Gooding County Historical Society

AUGUST 2016 TIMEPIECE©

GOODING COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY

P. O. Box 89, Gooding, Idaho 83330

[email protected]

TELEPHONE:

MUSEUM – (208) 934-5318

Answering machine is attached

JOANI PAULS – (208) 934-5366

KRIS QUIGLEY – (208) 490-7466

DONATIONS TO THE MUSEUM

We have had some wonderful donations to the Museum in the last few months. Donna Lucke Thomas has given us several things from her parent’s and brother’s estates which we really appreciate. You need to come in and see them. Yesterday, we picked up two old Kendrick Drug signs from the Gooding Pharmacy and Gary Spackman. We will be hanging the older sign immediately.

Then a nasty rumor surfaced. Someone is spreading a rumor that the Museum is not accepting any items now. That definitely is not true. We love and value any donations that are given to us and we do not say NO. Well, maybe if it is a live snake or spider who may creep in but we have never been given either so we haven’t had to say no.

Our storage space is tight but the Gooding City Council graciously allowed us to place a cargo container at the Museum for the next three years while we work on expanding the Museum for additional storage place.

If you drive by the Museum, you will also notice that we have railings up in front of the schoolhouse, through the hard labor of Ray Faulkner, Tom Faulkner, and Ken Wilson. Yesterday, Nu-Vue Glass installed news windows

to repair the vandalized ones, (seven of them), and the next project is to scrape and stain the exterior of the schoolhouse. We are still looking for the vandals who destroyed the windows, so if you hear anything or know anything, please let us know.

When we get the Thorne Creek School’s interior done, we will be able to move the student’s desks, the teacher’s desk, and other school related items. We will have even more storage space. In other words, we love donations and welcome all that we receive.

AUGUST’S THEME

While reading a book on women in Idaho that we have in our Research Center, I was interested in one woman that was mentioned. The book had information what she had contributed to Gooding and to the State of Idaho. Then two other books attracted my vision so I included them in this month’s theme.

Miss Myrtle Powell was born in 1879 in Avon, Illinois and moved with her family to Gooding in 1909. She served as the first Gooding Librarian in 1909, when the library was in the Herald Office. She married W. L. Enking in 1911 in, who was a lumber yard manager. The married in Salt Lake City and moved to Boise. Unfortunately, Mr. Enking passed away in 1913, so she attended a business college and returned to Gooding to serve as the county auditor.

Myrtle P. Enking ran for state treasurer in 1932 after serving as Gooding County Auditor for 14 years. Mrs. Enking was the first state woman treasurer in Idaho and the second in the nation. Myrtle served as Idaho State Treasurer until she resigned in 1944 to marry W. M. Beatty of Salt Lake. Mr. Beatty was a tax agent for Utah Power and Light. She began the long history of the only office to pass in a woman’s hands until 1998.

After her second husband passed away in 1961, she returned to Boise and in 1966, she married Fred Clark, who was a tax man with Union Pacific. Mr. Clark had been her high school classmate in Avon, Illinois. Mrytle passed away in Boise in 1972. One humorous story about her was that she liked to wear tall hats to hide the fact that she was only four feet, eleven inches tall.

HOUSE CALLS

My second book was written by Dr. Bernard A. Bodmer and its title is HOUSE CALLS. Gooding County Hospital, or as we know today, North Canyon Medical

Center, will turn 100 years old in 1918. They are starting their research on the history of the hospital. When Barbara Bunn mentioned this book; I thought it quite appropriate to read and pass on the information to the hospital. Dr. Bodmer practiced 9 years in Gooding, between Dr. Fred Barrett and Dr. Richard Short. In the first three years of his practice, Dr. Bodmer delivered five sets of twins, with the first set being Ted and Tim Pierson. When he left Gooding, he became a radiologist, finishing his medical career in Boise.

HOUSE CALLS is a great book to read. I borrowed a book from the Gooding Public Library and read it one Sunday afternoon. It is very easy to read and you can figure out the people he mentioned and he does write about some history of Gooding that I didn’t know. One bit of information was about two brothers who owned a store that was established way before my time in Gooding. He said that the two brothers had not spoken to each other since WWII. Any communication had to take place with their employee, Milt, relaying the information. This store was where you could find any unusual hardware part and was on Main Street. We also have a display case from the store that was given to us by the Seifert family. The Seiferts said that it was a lot of work to remove all of the black dust and grime that had accumulated over the years.

Marge Pierson was kind enough to donate a copy of the book to our Research Center. If you would like to read it here, we do have comfortable seats to sit in or a copy can be checked out at the Gooding Public Library.

FAIR-A-DISE

My third book is the premium book for the Gooding County Fair and Rodeo. The Gooding Fair is August 15-20. Antiques may be picked up Saturday, August 20th, from 9:00 PM to 10:30 PM. Any antiques not picked up Saturday can be picked up Sunday, August 21st, from 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM. After that, you will need to make arrangements with the Gooding County Museum.

This year’s theme is Fair-a-dise and the fair will be 92 years old at the Gooding site. Wendell did have the first fair in 1916 but they didn’t have a rodeo. The WENDELL IRRIGATIONIST, Wendell’s hometown newspaper, reported on July 13, 1916 that Wendell would have a Farm Products Show. The show would show how far Wendell had advanced and how great the agriculture was in this area. They offered great premiums for that era and said the show was quite successful. The Museum has a binder filled with research about that show and it even lists all who won prizes at the show. The information was compiled by Irene Rounsefell and is in our Research Center for anyone to look at.

This year, the antiques will be entered on August 15 between 9:00 AM and 9:00 PM. The Antiques Department has 22 Divisions and 891 classes for items to be entered in. Anyone can enter items in the fair and receive ribbons, but to receive premium money, you must live in and have a Gooding County address. We also ask that your items are clean and free of spiders and their webs. If you have any address labels, please bring them. It will save you from writer’s cramps as you fill out your name and address on each entry label.

The Historical Society does need volunteers for ever day of the fair. On the 15th, as items are entered into the fair, we need people to help move them to their location on shelves for judging. Working on Monday is interesting because the stories told on the items by the exhibitors is fun to listen to.

On the 16th, volunteers are needed to move judged items to the superintendent’s table for ribbons and entry in the premium book. We never ask our volunteers to move large or heavy items and we do have non-physical jobs such as attaching the ribbons. This day is fun because you get to hear what the judge has to say and you also get to see the Best of Show Exhibit before anyone else.

The Antique building is open after the parade on the August 17. Family night brings in a small audience for the buildings due to participation at the carnival. The Antiques building is only open until 10:00 PM.

August 18th, 19th, and 20th are days that we need sitters to watch the Antiques for 2 hour shifts from 10:00 AM through 10:00 PM. At all times, we will have a board member of the Museum or Historical Society there to assist. We also provide chairs and water for our sitters. Sitting with the Antiques is quite fun and full of laughter. That is the truth because every year, the same person complains to the fair office that the Antiques sitters laugh too much and have too much fun in her opinion. I haven’t figured out that statement because I always thought you should have fun when you work or else you were going to not have a good day. If you would like to have fun, laugh a lot, greet many of your friends and neighbors, and have that person complain again, please call Kris or Joani or leave a message on the answering machine and we’ll get you on the schedule.

If you have any questions or need a fair book, please contact us. We do have fair books to hand out and we usually have an answer for you.

SPEAKER NIGHT

On July 20th, we had the Community Education Representative for Idaho Power Company scheduled to speak. Unfortunately, our scheduled speaker was unable to attend due to a closed freeway. Fortunately, we did have another Idaho Power representative, Leo Sanchez, step up and provide a program. Although, he stated that he was there to serve as a” Vanna White”, his stories got people laughing. One of the programs he mentioned that Idaho Power was doing was the “No-Cost Energy-Savings Kits”. When Idaho Power started the program, they thought they would have only 3,000 people ask for the kit. In the few months they have been running the program, over 9,600 kits have been sent. You still can order a kit but it will be late fall or in the winter before Idaho Power can send it. You just need to get on the no-cost energy-savings kit mailing list. My kit had 9 LED bulbs, and other items including a showerhead. Go on line to Idaho Power and in the search box type in “no-cost energy-saving kits” and then follow instructions. The kit is free, plus it is a great deal.

BLISS GARDEN CLUB

The Gooding County Museum would like to thank the Bliss Garden Club for the tree they planted at the Museum. This month besides all of the flowers that the Bliss Club has planted at the Museum, they donated and planted a Serenity Maple sapling. The tree was placed on the southwest corner of the building. The Bliss Garden Club has an interesting background and originally began with violets. Next month, I’ll include information about their history.

KEN WILSON

As you drive by the Museum, you may notice that our weeds are gone. Ken Wilson has mowed and sprayed our weeds several times and we really appreciate his effort. This ground may have a lot of clay in it that hurts other vegetation but the weeds love it. Thank you for helping to keep our grounds in great shape.

SEE YOU AT THE FAIR

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Gooding County Historical Museum & Research Center

(208) 934-5318 273 Euskadi Lane (Hwy 46/ Hwy 26 Junction) Gooding, Idaho 83330

Membership Levels Gooding County Historical Society P. O. Box 89 Gooding, Idaho 83330

Adult Membership (annual) $15.00 (208)-934-5318

Family Membership (annual-2 adults) $25.00 [email protected]

Individual Lifetime Membership $500.00 Name:

Couples Lifetime Membership $600.00 Address:

Donations -always welcome! City, State:

(tax deductible-we are a 501c3 non-profit) Zip: Phone:

Date:

E-Mail Address:

Memorial Gift in the name of : I am enclosing $ For membership dues.

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GOODING COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
P. O. Box 89, Gooding, Idaho 83330
[email protected]
TELEPHONE:
MUSEUM – (208) 934-5318 – answering machine is attached
JOANI PAULS – (208) 934-5366
KRIS QUIGLEY – (208) 490-7466

Let me start out with an apology. We messed up the date for our June Speaker Night and tried to correct it by putting the date on a sticker on the outside, but there were still people who missed the Speaker, who was very good. Even my proof reader missed the date. We are sorry, but to keep us on track the Speaker Night is every third Wednesday of the month at 7:00 PM. There will not be a speaker for the month of August, due to the fair.
The next thing to bring to your attention is the date on the label of your Time Piece©. This date is your membership expiration date. If it is close or past due, just let us know and we will be glad to get your membership renewed. I did hear a comment from a person who supports the Museum, but is not a member. It was said that they did not want to join, because they did not want to have to work. WE do a lot of fun things and enjoy just being at the museum. We always have a pot of coffee on or there is water in our donated fridge (thank you Todd Bunn) to drink. Join us and come and visit anytime. We will not make you work, but we will entertain you.
I just picked up a sign that pretty well describes us at the Museum; “YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE CRAZY TO WORK HERE, WE TRAIN YOU.”
We are just days away from celebrating our Nation’s birthday. During this time there will be parades, reunions, fireworks, and family gatherings. Please take the time to remember all of the sacrifices that have been made to protect us and keep our Country free. Freedom doesn’t come free. God Bless America. And please remember to keep all of our service men and women in your thoughts and prayers as you enjoy the holiday.
Our speaker night was a great success, even with the blunder on the date. Mr. Howard gave us a lesson on the Iroquois Indians. The Iroquois Indians were actually 5 different tribes of Indians who came together as one big tribe. Even though they were joined together as a big group, they still lived as individual tribes. There were 10 chiefs elected from each tribe. They came together twice a year, or more if needed, for a tribal council. As a council they could vote to go to war, not declare war, or for any other big decisions. Mr. Howard described how this is like our current government and gave credit to the Iroquois for how our government was formed. The Mohawk Indians asked to join the tribe and were granted admittance, but with the stipulation that they had the protection, but would not be allowed a vote at the council. Eventually the Iroquois were killed out, even with the full force of their tribes. I’m sorry that I am not as good with this story, but we truly are grateful to Mr. Howard for his time & knowledge.
During June the Museum has received more artifacts from donors in the community. The most interesting item, in one donation, from the Ralph Lucke, Jr. estate, was a clock from the International Time Recording Company of Endicott, New York. The clock had been salvaged from the old Gooding High School and ran the bell system there. The pendulum wall clock has a date of 1926, and is now hanging in the Museum. With a little cleaning and polishing, to spruce up its appearance, it will be a great addition to the history of Gooding County. We would also like to thank the young men that brought the donations to the museum and unloaded them as well.
The Museum also has another pendulum wall clock that came out of the old museum downtown. It is a clock from The American Clock Company that according to the card inside it was donated by Bob Brown. Mr. Brown was in the Idaho State Penitentiary (we do not know why), and was pardoned by Governor Frank Gooding so he could help put in the plumbing for the city of Gooding. If anyone know the story of Bob Brown, would you please let us know? We would like the information for our research center.
For those of you who have not been out to see the Museum in the last month, we now have a railing on the ramp to the Thorne Creek School. With this ramp, we will be able to allow public entry and also be ADA compliant. We still have a lot of work to do on the school house itself, but the next phase will be to get the building scraped and then stained. We will be going back with a white stain, partly because of the delicate condition of the wood, but also to help preserve what is there. We are getting the measurements of the window glass and removal of broken glass and frames for replacement or restoration. Remember that we had vandals break windows on the side of the school; and they have not been brought to justice yet. The front door is refinished and back at the Museum through the generous donation of Mel Bryns of Hagerman. The door has been sanded down and painted, as well as having the window replaced. More to come. We will be doing the work of scraping the building ourselves and would greatly appreciate any and all help donated. This is your School and History. Let us know when you can help and we will get set up for some work as well as a good time with friends.
Remember that the fair is just under two months from now. Start getting your antiques rounded up, and thinking about the categories you want to enter them in. We will help also get them entered. Bring your stick on address labels for your tickets, to keep from getting cramps in your hand, when writing your address over & over. So be sure and circle August 15th on your calendar as the day to bring in and enter all those winning antiques. This year’s Fair Theme is “Fair-A-Dise”. Otherwise, the theme is paradise. We will have Fair Books in the 2nd week of July and don’t forget, the Antiques Department is giving out two special rosettes; one for the best fair theme and the other for best museum theme, “Early County History”. We will need sitters for the fair and also on Monday and Tuesday when we take in the antiques and during the judging to help move the antiques around. If you can help, please let us know.
Our Speaker Night this month is Wednesday July 20th at 7:00 PM. Our Speaker will be Liz Haugee from Twin Falls. Liz is a Community Education Representative for Idaho Power Company. As 2016 is Idaho Power’s 100th birthday, Liz will be here to speak about their Centennial. Remember that all of us are a part of this birthday. Let’s all mark this date down and come support the Museum and learn about a milestone in our Counties’ and area’s history. Of course, Speaker Nights are always free and refreshments will be served following the conclusion of the presentation.
MUSEUM VISITOR
Last Saturday, the museum received a visitor from an out-of-state member of the Gooding family. Jean Gooding, from Valrico, Florida, came to Gooding to see other members of the clan and visit the town named after her family. Jean is the great-granddaughter of William Gooding, who stayed in Michigan and did not go west as his brothers did. John Gooding brought his family of seven children from Devonshire, England and settled in on a small farm in Michigan in 1867. The children’s mother had passed away before the family came to the United States. The children’s care was overseen by an aunt. The children’s father was said to be quite stern and bossy which led to Frank Gooding deciding to leave home. Frank had to sign a promissory note for the amount he could have earned by the time he was 21, so that his father would give his permission for Frank to leave. Otherwise, he could have been arrested and brought back to the farm. At the time, children’s earnings belonged to the parents.
William Gooding stayed in Michigan and became a wealthy farmer. Jean Gooding will be sending us a picture of John and Elizabeth Gooding, the Gooding Brothers parents. When the Museum receives it, I’ll announce it in the Timepiece. It was a fun afternoon visiting with Jean and we hope she will visit again.
DIM-A-LIT
One of smaller exhibit is a vintage brass and porcelain dimmer socket that was used for early electric lights. It was made by the Wirt Company of Philadelphia and has a patent date of Nov. 24, 1908. It would allow the amount of electricity that would reach the light bulb by pulling on the outer two cords on the socket. This way you could save your light bulb by not applying the electrical current all at once. We have put this socket on the light hanging in our updated electrical kitchen display. With the 100th birthday of Idaho Power, we have removed the wood burning stove and ice box in the kitchen with an early electric stove and refrigerator.
Before we leave the kitchen area, I would like to give you a recipe from a cookbook put out by the Idaho Historical Auxiliary in 1970. They had taken this recipe from an old cookbook in 1890. Anyone with a lawn will appreciate it.
BOILED DANDELIONS
Use the first shoots of the dandelions. They are not fit for food after they blossom, as they then become bitter and stringy. Cut off the roots, pick them over carefully, and wash well in several waters; then put them in a saucepan, cover with boiling water, add a teaspoons of salt, and boil one hour. When done, drain and chop fine; then put them in a frying pan, add tablespoon of butter, salt and pepper to taste; stir until thoroughly heated, and serve with egg sauce.
BIG THANK YOU
The Historical Society would love to give a big Thank You to the Bliss Garden Club. If you notice the west side of the Museum, we now have plants and white rocks decorating our landscape. They do a wonderful job for us and we really appreciate it. We also have another bit Thank You to Ken Wilson. Ken comes to spray the wonderful weeds that seem to like us here. He has sprayed already several times this year.
I would like to thank Steve Quigley for all of the work he did on this Timepiece. If it is humorous, that piece came from him. In fact, he wrote at least 60 % of the newsletter this time. My creative juices were not flowing.
We will be open during the Basque Picnic on July 17th from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM. Please come out and support the Basque Association and come see us at the Museum that Sunday as well.

Speaker Night at the Museum June 2016

JUNE 2016 TIMEPIECE©

GOODING COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
P. O. Box 89, Gooding, Idaho 83330
[email protected]
TELEPHONE:
MUSEUM – (208) 934-5318 – answering machine is attached
JOANI PAULS – (208) 934-5366
KRIS QUIGLEY – (208) 490-7466

SPEAKER NIGHT
JUNE 16, 2016
7:00 P.M.
GOODING COUNTY MUSEUM

THE IROQUIS NATION
By
ROD HOWARD

THORNE CREEK SCHOOL HOUSE
With money and donations from the 2016 Gala combined with a generous donation from Lucile Bickett, we are starting to work on the school house. In the next few weeks, you will see the ramp, with railings attached, and more gravel shoring up and protecting the ramp from erosion. The school house door is being sanded, repaired, and stained with new glass installed in the vandalized windows. Any remaining money will be used to start on the outside of the school house. We must fill in missing boards,and repair some of the cracked ones. Then we need your help. We need volunteers to help scrape all of the paint off the building. Instead of using primer and paint on the outside of the schoolhouse, we are going to stain the wood white. The wood is so deteriorated that it requires stain to protect it. The wood will absorb the stain. Another plus of using stain is that we will not have to scrape and paint again in 5 years. We will be putting out the word when we are ready to start on the outside of the school and if you know how to hold a scrapper and would like to volunteer, please let one of us know.
LUCILE BICKETT
The Gooding County Historical Society would like to thank Lucile Bickett for her generous support of the Society for many years. Lucile has turned 102 years and we thought you might like to read a bit of her history.
In 1914, Lucile was born in Marley, Idaho. Marley was a small community west of Richfield. Her father, Walter Stevens, acquired the farm where she was born in 1913. She lived there, going to grade school in Marley and then high school in Richfield.
Lucile first experience with horses (plow horses) was when she was 13. The following year, her father acquired a horse that no one could do anything with except for Lucile. Sparky gave her the first glimpse of showing and racing horses that year, where she came in first place at a Fourth of July race in Richfield. Sparky started her obsession of horses and everything that was connected to them.
In 1933, Lucile married a young farmer from Dietrich, Harvey Bickett, and they spent their honeymoon hunting deer at Rapid River. The young couple lived in Dietrich until they moved to Gooding. In 1941, the Bicketts bought a ranch on Gannett Flats to enhance their sheep business. It was ideal to pasture the sheep as they went back and forth to the mountains. They added farming to increase their pasture output and provided grain for the sheep. Lucile was still very much involved with horses as she spent most of her time breaking horses for the sheep camps. Eventually, the Bicketts sold the sheep and concentrated on farming.
Lucile and Harvey had three children, Harvey, Polly, and Walter. Mr. Bickett passed away in 1979 with Lucile still living in Gooding. Harvey took over the farming operation until he retired.
Lucile was a very active horseperson during her life. She spent 25 years jumping horses on the show circuit and then turned to pleasure riding. Even after her health became an issue, she still collected souvenirs from her travels. She has a souvenir from the Indianapolis Colts football team. Her grandson, Duane Bickett, who was playing for the Colts, sent a clock with a bird on it since he felt that she had too many horses.
Mrs. Bickett has donated several wonderful items from her personal collection to the Museum. She had bedspreads, bolster pillowcases, and curtains made from her hundreds of show ribbons. We have a display with a painting showing her performance in a trail class. She has donated a trophy that could only be owned when she won the class three times. We placed one of her marble etched painting of a Native American in one of our displays. Please come and see the wonderful exhibits of her items in the Museum.
HELEN CURTIN ROBERTSON
Helen Curtin was born in Beardstown, Illinois in 1900. She graduated from Beardstown High School attended college in Jacksonsonville, Illinois. She married Robbie Robertson in 1924 and lived in Chicago for several years while her husband worked as a seed buyer. Mr. Robertson spent about six months a year in Twin Falls buying seeds. In 1931, the Robertsons moved to Twin Falls on a permanent basis. Mr. Robertson met Joseph A. Johnson was offered a partnership in the Toponis Seed Company which was located in the old Clemons Feed Store building. He accepted the partnership and the Gooding Seed Company was formed. Helen and Robbie moved to Gooding in 1934.
Gooding Seed spent 71 years of selling seed, agricultural chemicals, and fertilizer to the farmers and ranchers in and around Gooding. Gooding Seed did have other subsidiaries including Beakon Bean. Several Robertsons worked in the businesses including their son and son-in-law. Gooding Seed was sold in 2007 to the Helena Chemical Company.
Robbie Robertson was born in Beardstown in 1896. He served in the Naval Air Force during World War I. During World War II, he served on the Ration Board. He was Chairman of the Gooding County School Board, participated in many seed organizations. He served on many committees and the Board of Trustees of the Gooding Methodist Church. Robbie was also an active member of the Gooding Masonic Lodge and El Korah Shrine Lodge in Boise. Robbie passed away in 1966
Helen was very active in the Gooding Methodist Church, the P.E.O., and Eastern Star. She worked with the Gooding Chapter of the American Red Cross and the American Cancer Society. She passed away in 1970.
Helen and Robbie had two children, Larry Robertson and Mary Jean Simis. Through their generosity, the Museum is now the proud custodian of one of Helen’s formals. We have it on display in the Museum.
MORE DONATIONS
We have received many donations the last few months. Roy and Mary Mink brought us items for the covered wagon, including a trunk, and several farm implements which will be put on a brick base and displayed around the outside of the Museum.
Donna Lucke Thomas has donated many articles of her parents, Ralph and Helen Lucke. She donated her grandmother’s and mother’s wedding gown, plus the safe that was used at their title company.
Todd Bunn of Clover Creek Realty generously donated a refrigerator for the Museum’s use. It will be great that we can keep drinks and lunches cold.
NEXT MONTH
More donations and the Gooding County Fair will be discussed.

Gooding County Historical Museum & Research Center
(208) 934-5318 273 Euskadi Lane (Hwy 46/ Hwy 26 Junction) Gooding, Idaho 83330
Membership Levels Gooding County Historical Society
P. O. Box 89 Gooding, Idaho 83330
Adult Membership (annual) $15.00 (208)-934-5318
Family Membership (annual-2 adults) $25.00 [email protected]
Individual Lifetime Membership $500.00 Name:
Couples Lifetime Membership $600.00 Address:
Donations -always welcome! City, State:
(tax deductible-we are a 501c3 non-profit) Zip: Phone:

Date:
E-Mail Address:

Memorial Gift in the name of : I am enclosing $ For membership dues.
Send the GCHS Time Piece newsletter to my E-Mail address:
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HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Gooding County Historical Society

“Wednesday Night Speaker Series”

Gooding, Id, May 27, 2016– Gooding County Historical Society will be having a Wednesday Speaker Night on June 15 2016 at the Gooding County Museum located at 273 Euskadi Lane in Gooding, Idaho. Rod Howard will be presenting a program on the Iroquois Nation. In his presentation, Mr. Howard will explain how much of the United States Government is based on the Iroquois Nation and will answer the question “What was the true story behind Hiawatha’s Name?”

Rod Howard is a retired U.S. Forest Service District Ranger and has served as a lecturer on many topics over the years. He is currently living in Hagerman and has been quite involved in preserving history throughout the area.

The lecture will begin at 7:00 PM. There is no charge to attend the presentation and refreshments will be served following the lecture.

If you would like more information or have questions about the Wednesday Speaker Night, please contact the Gooding County Historical Society at (208) 934-5318, Joani Pauls at (208) 934-5366, and Kris Quigley at (208) 490-7466 or email at [email protected].