A photo can tell us a lot about life decades ago. It can provide details that are hard to describe with words. Idaho is the location of millions of stories. It has a history that is intriguing, fascinating, and engaging. We’ve gathered nine photos of Idaho from the 1960s that tell some of these stories. These photos provide details that are simply mesmerizing.
- Log drive, Clearwater River
Forest History Society/Flickr This image shows the “River Pigs” in the Clearwater River, moving a large white pine off the shoals. The logs were then carried down the river to the mills in the Kaniksu National Forest in Idaho. This photo dates back to 1961.
- Brownlee Dam, Idaho-Oregon Border
WaterArchives.org/Flickr Here’s a photo of the Brownlee Dam circa 1960. This dam is located in Hell’s Canyon and along the Idaho-Oregon state line.
- Moscow
Robert Ashworth from Bellingham, WA., USA/Wikimedia Commons An image of Moscow, Idaho, before the Kibbie Dome was built in 1971. This image was captured in the late 1960s.
- Bliss Dam Power House, Bliss
WaterArchives.org/Flickr This image shows the Bliss Dam Power House on the Snake River. This image was taken in 1960.
- ML-1 Mobile Nuclear Power Plant
U.S. Army photo courtesy of Office of History, HQ, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers/Wikimedia Commons This photo shows a truck-mounted ML-1 nuclear power plant that was developed as part of the Army Nuclear Power Program. In the photo, the truck is by the National Reactor Testing Station near Idaho Falls.
- Royal Motor Inn, Lewiston
Steve Shook/Flickr The Royal Motor Inn is located in Lewiston, Idaho. This photo dates back to 1960.
- Riverside Motel, Orofino
Steve Shook/Flickr Here is an image of a postcard showing the Riverside Motel in Orofino, Idaho, circa 1965. The Riverside Motel is still in operation today.
- Blackfoot
Allen/Flickr Check out downtown Blackfoot in 1963. What signs and attractions do you still see as you drive down this road today?
- IGA Foodliner Supermarket , Coeur d’Alene
Allen/Flickr Here’s a photograph of an IGA Foodliner Supermarket in the 1960s. This store was located at 12th and Sherman in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.
Do you or anyone you know remember life in Idaho in the 1960s? If so, we’d love to hear some of your favorite memories in the comments.
Forest History Society/Flickr
This image shows the “River Pigs” in the Clearwater River, moving a large white pine off the shoals. The logs were then carried down the river to the mills in the Kaniksu National Forest in Idaho. This photo dates back to 1961.
WaterArchives.org/Flickr
Here’s a photo of the Brownlee Dam circa 1960. This dam is located in Hell’s Canyon and along the Idaho-Oregon state line.
Robert Ashworth from Bellingham, WA., USA/Wikimedia Commons
An image of Moscow, Idaho, before the Kibbie Dome was built in 1971. This image was captured in the late 1960s.
This image shows the Bliss Dam Power House on the Snake River. This image was taken in 1960.
U.S. Army photo courtesy of Office of History, HQ, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers/Wikimedia Commons
This photo shows a truck-mounted ML-1 nuclear power plant that was developed as part of the Army Nuclear Power Program. In the photo, the truck is by the National Reactor Testing Station near Idaho Falls.
Steve Shook/Flickr
The Royal Motor Inn is located in Lewiston, Idaho. This photo dates back to 1960.
Here is an image of a postcard showing the Riverside Motel in Orofino, Idaho, circa 1965. The Riverside Motel is still in operation today.
Allen/Flickr
Check out downtown Blackfoot in 1963. What signs and attractions do you still see as you drive down this road today?
Here’s a photograph of an IGA Foodliner Supermarket in the 1960s. This store was located at 12th and Sherman in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.
If you’d like to see even more historic photos of Idaho, here are 10 that show us what life was like in the Gem State in the early 1900s.
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