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B y P E T E R J E N S E NExpress Staff Writer
Sun Valley is known by some
as a birthplace of mega mergers
and major corporate acquisi-
tions, but some residents might
not know that the early history
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 re-
named Ketchum, at the conflu-
ence 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 Fran-
cisco in the 1860s, Lewis recalled
years later in an autobiography.
Both men said they had a min-
ing claim, and Rasmussen led
Lewis up a steep hill to an im-
mense 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 re-
turned 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.
The early spirit of entrepre-
neurship in the Wood River Val-
ley paid huge dividends to Lew-
isthat claim became the Elk-
horn Mine, and produced more
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 flock-
ing 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 opportu-
nity and pounced, incorporating
the Ketchum Fast Freight Line
that year. With a series of ware-
houses and shops in Ketchum,
Lewis company had a rolling
stock of freight coming into town
bound for the mining camps.
Wagon trains hauled sup-
plies out of Ketchum and into
the mountains, returning with
shipments of ore, silver or other
precious metals from the mines.
Lewis also started the Ketchum-
Challis 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 jerk-
line 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 Chal-
lis, Bayhorse and Clayton in
about two weeks.
A ledger at the Community
Library lists shipments that Hor-
ace Lewis received in Ketchum,
and shows there was an abun-
dance 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 Coun-
cil Bluffs, Iowa, showed up in Ket-
chum to drop off their shipments.
The Ketchum Fast Freight
Line was the Amazon.com of its
era, delivering liquor, candles,
tobacco, clothing, cornstarch,
sugar, ammunition, fruits, veg-
Wagon Days honors anearlier Wood River Valley
Earliest settlers had an entrepreneurial spirit
Photos courtesy of the Community Library in Ketchum
In the 1976 parade, ore wagons hauled by 14 horses head eastbound on Eighth Street bound for Warm Springs Road.
See WAGON DAYS, Page 19
This photo from the 1960 parade shows a rider in the parade as well as throngsof Blaine County residents lining a street in Ketchum.
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Grand Marshal Rosso is apioneer of a different sort
Longtime resident has own definition of Ketchums early days
B y P E T E R J E N S E NExpress Staff Writer
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 sheepherd-
ers, Rosso talks of skiing and
trail-clearing, tourism seasons
and the evolution of outdoor rec-
reation 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 win-ter 44 years ago, sporting ski gear
rather than a cowboy hat.
Rosso set up The Elephants
Perch outdoor gear shop in Ket-
chum, which he still owns today,
in addition to playing a key role
in founding the Boulder Moun-
tain Tour cross-country ski race.
He was among the original lead-
ers of the Blaine County Recre-
ation District, and helped start
Sun Valley Mountain Guides.
He has been active with the
Sun Valley Ski Education Founda-
tion and the Community School, a
private school in Sun Valley.
In 1971, however, he was just
another ski bum from the LosAngeles 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 patri-
arch, I.I. Lewis, helped found Ket-
chum in 1880.
Rossos timing was terrible.
He and the employees at the storewere 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.
He was also involved in Wag-
on 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 organiz-
ers cleared the way for the bug-
gies, carriages, stagecoaches and
wagons. Another bike race would
happen after the parade was fin-
ished, Rosso said.
He laments that the races no
longer happen, but understands
that it became too difficult for or-
ganizers to juggle both, particu-
larly with the massive crowds the
Big Hitch Parade now attracts. When you see the crowd here,
its pretty amazing, he said. Wag-
on Days is the most wholesome
gathering of happy families.
The city of Ketchum an-
nounced 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 state-
ment. I am pleased we can honor
him in this way.
To Rosso, Wagon Days is signifi-
cant not only as a way to connect
with the roots of Ketchums history
as a mining and smelting hub, butalso to honor the end of the ever-
busier 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 El-
ephants 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
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 aremany other community leaders
who deserve the distinction of be-
ing 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 be-
stowed to the grand marshal,
and noted that a trail for cyclists
could be built on both sides of
state Highway 75 from the Ket-
chum 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.
Express photo by Willy Cook
Bob Rosso, the 2015 grand marshal for Wagon Days, has been involved in theevent since he moved to Blaine County 40 years ago.
Grandmarshalsreception
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.
When you see thecrowd here, its pretty
amazing. We feel
really humbled by it.Bob Rosso
Wagon Days grand marshal
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B y A M Y B U S E KExpress Staff Writer
There will be plenty of pan-
cake flipping and sausages siz-
zling come Wagon Days week-
endso bring your appetite.
Pancakes, sausage, scrambled
eggs, fruit, coffee and orange
juice are on the menu for Satur-
day, Sept. 5, and Sunday, Sept. 6,
at Ketchum Town Square from 8
a.m. to noon. The Papoose Club
has been hosting pancake break-
fasts 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, ac-
cording to club member Anna
Svidgal.
The club became a nonprofit
in the 1970s [and] as the member-
ship 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 re-
gion. A partnership with Webb
Garden Center facilitates an an-
nual summer plant extravagan-
za, 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 chair-
person Rose Burbank. Recent
recipients of Papoose Club fund-
ing include Higher Ground Sun
Valley, Blaine County Education
Foundation, Wood River YMCA,
Girl Scouts, Hemingway Elemen-
tary School, Sun Valley Ballet
Foundation, Blaine County Rec-
reation District, St. Thomas Play-
house, The Hunger Coalition,
Girls on the Run, Hailey Ice and
Wood River High School Parent-
Teacher 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 re-
quest 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.
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 help-
ing 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 wel-
come new members.
Amy Busek: [email protected]
Every single penny of itgoes toward kids groups
of the valley.Rose Burbank
Chair
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B y T O N Y E V A N SExpress Staff Writer
ollowing the end of the
Bannock War of 1878, hun-
dreds of mining prospec-
tors flocked to the Wood
River Valley in search of
riches. They worked dozens of
mines from Bellevue to Galena
Summit north of Ketchum, tak-
ing more than $14 million in sil-
ver 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 newspa-
per 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 side-
walks 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 sa-
loons and two breweries.
Few of the original min-
ers struck it rich because they
lacked the capital to dig down.
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 Min-
nie 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 rec-
ognized 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 400-
acre 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 con-
tain up to 50 teams of mules and
wagons at a time.
Wood River Times publisher
T.C. Picotte took note of the smelt-
ers 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, writ-
ing about the rowdy Wood River
Valley during its mining heyday.
He was horse-whipped by dis-
gruntled readers on two occa-
sions. 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-centu-
ry boom towns were unsavory
places in almost every other
respect.
Butchers dumped offal in the
nearest stream; Ketchum saw-
mills did likewise with their saw-
dust, killing fish in the process.
Outhouses and livery stables
were an affront to the olfactory
nerves. In narrow streets, spring
thaws brought to light accumu-
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Life during the 1880s was fraught by violence and squalor
Photo courtesy of the Community Library in Ketchum
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FPhoto courtesy of the Community Library in Ketchum
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lated layers of manure (five tons
per horse per year).
Rowdy behavior between
iron-fisted miners also provid-
ed a host of hazards. By August1882, Picotte had covered his
share of murders.
Shooting manias, like sui-
cides 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 (bet-
ter known as Johnny-Behind-the-
Rocks) 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 houseof a woman named Banjo Nell,
and arriving to within 15 feet
of the door, was fired at by Pier-
son, 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 nick-
name 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, Pier-
son 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 im-
proved 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 Hang-
mans Gulch.
At that time, Hailey had a
Chinatown on River Street with
a population that grew into the
hundreds. The area is a working-
class neighborhood today known
as China Gardens. Despite be-
ing relegated to menial jobs as
laundrymen, wood cutters, ser-
vants and cooks, 75 of those im-
migrants 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 orga-
nized 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 specta-
tors, who witnessed a five-ton
elephant named Samson run
amuck through Hailey, rolling
a lion cage, demolishing wagons
and killing horses before beingbrought under control, according
to T.C. Picottes account.
Church men came to the val-
ley early and culture of a sort be-
gan to flourish as families settled
in the valley. A debating club and
literary society formed in Ket-
chum, while Bellevue formed a
minstrel group and literary soci-
ety 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.
Before anyone saw an end to
the mining boom, the craze of
snow-shoeing had caught on in
the Wood River Valley. People rid-ing 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 ear-
ly 1890s, many left the Wood Riv-
er Valley. Mining was reduced
to a trickle in coming decades as
ranching took over as the main-
stay 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 wasset 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 His-
torical Museum and the Commu-
nity Library Regional History
Department.)
Tony Evans: [email protected]
In Frontier days, many struggled to survive
FRONTIER
Continued from Page 6
U
sually the benefitswere reaped by apromoter or shrewd
buyer one step removedwho recognized potential,had access to capital andknew how to handle both
men and money.Clark C. Spence
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B y A M Y B U S E K
Express Staff Writer
On Sunday, Sept. 6, intrepid
rubber duckies will leave the
bath tub in pursuit of adven-
turequite possibly, for the last
time. The Great Wagon Days
Duck Race will no longer be host-
ed 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 priz-
esif 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 num-
bered 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 Bea-
hen-Lipman said the organiza-
tion aims to make this the big-
gest 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 willbe refocusing its energies to-
ward its new Brewfest event
instead.
To commemorate the final
race, theres a chance to win a $1
million prize. Four ducks are pre-
determined as potential grand-
prize 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 mil-
lion-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 Valleyand 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 stu-
dents 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 scholar-
ships for graduating seniors and
the rest was given to nonprofits,
including the Hunger Coalition,the Crisis Hotline and the Blaine
County Drug Coalition.
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 busi-
nesses, including Atkinsons
Market in Ketchum, Wood RiverInsurance in Hailey and the Ida-
ho Mountain Express office in
Ketchum.
The race is made possible by
several sponsors, including Tim
Jeneson Insurance Agency, Pio-
neer Title Co., Clearwater Land-
scaping and D.L. Evans Bank.
The Rotary Club will continue
to fund the search and rescue op-
eration, scholarships and myriad
nonprofits through its other fun-
draisers, Beahen-Lipman said.
To be considered for funding,
organizations can fill out a grant
application on the Rotary Club
website.
Amy Busek: [email protected]
Express file photo
Kids gather near the finish line as ducks race down the Big Wood River in the2014 event.
LAST CALL
FOR DUCKSRotary Club to end charity race after 19 years
No pun intended, ithas run its course.
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The wagon trail overTrail Creek Summit was
narrow, rugged and steep,at a 12% grade. Thats
why the wagons arenarrow and very tall. The
twisting route hugging themountainsides made for a
harrowing transport.Mapand graph courtesy
of E.B. Phillips
ORE WAGONS
The first wagon (Lewis Lead)was built entirely of hardwoodby employees of Horace Lewisin 1889. It may be the largest
freight wagon still in existence.
The wagons follow suit accordingto what the team dictates.
Jerk LineThe 20-mule hitch pulling wagons full of ore over Trail Creek Summit were controlledby a 120-foot-long jerk line. The driver, or muleskinner, would ride the left (near) drafthorse or mule in front of the wheel. In his left hand was the brake line. In his rightwas the jerk line. The jerk line laced through the collars of the swing mules but wasattached 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 continuouschain running underneath all the wagons all the way to the lead mules.
This allowed the swing mules to pull that line on either sidearound corners as long as the line was taut. The wagons
would follow suit in the same locations.
LEAD
The smartest mules in the team. Always keepthe center chain tautand usually straight.
MULESKINNER
This is the driver of theteam, and he rode the
near (left) side wheeler.
WHEELERS
This stout team is the muscle ingetting the freight moving.
Youll see them really throwtheir might into the collar.
SWINGERS
Essentially veteranpointers, their advancedtraining gives them theability to step over thehaul chain and make
adjustments without signalsfrom the muleskinner.
SIXES, EIGHTS & TENS
The six mules span the middle ofthe jerk line. They need to knowtheir names for taking directions
from the muleskinner to shiftspeeds or pull in different
directions to help steer thewagons and make the corners.
hey are loose, without head orchest harnesses.
SWAMPER
This person rides on theside of the wagon. Hes thebrake man and helps tendto the mules and supplies.
POINTERS
In addition to helping with pulling,their function is to guide the wagons.They must be trained to step over thetrains haul chain to make sharp turns.
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B y G R E G M O O R EExpress Staff Writer
A painting of Ketchums famous Big Hitch ore wagons,
done by an 85-year-old artist who used to illustrate plastic-
model 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 con-
tained 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.
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 WagonMuseum, 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.
Greg Moore: [email protected]
Courtesy graphic
The 2015 Wagon Days poster features a painting by Hailey artist Howard Lacina.
Howard Lacina, 85, had
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The following is a list of pri-
mary events for Wagon Daysweekend in the Ketchum area.
To read the full Idaho Mountain
Express calendar, see the Arts &
Events section of this newspaper.
Through Sept. 6Wagon Days
headquarters open
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily at the Ore
Wagon Museum in Ketchum. Get
information, hats, T-shirts, post-
ers, buttons and much more.
Thursday, Sept. 3The Sagebrush Sea
7 p.m. at the Ore Wagon Museum
in Ketchum. In celebration of The
Nature Conservancys 50th anni-versary in Idaho, a public screen-
ing of The Sagebrush Sea will
be shown. This documentary
recently premiered on the award-
winning PBS series Nature.
Refreshments will be served.
Free and open to the public. Seat-
ing is first-come, first-served.
Friday, Sept. 4, andSaturday, Sept. 5
Meandering Musicians
In Ketchum, musicians will me-
ander through the streets and
into select venues, including the
Cornerstone Bar & Grill, Grill
at Knob Hill, The Kneadery, Per-
rys, Pioneer Saloon, Sawtooth
Club, Sun Valley Wine Co. and
Warfield Distillery & Brewery.
Join the musicians starting at 9
p.m. on Friday and Saturday eve-
nings for a good ol barn dance.
Friday, Sept. 4Cowboy Poets Recital
1-5 p.m. Ore Wagon Museum. Lis-
ten to vintage cowboy poets as
they swap stories that have been
thrown around cow-camp cook
fires for centuries, as well as con-
temporary 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 Ket-
chum and the Wagon Days Com-
mittee as they honor the 2015
grand marshal, Bob Rosso. Live
music, food and drink; open to
the public.
Friday, Sept. 4, toMonday, Sept. 7
Art, Crafts & Antique Fairsl Haileys Antique Market
Roberta McKercher Park and
Hailey National Armory: Thurs-
dayshop set up; Friday 9 a.m.-6p.m.; Saturday 9 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sun-
day 9 a.m.-4 p.m.l Ketchum Antique & Art
Showat the parking lot next to
Hemingway Elementary in Ket-
chum: 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, andSunday, Sept. 6
Papoose Clubs Pancake
Breakfast
8 a.m. to noon in Ketchum Town
Square. All-you-can-eat break-
fast. 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 Re-
sort. 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.
Saturday, Sept. 5Childrens Carnival
9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at East Avenue, next
to Ketchum Town Square. Fea-
tures an astro-jump, climbing wall,
bungee run and more. Proceeds to
benefit SMAS cheerleaders. Unlim-
ited all-rides pass costs $10.
The Big Hitch Parade
1 p.m. in Sun Valley and Ket-
chum (see route on Page 16). The
largest non-motorized parade in
the Northwest, the Big Hitch Pa-
rade includes dozens of museum-
quality 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
with an eclectic blend of tradi-
tional, contemporary and new-
grass music.
Live music at the Casino
3 p.m. at the Casino on Main
Street in Ketchum.
Sunday, Sept. 6The Great Wagon Days
Duck Race
1-4 p.m. at Rotary Park off of
Warm Springs Road in Ketchum.
The party starts at 2 p.m., with
live music from 3-5 p.m. The ducks
should hit the water around 4 p.m.
OF EVENTS
Express photo by Willy Cook
The Wagon Days Big Hitch Parade starts at 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 5.
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Wagon Days 2015 will include cowboy
poetry recitals Friday afternoon and hoo-
tenannies Friday and Saturday nights,
as well as musicians strolling
through the streets and playing
briefly at seven Ketchum restau-
rants throughout the weekend.
This years event will be in
part a tribute to poet Snake
River Wayne Nelson, who died
Aug. 8 at age 71 from a heart
attack after fighting off a bout
of pneumonia. Nelson grew up
on a ranch outside Blackfoot,
Idaho, and won the Golden Note
award for outstanding music in1996 and the Silver Quill award
for outstanding poetry in 2000.
The website comboypoetry.
com states that not only a tre-
mendous poet, songwriter and
entertainer, Wayne was an
amazing human being, full of
love and care.
In the short few years he
was in my life I never heard him
mutter a negative word about
anyone else, and I never heard
anyone speak ill of Wayne, the
writer stated.
On Friday afternoon from 1-5
p.m., Nelsons friends and contemporaries
will recite some of his and their own poems
and songs as well as vintage cowboy poetrythat has been thrown around cow-camp
cook fires since the 19th century. Partici-
pating poets include Colt Angel, Brian Dill-worth, Mick Halverson, Ron Parish, Tom-
mie Patton and Wayne Pinson.
The poetry recitals and hootenannies
will take place at the Ore Wagon Museum
in Ketchum, or barn, as architect David
Barovetto, who designed the
structure, likes to call it.
I designed it with the pur-
pose of housing the wagons, but
when the wagons are away, we
go in and play, Barovetto said.
Its a great spaceits acous-
tically good and it can handle
hundreds of people.
Barovetto is also the orga-
nizer of the Meandering Musi-
cians event, which was inaugu-
rated last year. He said the ideahad been incubating in his mind
for many years, while he imag-
ined what must have occurred
as townspeople saw the ore wag-
ons roll down Trail Creek Road
and into town with the ore they
had gathered from mines over
the hill.
They didnt know when the
wagons were going to show up,
and when they did show up, the
whole town went crazy, because
its a pay day, he said.
Barovetto said the hootenan-
nies will take whatever musical
direction the musicians and the audience
feel inclined to move in.
The musicians get together and theyjust whip up the magic that they do,
Barovetto said.
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Musicians will play at a variety of venues in Ketchum on Friday and Saturday, Sept. 4 and 5.
Poets and pickers to liven up Wagon DaysEvent is tribute to
Idaho poet Wayne Nelson
The musiciansget togetherand they just
whip upthe magic that
they do.David Barovetto
Organizer
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The following is a list of participants
in the Wagon Days Big Hitch Parade,which will take place Saturday at 1 p.m.,
in the order they are scheduled to
appear.
1) KetchumPolice Department Beginning the Wagon Days Parade
are riders Lorraine Wilcox and Curt
Plassmeyer representing the KetchumPolice Department.
2) American GloryFlag Team The American Glory Flag Team trav-
els to rodeos and parades presentingthe greatest flag on earth. Please take
a moment to remember all that serveour great country. We also fly the Idaho
state flag thankful we live in this beauti-
ful land. We are so happy to be part ofthe Wagon Days parade. Thank you for
your patriotism.
3) David Ketchum AmericanLegion Post 115 The David Ketchum Post AmericanLegion Hall is a gathering place for
veterans of Americas past and current
wars. The post proudly counts amongtheir number veterans from World War II,
Korea, Vietnam, Gulf War and the recent
conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. Theystill serve today in supporting Boys
State, Girls State, Boy Scouts, Girl Scoutsand American Legion baseball, and
provide assistance dogs for wounded
warriors.
4) 2015 Wagon DaysGrand Marshal Bob Rosso The city of Ketchum and Wagon
Days honor Bob Rosso. Rosso was one
of the founders of the Blaine CountyRecreation District and served for more
than 20 years on the board of direc-
tors. He also ran the Boulder MountainTour from the very beginning, Sun
Valley Mountain Guides in the 1970s, SkiEducation Foundation Cross Country
Ski Team with Rob Kiesel and the free
annual Adams Gulch Fun Run. He startedthe Backcountry Run more than 35 years
ago and has been involved ever since.
He has also been on the Galena AdvisoryCommittee for the historic cross-country
ski lodge and trails north of town and
the boards of the Wood River CommunityYMCA, Sun Valley Junior Hockey and
the Community School. He and his wife,
Kate, own The Elephants Perch, whichis 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 ridingin the historic Lewis family coach. The
coach was given to the city along withthe Lewis ore wagons, featured in the
parade today.
Ketchums Ore Wagon Museum is
home to the Lewis ore wagons wherethey can be seen year-round. Horace
Lewis began the Ketchum Fast Freight
Line soon after the town was foundedon Aug. 2, 1880. The magnificent wagons
carried the first load of ore from the
Elkhorn mine to the railroad at Kelton,Utah.
6) Frontier Communications This 100-year-old restored doctors
buggy is driven by Mike Beavers of
Owyhee Express Carriage Co. It is being
pulled by Dollar, a registered blazer.
7) City of Sun Valley Riding in the city of Sun Valleys
carriage is Mayor Dwayne Briscoe. ThisJohn Deere carriage dates from around
1900 and was restored to its originalcondition by Wayne Orvick of Wood River
Carriage Works. The carriage was pur-
chased by the city of Sun Valley alongwith a sleigh. The carriage was originally
used to transport guests at the old
Geyer Hot Springs Resort in the early1900s.
8) The Holding
Landau carriage Carol Holding, owner of the Sun
Valley Resort, and guests are ridingin her beautifully restored circa 1880
five-glass landau carriage pulled by
a beautiful team of grey Percheronsdriven by Sun Valley Stables Manager
Calvin Chatfield. With the Holding fam-ilys generosity, the Wagon Days Parade
is made easier. Event organizers thank
Carol Holding and the Holding familyfor providing the staging area for the
parade.
9) Lt. Gov. Brad Little Idahos lieutenant governor, Brad
Little, said he is proud to join in the
celebration of the 57th anniversary ofWagon Days. Accompanying the lieuten-
ant 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 CountyMuseums Heritage Court Riding in this beautiful buggy is
the 2015 Blaine County Heritage Court.
The buggy is owned and driven by BillSherbine.
11) Tegernsee, Ketchumssister city Ketchum and Tegernsee have been
sister cities since 1980, providing oppor-tunities to share their two cultures.
This Wagon Days, Ketchum is hosting
children from the Tegernsee Valley. Thekids appreciate the experience, so show
them a warm Ketchum welcome! Next
summer, Tegernsee will host childrenfrom Ketchum.
12) Wagon Days2015 sponsors Wagon Days is made possible by thesupport of the city of Ketchum and a
dedicated volunteer group, as well as by
the financial support of generous spon-sors. The Wagon Days Committee thanks
all the sponsors. Each of these busi-
nesses has contributed to the successof Wagon Days and it could not be held
each year without them. They make this
wonderful event possible.
13) Burley High SchoolBobcat Band The Burley High School Marching
Band is under the direction of Mitch
Tilley.
14) Easy Entry Cart Don Cant, 81, of Middleton, Idaho, hashis Easy Entry Cart, pulled by miniature
horse, Moe, 12.
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15) Miniature horse andWooden Wheel Cart,driven by Lois Cant An Iowa-built wooden wheel wagon
cart is driven by Lois Cant, 71, and pulled
by Blue.
16) Snake River StampedeFrontier Wagon
This frontier wagon is a completereplica of an 1882 Studebaker freight
wagon used to haul supplies fromCaldwell to Sil ver City. Today, this
14-foot-tall oak wagon is used to haulSnake River Stampede whiskey to the
towns of the West.
17) Snake RiverStampede Stagecoach Authentic stagecoach used betweenSilver City and Murphy, Idaho, from the
late 1800s through the early 1900s. It
is now the icon stagecoach symbol forNampas Snake River Stampede, which
just celebrated its 100 th anniversary.
18) Third annualCherry Bounce Contest This wagon is driven by TylerPeterson and pulled by his horses,
Sophie and Lacey. The wagon riders
are celebrating the third annual CherryBounce Contest.
19) Wood River High SchoolCheerleading and Dance
The Wood River High School
Cheerleaders have pulled together thisyear already. They show strong leader-
ship and bonding. They recently attend-ed a UCA camp and are excited to use
their new skills in the upcoming season.
This year they have also added dance to
their team. Come watch them performtheir new dances at the half time shows.
20) Blaine CountyRepublican Women The Blaine County Republican Womenand Central Committee are proud to
sponsor the return of the camels.
Idaho Controller Brandon Woolf is rid-ing Ralphie in his first Wagon Days
Parade, with veteran camel rider Rep.
Steve Miller showing him the ropeson 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 resi-
dents of Blaine County in the greatest
state in the nation. Thanks to Jeral and
Jenine Williams and their family for this
favorite Wagon Days entry from IdahoFalls!
21) Buffy the White Buffalo 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.
22) Jerome High SchoolAmbush of Tigers MarchingUnit 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 hadparticipated 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 competitionsthroughout Idaho and Utah.
23) Rebeccas Private Idahoand World Bicycle Relief Professional bike racer, one of theworlds top endurance athletes and
Ketchum local Rebecca Rusch (known as
the Queen of Pain) is hosting the thirdannual Rebeccas Private Idaho event.
Its a 100-mile bike ride to benefit three
bike organizations. World Bicycle Relief
and its Buffalo Bike have joined RebeccaRusch today with a few other world
champion cyclists.
The Buffalo Bicycle is not just a bike;
its an engine for economic and culturalempowerment. The bikes design is
reflective of the original English RaleighRoadster, developed in the late 1800s.
The result is a robust bicycle engineered
specifically for rural African terrain andload requirements. Everyone is asked to
welcome the riders back to civilization
in the Ketchum Town Square on Sundayafternoon for the Smith Optics Off The
Wagon Day celebration. There will be live
music, food and cold drinks.
24) Spirit of KetchumIditarod Team The Mighty Shiba dogsled team is
again in training to dominate the compe-tition 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 RiverValley. Lambchops and Tiffany live near
the Triumph Mines with their friend
Wendy Collins.
26) Trailing of the SheepFestival The 19th annual Trailing of the SheepFestival will be held this year Oct. 7-11
in Sun Valley, Ketchum and Hailey. Its afive-day weekend packed with events for
the entire family. The festival celebratesmore 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 inKetchum.
During the mining boom, Ketchumhad more than 2,000 residents. When
the boom went bust, only 20 people
remained. It was then that a new indus-try was born in Ketchumsheep.
Ketchum became the largest sheep-shipping center in the world, outsideof Sydney, Australia, in the early 1900s.
Between 1 million and 2 million sheeptrailed through the valley during these
times. The sheep kept the railroad
operating and saved the town. Come cel-ebrate 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 littlelambs stray behind. It takes a special
kind of herder to keep the lambs togeth-
er. She will keep herding them untiltheyre safe, by hook or by crookthats
the lamb herders way. The miniature
sheep camp was built through a labor oflove by Jim Hook. The team pulling the
camp is Mounty, a 12-year-old registered
miniature paint horse, and Noble, an18-year-old registered miniature appa-
loosa. The outrider tied to the back, is
Dan, age 7. The team and wagon areowned and driven by Debbie Hook from
McCammon, Idaho.
28) Little Bo Peep Little Bo Peep and her lost little
sheep trailing behind the herders. Shefound one little sheep and can hear the
rest bleat. She will follow until she finds
them. The found little sheep is Ace, a15-year-old registered miniature horse.
Ace is driven by Bo Peep, Silvia Lockyer,from McCammon, Idaho.
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its Miss Kitty and the Pendleton Gang,Doctor Daniels, but you can call him Jack.
Doug Howell is riding his 7-year-old quar-
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her quarter horse buckskin, Butterbutt.
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Meandering musiciansVisiting Venues Friday and Saturday
Cowboy Poets Recitein Tribute to Wayne NelsonOre Wagon MuseumFriday, 1 to 5pm
Enjoy the rough-hewn elegance of CowboyPoetry as vintage, regional contemporariesshare the memory of an award winning cowboy,creative poet and musician, reciting his worksas well as swapping old time stories that havebeen tossed around cow camp cook firesfor centuries.
WESTERN POETS:Brian Dillworth,Mick Halverson, Tommie Patton, ColtAngel, Ron Parish and Wayne (looselip)Pinsonas well as Gary Eller,Idaho historicalauthor, musician, poet and banjo player willfill the barn with classic Cowboy Poetry andremembrances of their friend, Wayne Nelson.
Meandering Musicians PerformRevisit the musical outburst in Ketchum thatoccurred centuries ago when these same LewisOre Wagons, filled to the brim with heavylead and silver ore, pulled for weeks by muleteams, struggled into town after completingtheir treacherous, sometimes deadly tripover the steep mountain tr ails. Their payloadsupported the town, creating paydays forminers, teamsters, farriers, and jobs at the trainstation, the local smelter and especially in therestaurants and saloons that thrived in town.
This weekend, as in those times, local musiciansand their stringed instruments are meanderingthrough the streets and select venues in townwith music to perpetuate that successful OreWagon tradition, when the Wagons are rolling,the fiddlers are strolling.
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CORNERSTONE BAR & GRILL 211 N Main St
GRILL AT KNOB HILL 960 N Main St
THE KNEADERY 260 Leadville Ave
PERRYS 131 4th St W
PIONEER SALOON 320 N Main St
SAWTOOTH CLUB 231 N Main St
SUN VALLEY WINE CO 360 Leadville Ave
WARFIELD DISTILLERY & BREWERY 280 N Main St
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30) Goddess Athenaand Pegasus Flown down from Mount Olympuson mighty Pegasus is one of the many
fabled goddesses, Athena. She is thegoddess of wisdom and war, Zeussfavorite child, allowed to use his thun-derbolts in battle. Houdini, a 12-year-old registered paint horse, portraysPegasus. He is ridden by ElizabethLockyer from McCammon, Idaho, who isportraying the part of Athena.
31) Ketchum/Sun ValleyRotary Club The Great Wagon Days Duck Raceserves as the main fundraising eventfor the Ketchum/Sun Valley Rotary Club.Donations raised from the Duck Racehave benefited more than 60 charities inthe Wood River Valley and beyond.
32) The Papoose Club andOld Time Fiddlers The fiddlers have been a part ofWagon Days for many years. Get ahearty start to Wagon Days weekendat the Papoose Clubs annual PancakeBreakfast, featuring music from the OldTime Fiddlers. This favorite local eventwill be held on Saturday and Sundayfrom 8 a.m. to noon at Ketchum TownSquare. Volunteers from Papoose Clubone of the Wood River Valleys oldestphilanthropic organizationswill dishingup all-you-can-eat pancakes, scrambledeggs, sausage, fruit, juice and hot coffee.
33) Still Hitched In 2012, we were Goin Courtin. In2013, we were Just Hitched. In 2015,were Still Hitched! With a new horse justtrained fer this-here parade were perdyproud! We like to use our fox trotters forhitchin n hikin!
34) Ketchum FirefightersLocal 4758 and Wood RiverFirefighters Local 4923 Taking part in a time-honored tradi-tion dating back to 1954, the KetchumProfessional Firefighters Local 4758 andthe Wood River Firefighters Local 4923are riding in support of the MuscularDystrophy Association. Money raised
today by filling the boot provides ser-vices and support, such as free clinics,motorized wheelchairs and other much-needed specialized equipment, to morethan 500 southern Idaho residents whohave muscular dystrophy.
Firefighters are pulling the originalKetchum Tiger Hook and Ladder Co.shand-drawn hose cart. This was state-of-the-art for firefighting in 1889. Uponnotification of a fire, two ropes would bestrung out in front of the cart. Upwards of10 firefighters would run out front of thecart to pull it to the fire scene. Two fire-fighters would hold on to the tongue tosteer and/or attempt to brake the cart. Itmust have been a wild ride! At the scene,
hose would be unwound to connect to ahand pumper in order to put water on thefire. Lets fill the boot for Jerrys kids.
35) Bruce and SunnyBradshaw Bruce and Sunny Bradshaw fromMarsing, Idaho, carry the American flagand Idaho state flag in parades acrossIdaho, and have had the honor of beingcolor guard for Parade America inNampa and Snake River Stampede in thepast. Wagon Days Parade is one of theirfavorites to participate in.
36) Smokey Bear Smokey Bear would like to thank
all of the firefighters, law enforcement
officers, city and county officials andNational Guard members for all of theirhelp and hard work on wildfires. Smokeywould like to remind everyone that fireseason is not over yet. Thanks and besafe while youre out using public lands.
37) High CountryPeruvian Pasos Considered to be one of the smooth-est-gaited horses in the world, thePeruvian horse guarantees its naturalgait to each offspring, making them thechampagne of gaited horses.
38) State Sen.Michelle Stennett Sen. Michelle Stennett is proud andhonored to serve the Wood River Valley.She thanks everyone for their kindnessand support.
39) Blaine CountyDemocrats Democratic Party candidates andparty officers.
40) The Old Frontier Gang Originally called the Hailey Hellers,the Old Frontier Gang has been in exis-tence for more than 42 years. The coachwas built in New Hampshire by the firmAbbott and Downing. It ran passengersfrom Henrys Lake to West Yellowstone.The coach is around 118 years old.Pulling the coach is a pair of Percherondraft horses named Joe and Benny. It isowned and driven by Richard and EricBarney of West Magic.
41) NAMI WoodRiver Valley, Inc. NAMI Wood River Valleys missionis to improve the quality of life for allthose affected by mental illness andto become recognized as Wood RiverValleys voice on mental illness in termsof education, advocacy and support,and to bridge the gap between urbanand rural mental health services. NAMIWood River Valley provides educationand support groups, and advocates foreffective prevention, diagnosis, treat-ment, community support, research andrecovery. The purpose of NAMI WoodRiver Valley is to enable those who havemental illness to obtain equal opportuni-
ties in medical care, social life, economicsecurity and spiritual life; to providesupport for those who have mental ill-ness and their families, and to cooperatewith existing organizations that servethe needs of the mentally ill.
42) Blaine County 4H Riding in these wagons are membersof Blaine County 4H.
43) Ivorianah Here comes Ivorianah driving hermini horse Dixie, as Dr. King Schultz, thedentist and bounty hunter from BootHill, to meet all your teeth and bountyneeds.
44) Kathleen Here comes Raggedy Ann and Andyon their way to the Dodge NationalFinals Rag Doll Rodeo with their faithfullittle mini horse, Ice, driven by Kathleen.
45) Mighty Minis The Mighty Minis perform in paradesthroughout the West.
46) Mini Mules too Pulling this entry four-abreast aresome of the smallest mules in the world,coming in at about 29 inches.
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48) Sacajawea, Lewis andClark Expedition Riding three full-blooded Americanmustangs are Dana Lovell as Sacajaweaon Raven, Ralph Harris as Capt.Merriweather Lewis on Sunshine andTom Crais on Silver Chief as a typicalFrench scout. Capt. Lewis uniform iscompletely authentic, as is the war shirtof the scout and the Native Americanclothing.
49) Hubbard Construction This is a sheep camp constructedand made by Don Hubbard, and is forsale. It is pulled by a 6- and 7-year-old
halflinger team from Malad, IdahoWallyon the left and Wrangler on the right.
50) Champagne Wagon A champagne wagon from theChampagne Mine, just north of Cratersfor the Moon. It has been across thecontinent twice. It is owned and drivenby Tony Clapier of Rupert, Idaho.
51) EhCapa Bareback Riders The EhCapa Bareback Riders, ages8-19, have developed a unique relation-ship with their horses based on soundhorsemanship principles. They controltheir horses with leg cues, their voicesand a 1-inch-wide leather strap aroundthe horses neck known as a tack rein.These young talented riders take theiraudiences on breathtaking journeysthrough maneuvers and jumps that evenfew experienced riders can handle, allwithout the aid of saddles or bridles.EhCapa believes that when a young per-son learns to build trust in the horsesthey love, the results can be remark-able. The clubs style is reminiscent ofAmerican Indians. The organization ridesin the hope of bringing honor to theNative Americans, from their beautifulhandmade clothing to the traditionalnative 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 thewild horse corrals for 100 days. In theExtreme Mustang Makeover, trainerscompete to showcase the trainabilityof the American mustang. Joshua Mani,her trainer, has been invited to competein Mustang Magic in Ft. Worth, Texas, inJanuary.
53) WW Mules This custom-built, rubber-tired hitchwagon is used in shows, parades andwagon trains. The wagon is pulled bytwo gray molly mules, Zip and Dot. Theyare full sisters out of a quarter horsemare.
54) Sun Valley Free Ride
55) Treasure Valley WhipsDriving Club The Treasure Valley Whips Club insouthwestern Idaho is a nonprofit orga-nization promoting the sport of carriagedriving. It sponsors play days, pleasuredriving shows, arena driving trials andpleasure drives, as well as clinics withnationally acclaimed trainers. Visit it at
www.treasurevalleywhips.org.
56) Sun Valley BlackTwo-Seated Carriage
57) Community School
58) Hook Draw CollectionThe Yellowstone Stage This Yellowstone Stage and ones likeit were used in the park into the 1930sbefore cars were allowed. It is driven byJim Barton of the Bar B Ranch in Carey.
59) Ho