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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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    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

    A group of Chinese immigrants appears to perform a ceremony in the Wood River Valley, circa 1885.

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    FPhoto courtesy of the Community Library in Ketchum

    The town of Ketchum (circa 1885) was built to house miners and the companiesthat supported their industry.

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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

    Historian

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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

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    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

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    This stout team is the muscle ingetting the freight moving.

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    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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    Hailey artist chosen to create Wagon Days poster

    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

    painted model boxes as a career

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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

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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.

    Courtesy graphic

    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.

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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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    GRILL AT KNOB HILL 960 N Main St

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    PIONEER SALOON 320 N Main St

    SAWTOOTH CLUB 231 N Main St

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    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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    47) Ms. IdahoSenior America

    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


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