"There's gold in them thar hills, boys " That old saying - made famous by writer Mark Twain - is certainly still true in the Boise Basin, a broad region in the mountains northeast of Boise, Idaho. Just two or three years ago, a claim owner found a fine piece photographed by Skip Myers, Boise Basin merchant. (That photo is used on the book's back cover.) And there's more where that came from. Exactly where, however, must remain undisclosed. (It's somewhere within twenty miles of Idaho City.) As in the "old days," claim-jumping is not unheard of, although the owner is most worried about weekend...

According to scholars, the Shoshone, Bannock, and Nez Perces Indians of Idaho obtained horses roughly three centuries ago. That makes them the "first stockmen of Idaho," although we know little of that history. Still, when the Lewis & Clark expedition visited the future state in 1805 and 1806, they met bands of skill horseback hunters and warriors, who owned vast herds of fine horses. "Before the Spuds" details the history of Idaho stock raising during the century that followed that meeting. The Indians remained Idaho's only stockmen until mid-century. For decades, they supplied horses to...

American Sherlock is the biography of pioneer criminologist Luke S. May and describes the role he played in the development of scientific methods of investigation.