Category: Early family history
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It was 1976, and I was invited to float Idaho’s Main Salmon River on an early spring training trip for Western Rivers Expeditions. Those were…
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Story of my encounter with the legendary forest monster First off, we should all stipulate that Bigfoot occupies space in a lot of our minds.…
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On this episode of Epoch Americana, I was privileged to interview Chantz Potter and hear his experiences as an underground miner in Wyoming. Chantz is…
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Shoup, Idaho, sits quietly along the Salmon River, nestled in a remote canyon where only the sounds of rushing water and the occasional adventurer break…
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Ulysses is one of the many abandoned mining camps in Lemhi County, located in Central Idaho. The old townsite is located up Indian Creek, downriver…
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The allure of ghost towns has always grabbed my attention and drawn me in. I’m not sure why; maybe it’s the mystery behind the relics.…
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The Hicks surname is a testament to the enduring influence of medieval English naming traditions.
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In Cokeville, Robert received a bullet from a “quick triggered” bad man
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There were folks in that crowd who valued their pie more than my life.
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It was at that very moment I realized my dreams of being the next Elvis Presley were over.
HICKS FAMILY HISTORY 