Idaho doesn’t look like the moon. Except in one odd corner of the state…where it does. Craters of the Moon National Monument is in south-central Idaho. It is a vast field of black lava, twisted rock, and deep caves. Astronauts once trained here. Scientists still scratch their heads about it. And almost no one outside…
Later in life, he was: Adolph Coors. He was born: Adolf Hermann Josef Kuhrs. He was 21 years old, penniless, and hiding in the hold of a ship crossing the Atlantic. He could not speak English. He had no plan, only ambition. When that ship docked and he stepped onto American soil in 1868, few…
Discover how legendary Idaho potatoes made the state famous. Missionary Henry Spaulding planted the first ones in 1837 at Lapwai. Rich volcanic soil and Snake River water created the perfect growing conditions. The famous Russet Burbank variety and J.R. Simplot’s fries turned Idaho into the Potato State and fed the growing American West.
