parade down Main Street in
Ketchum.
During the mining boom, Ketchum
had more than 2,000 residents. When
the boom went bust, only 20 people
remained. It was then that a new industry was born in Ketchumsheep.
Ketchum became the largest sheepshipping center in the world, outside
of Sydney, Australia, in the early 1900s.
Between 1 million and 2 million sheep
trailed through the valley during these
times. The sheep kept the railroad
operating and saved the town. Come celebrate the history, heritage and cultures
that made Ketchum what it is today.
Look for trailingofthesheep.org.
27) Trailing of the Lambs

As the sheep are herded on, the little
lambs stray behind. It takes a special
kind of herder to keep the lambs together. She will keep herding them until
theyre safe, by hook or by crookthats
the lamb herders way. The miniature
sheep camp was built through a labor of
love by Jim Hook. The team pulling the
camp is Mounty, a 12-year-old registered
miniature paint horse, and Noble, an
18-year-old registered miniature appaloosa. The outrider tied to the back, is
Dan, age 7. The team and wagon are
owned and driven by Debbie Hook from
McCammon, Idaho.
28) Little Bo Peep

Little Bo Peep and her lost little
sheep trailing behind the herders. She
found one little sheep and can hear the
rest bleat. She will follow until she finds
them. The found little sheep is Ace, a
15-year-old registered miniature horse.
Ace is driven by Bo Peep, Silvia Lockyer,
from McCammon, Idaho.
29) Miss Kitty

and the Pendleton Gang
Hide the whiskey and save your kids,
its Miss Kitty and the Pendleton Gang,
Doctor Daniels, but you can call him Jack.
Doug Howell is riding his 7-year-old quarter horse palomino, Gus. The brains of the
operation, Miss Kitty aka Theresa Locker
is on her 10-year-old quarter horse palomino, Peach. And last but not least, the
roughest of them all is Lala Booty, riding
her quarter horse buckskin, Butterbutt.
This gang is notorious for sticking around
until the whiskey is all gone.
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30) Goddess Athena
and Pegasus
Flown down from Mount Olympus
on mighty Pegasus is one of the many
fabled goddesses, Athena. She is the
goddess of wisdom and war, Zeuss
favorite child, allowed to use his thunderbolts in battle. Houdini, a 12-yearold registered paint horse, portrays
Pegasus. He is ridden by Elizabeth
Lockyer from McCammon, Idaho, who is
portraying the part of Athena.
officers, city and county officials and

National Guard members for all of their
help and hard work on wildfires. Smokey
would like to remind everyone that fire
season is not over yet. Thanks and be
safe while youre out using public lands.
Considered to be one of the smoothest-gaited horses in the world, the

Peruvian horse guarantees its natural
gait to each offspring, making them the
champagne of gaited horses.
38) State Sen.

Michelle Stennett
The Great Wagon Days Duck Race

serves as the main fundraising event
for the Ketchum/Sun Valley Rotary Club.
Donations raised from the Duck Race
have benefited more than 60 charities in
the Wood River Valley and beyond.
Sen. Michelle Stennett is proud and

honored to serve the Wood River Valley.
She thanks everyone for their kindness
and support.
32) The Papoose Club and

Old Time Fiddlers
The fiddlers have been a part of
Wagon Days for many years. Get a
hearty start to Wagon Days weekend
at the Papoose Clubs annual Pancake
Breakfast, featuring music from the Old
Time Fiddlers. This favorite local event
will be held on Saturday and Sunday
from 8 a.m. to noon at Ketchum Town
Square. Volunteers from Papoose Club
one of the Wood River Valleys oldest
philanthropic organizationswill dishing
up all-you-can-eat pancakes, scrambled
eggs, sausage, fruit, juice and hot coffee.
33) Still Hitched

In 2012, we were Goin Courtin. In
2013, we were Just Hitched. In 2015,
were Still Hitched! With a new horse just
trained fer this-here parade were perdy
proud! We like to use our fox trotters for
hitchin n hikin!
34) Ketchum Firefighters

Local 4758 and Wood River
Firefighters Local 4923
Bruce and Sunny Bradshaw from

Marsing, Idaho, carry the American flag
and Idaho state flag in parades across
Idaho, and have had the honor of being
color guard for Parade America in
Nampa and Snake River Stampede in the
past. Wagon Days Parade is one of their
favorites to participate in.
36) Smokey Bear

Smokey Bear would like to thank
all of the firefighters, law enforcement
42) Blaine County 4H

Riding in these wagons are members
of Blaine County 4H.
43) Ivorianah
Here comes Ivorianah driving her
mini horse Dixie, as Dr. King Schultz, the
dentist and bounty hunter from Boot
Hill, to meet all your teeth and bounty
needs.
44) Kathleen
Here comes Raggedy Ann and Andy
on their way to the Dodge National
Finals Rag Doll Rodeo with their faithful
little mini horse, Ice, driven by Kathleen.
open to the public

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Wagon Days venues
Meandering musicians
Visiting Venues Friday and Saturday
Cowboy Poets
Ore Wagon Museum

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The Mighty Minis perform in parades
throughout the West.
1 CORNERSTONE BAR & GRILL 211 N Main St
46) Mini Mules too
3 THE KNEADERY 260 Leadville Ave
Pulling this entry four-abreast are

some of the smallest mules in the world,
coming in at about 29 inches.
5 PIONEER SALOON 320 N Main St
2 GRILL AT KNOB HILL 960 N Main St

4 PERRYS 131 4th St W
6 SAWTOOTH CLUB 231 N Main St
7 SUN VALLEY WINE CO 360 Leadville Ave
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NAMI Wood River Valleys mission

is to improve the quality of life for all
those affected by mental illness and
to become recognized as Wood River
Valleys voice on mental illness in terms
of education, advocacy and support,
and to bridge the gap between urban
and rural mental health services. NAMI
Wood River Valley provides education
and support groups, and advocates for
effective prevention, diagnosis, treatment, community support, research and
recovery. The purpose of NAMI Wood
River Valley is to enable those who have
mental illness to obtain equal opportunities in medical care, social life, economic
security and spiritual life; to provide
support for those who have mental illness and their families, and to cooperate
with existing organizations that serve
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Firefighters are pulling the original

Ketchum Tiger Hook and Ladder Co.s
hand-drawn hose cart. This was stateof-the-art for firefighting in 1889. Upon
notification of a fire, two ropes would be
strung out in front of the cart. Upwards of
10 firefighters would run out front of the
cart to pull it to the fire scene. Two firefighters would hold on to the tongue to
steer and/or attempt to brake the cart. It
must have been a wild ride! At the scene,
hose would be unwound to connect to a
hand pumper in order to put water on the
fire. Lets fill the boot for Jerrys kids.
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Taking part in a time-honored tradition dating back to 1954, the Ketchum

Professional Firefighters Local 4758 and
the Wood River Firefighters Local 4923
are riding in support of the Muscular
Dystrophy Association. Money raised
today by filling the boot provides services and support, such as free clinics,
motorized wheelchairs and other muchneeded specialized equipment, to more
than 500 southern Idaho residents who
have muscular dystrophy.
please join the

city of Ketchum and the
Wagon Days Committee
as they Honor the
2015 Grand Marshal
Democratic Party candidates and

party officers.
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39) Blaine County

Democrats
Originally called the Hailey Hellers,

the Old Frontier Gang has been in existence for more than 42 years. The coach
was built in New Hampshire by the firm
Abbott and Downing. It ran passengers
from Henrys Lake to West Yellowstone.
The coach is around 118 years old.
Pulling the coach is a pair of Percheron
draft horses named Joe and Benny. It is
owned and driven by Richard and Eric
Barney of West Magic.
Fri Sept 4
5:30-7 pm
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in Tribute to Wayne Nelson
Ore Wagon Museum
Friday, 1 to 5pm
Enjoy the rough-hewn elegance of Cowboy
Poetry as vintage, regional contemporaries
share the memory of an award winning cowboy,
creative poet and musician, reciting his works
as well as swapping old time stories that have
been tossed around cow camp cook fires
for centuries.
WESTERN POETS: Brian Dillworth,
Mick Halverson, Tommie Patton, Colt
Angel, Ron Parish and Wayne (looselip)
Pinson as well as Gary Eller, Idaho historical
author, musician, poet and banjo player will
fill the barn with classic Cowboy Poetry and
remembrances of their friend, Wayne Nelson.
Meandering Musicians Perform
Revisit the musical outburst in Ketchum that

occurred centuries ago when these same Lewis
Ore Wagons, filled to the brim with heavy
lead and silver ore, pulled for weeks by mule
teams, struggled into town after completing
their treacherous, sometimes deadly trip
over the steep mountain trails. Their payload
supported the town, creating paydays for
miners, teamsters, farriers, and jobs at the train
station, the local smelter and especially in the
restaurants and saloons that thrived in town.
This weekend, as in those times, local musicians
and their stringed instruments are meandering
through the streets and select venues in town
with music to perpetuate that successful Ore
Wagon tradition, when the Wagons are rolling,
the fiddlers are strolling.
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55) Treasure Valley Whips
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Whos in the
Wagon Days parade?
The Treasure Valley Whips Club in

southwestern Idaho is a nonprofit organization promoting the sport of carriage
driving. It sponsors play days, pleasure
driving shows, arena driving trials and
pleasure drives, as well as clinics with
nationally acclaimed trainers. Visit it at
www.treasurevalleywhips.org.
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Clark Expedition
PET LODGE
Riding three full-blooded American

mustangs are Dana Lovell as Sacajawea
on Raven, Ralph Harris as Capt.
Merriweather Lewis on Sunshine and
Tom Crais on Silver Chief as a typical
French scout. Capt. Lewis uniform is
completely authentic, as is the war shirt
of the scout and the Native American
clothing.
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A champagne wagon from the

Champagne Mine, just north of Craters
for the Moon. It has been across the
continent twice. It is owned and driven
by Tony Clapier of Rupert, Idaho.
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and made by Don Hubbard, and is for
sale. It is pulled by a 6- and 7-year-old
halflinger team from Malad, IdahoWally
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The EhCapa Bareback Riders, ages

8-19, have developed a unique relationship with their horses based on sound
horsemanship principles. They control
their horses with leg cues, their voices
and a 1-inch-wide leather strap around
the horses neck known as a tack rein.
These young talented riders take their
audiences on breathtaking journeys
through maneuvers and jumps that even
few experienced riders can handle, all
without the aid of saddles or bridles.
EhCapa believes that when a young person learns to build trust in the horses
they love, the results can be remarkable. The clubs style is reminiscent of
American Indians. The organization rides
in the hope of bringing honor to the
Native Americans, from their beautiful
handmade clothing to the traditional
native symbols painted on their horses.
52) Americas Mustang

Liberty is a product of the Extreme
Mustang Makeover in Nampa in July,
and at that time had been out of the
wild horse corrals for 100 days. In the
Extreme Mustang Makeover, trainers
compete to showcase the trainability
of the American mustang. Joshua Mani,
her trainer, has been invited to compete
in Mustang Magic in Ft. Worth, Texas, in
January.
53) WW Mules
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This custom-built, rubber-tired hitch

wagon is used in shows, parades and
wagon trains. The wagon is pulled by
two gray molly mules, Zip and Dot. They
are full sisters out of a quarter horse
mare.
56) Sun Valley Black

Two-Seated Carriage
57) Community School
58) Hook Draw Collection
The Yellowstone Stage
63) The Sawtooth Rangers/

Days of the Old West Rodeo
Royalty
The Sawtooth Rangers are pleased to
present the Days of the Old West Rodeo
Royalty: Senior Queen Shelby Schlund,
Teen Queen Moira Tabor, Junior Queen
Bailey Cole and Pee Wee Queen Megan
Taber.
The Sawtooth Rangers thank you for
supporting rodeo! Its a Fourth of July
tradition that the Rangers are proud to
host. Become a member of the Sawtooth
Rangers and promote horsemanship
dues are just $5. For more information,
visit www.sawtoothrangers.com.
64) 2016 Oakley

Pioneer Days Princess
This Yellowstone Stage and ones like

it were used in the park into the 1930s
before cars were allowed. It is driven by
Jim Barton of the Bar B Ranch in Carey.
Kaylee Tegan is the 2016 Oakley

Pioneer Days rodeo princess. She and
her horse, Hercules, are proud to represent the wonderful community of Oakley,
Idaho, and the great sport of rodeo.
59) Hook Draw

CollectionThe Concord
Stage
65) 2016 Oakley Pioneer

Days Queen
Abbot Downey Concord stages were

most commonly used on transcontinental
runs, changing horses every 20 miles
and providing a grueling 15 mph ride for
the passengers. This Concord Stage is
part of the Hook Draw collection. Ronald
Burnside with his team of Greys drives it.
60) Tennessee Walking

Horse Club of Idaho
61) Black Peruvian Pasos
These two beautiful black Peruvian
paso horses live and play right here
in Sun Valley. Peruvian pasos are the
smoothest-riding horse in the world.
Both the gait and the flashy leg action
are completely natural. Peruvian pasos
were bred and used in Peru by ranchers
who had to travel many miles each day
to work their ranches, and they wanted
to ride in comfort. The Riccabona family
owns these beauties. The big gelding
is named Rudy and was born in San
Antonio, Texas. Rudys rider is Steve
Riccabona, an agent for Keller Williams
Real Estate here in Sun Valley. The little
mare is Misty. Misty was born in Carey
and is a sweetheart to ride. Allan Snyder,
who lives in Sun Valley, is riding Misty.
These horses show a lot of personality.
Rudy and Misty enjoy the parade, but
also love to walk the mountain trails,
round up cattle and run the dirt roads
around the Sun Valley area.
If you ever get a chance to ride a
Peruvian paso, take ityou will enjoy the
experience.
62) Idaho Rodeo Hall of

Fame Ambassador
Cathy Jo Ruby is proud to serve
as the 2015 Idaho Rodeo Hall of Fame
ambassador. The Idaho Rodeo Hall of
Fame is a nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving the past and honoring the future of rodeo. You can find the
Idaho Rodeo Hall of Fame at the Gooding
County Fairgrounds during the third
week of August in Gooding, Idaho.
Amelia Clark is the 18-year-old

daughter of Grant and Denise Clark of
Albion, Idaho. She is proud to represent
a great rodeo and a great community
and would like to invite everyone out
the third weekend in July next year for
Oakley Pioneer Days Rodeo!
66) Ada County Sheriffs

Mounted Posse-ettes Drill
Team
The Posse-ettes have been around
for more than 50 years and have performed in parades, rodeos and drill
competitions. It is a dedicated team
of women from all walks of life with a
strong love of horses and their friendship. New members are always welcome,
so please come and ride with us and see
how much fun equestrian drill can be.
67) War Bonnet Duchess

Ashlyn Hill
Ashlyn Hill is 2015 War Bonnet
Roundup duchess. The War Bonnet
Roundup is Idahos longest-running rodeo.
Ashlyn is a 6th-grader in Burley, Idaho.
68) Valerie Endrikat

Valerie Endrikat is riding her Gypsy
drum mare, Bonnie Belle, of Cascade Farms.
69) Idaho State Riding

Association
The Idaho State Riding Association
was established in 1948. The association
consists of 10 clubs with a total of 240
members, which compete in precision
drill, parade and team gaming events.
Representing the Idaho State Riding
Association are the Cassia County Sheriffs
Posse, the Minidoka Wranglers, Mini-Cassia
Outlaws and the Blackfoot Saddlemen. The
Cassia County Sheriffs Posse was incorporated in 1949 as an all mens riding group.
The Minidoka Wranglers were incorporated
in 1959 as an all womens riding group.
The Mini-Cassia Outlaws are a junior posse
ranging in age from 8-18. The Blackfoot
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Saddlemen were one of the original teams
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Riding Association are honored to participate in the Wagon Days Parade and festivities.
to Stanley. The club has historically met

every Wednesday evening in Adams
Gulch. They really miss the wide trails
and fire pit out there! The Riding Club
rides in front of the Big Hitch each year
to help remind the crowd that safety is
important, so please stay well back, and
thanks for coming out to the parade!
70) City of Ketchum

Water Wagon
72) City of Ketchum

Big Hitch
The water wagon and commissary

was used to carry water for the mules
and men on journeys across the plains
and desert. A team owned and driven
by Bob Tomaski from Montana pulls the
wagon.
As always, the best for last, the

grand finale to the Wagon Days Parade,
the Big Hitch. These six original Lewis
Fast Freight Line Ore Wagons were
originally used to transport ore from
the mountains that surround the valley.
These wagons traversed the dangerous
12 percent grade of Trail Creek Summit.
The Horace Lewis family donated the
wagons to the city of Ketchum. Pulling
the wagon is a 20-draft mule jerkline,
driven by professional Mule Skinner
Bobby Tanner of Bishop, Calif., assisted
by his crew and brakeman: Tim Deckard,
Ryan Eittreim, Doug McClean and Jesse
Deckard. Please keep quiet as the hitch
passes, as the mules must be able to
hear voice commands.
71) Ketchum-Warm Springs

Riding Club
The Ketchum-Warm Springs Riding
Club is one of the oldest riding clubs in
Idaho. It was formed in the 1950s to keep
horses in shape for hunting season but
has evolved into a sociable group of trail
riders who enjoy good meals, great company and a nice ride in the mountains.
Members currently range from Bellevue
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The EhCapa Bareback Riders are always a crowd favorite in the Wagon Days Big
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Wagon Days
Wagon Days hearkens to valleys mining era
etables, meat, dry goods, coffee
and many other items. In 1892,
the company reported shipping
588,000 pounds of goods.
The strength of the operation
was its drivers, and the company
had two of considerable skill:
Joel Sanders and his son, Sam.
Joel Sanders was from Spokane, and was freighting in Idaho in Owyhee County as early as
1876. He stopped to scout in the
Bannock Indian War two years
later, but by 1880 he was active in
the Wood River mining district.
He hauled ore from Elkhorn
to Ketchum for several years, in
addition to freighting to and from
the Vienna mining district, near
the headwaters of the Salmon
River.
Sam Sanders went to work for
Horace Lewis in 1890, at the age
of 15. By 16, he had led the longest
string ever driven to Clayton.
Not all the drivers were as
trustworthy. Sam Sanders told

the story of two men, drunk on
liquor and their own bravado,
who made a bet that the wagon
chain could make a turn near
Trail Creek Summitwithout either man driving. The lead mule
went straight, and the whole
chain plummeted hundreds of
feet down into the canyon below,
as the story goes.
By 1901, the operations profits
were eaten away by a drop in the
price in silver, and the completion of a rail line into Mackay.
Sam Sanders rode the last six ore
wagons into storage in Ketchum
nine years later, where they
stayed. He brought them out periodically until 1958, which was
the first Wagon Days Parade.
Now, the six wagons are
brought out and driven through
Ketchum during Wagon Days,
the largest nonmotorized parade
in the Pacific Northwest.
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Wagon Days honors an

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ROAD, MOUNTAIN, CRUISERS, & COMFORT

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Sun Valley is known by some

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the same path that Trail Creek

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The Toy Store

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October 7-11, 2015

CELEBRATING GENERATIONS IN 2015

Festival Fundraising Event.

SATURDAY & SUNDAY

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 11, 12 NOON

Big Sheep Parade

Trailing of the Sheep is nonprofit 501(c)3 organization supported by your

Ask Bob Rosso, grand marshal

When you see the

Wagon Days grand marshal

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LABOR DAY 25%

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AFTER SCHOOL OR WEEKENDS, 4-HOUR SESSIONS, BY APPOINTMENT,

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$87.50/ALL GEAR & FLIES INCLUDED

BOOKING GUIDE TRIPS

MULTI-DAY TRIPS TO YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK

FINE OUTDOOR GEAR, CLOTHING & GIFTS

Breakfast proceeds to go toward local kids

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NIGHTLY On the corner of Main St. & Croy

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Mining era brought fortunes

ollowing the end of the

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A pile is nearly ready and will

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ley. Eight Chinese and one white

Usually the benefits

Before anyone saw an end to

Keeping you armed

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