Sawtooth National Forest and Twin Falls Boy Scout Troop 63 Team Up to Restore Historic Mining Cemetery
By Douglas Baughman, Forest Archaeologist, USDA Forest Service-Sawtooth National Forest - February 2026 The Sawtooth Mountains area of central Idaho was first explored for its mining potential by Levi Smiley, who led his party into the region in the spring of 1878. They located a rich outcropping of quartz, but further exploration was halted by a courier bearing the news of the Bannock uprising. The group retreated to Challis, but Smiley and T.B. Mulkey returned the next Octo
The Birch Creek Charcoal Kilns: A Historic Restoration Project to Preserve This Site for Another Generation
By Steve Armstrong, Forest Archaeologist U. S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Forest Service Caribou-Targhee National Forest Dubois Ranger District - January 2026 History The Birch Creek Charcoal Kilns, located on the east slope of the Lemhi Mountain Range in Lemhi County on the west side of Birch Creek Valley, were built ca. 1885 and provided charcoal for the smelting process for the lead-and silver-producing Viola Mine (ca. 1886-1889) on the west slope of the Beaverhead Mo
Professor Mark Warner brings archaeology to the people
Source article by Victoria Kingsmore at the Argonaut via https://www.uiargonaut.com/2024/10/04/professor-mark-warner-brings-archaeology-t...
UI students dig for history in their backyard
Source article by Anthony Kuipers at the Moscow-Pullman Daily News via https://news.yahoo.com/ui-students-dig-history-backyard-011500604....
Carbon dating shows humans were living in western Idaho 2,500 years earlier than previously thought
by Sasa Woodruff, Boise State Public Radio News Source article can be found at https://www.boisestatepublicradio.org/news/2022-12-28/carb...
Idaho Archaeological Society Annual Conference Hosted At CWI Sees Great Turnout
by Nikki Gorrell, College of Western Idaho Source article can be found at https://cwi.edu/news/news-room/idaho-archeological-society-annu...
Utah archaeologists help to restore the land of the Bear River Massacre
by Mike Anderson, KSL-TV Source article can be found at https://www.ksl.com/article/50493519/utah-archaeologists-help-to-restore-the-land...
New museum curator excited to bring east Idaho’s past to light
by Adam Forsgren Source article can be found at https://www.eastidahonews.com/2022/03/new-museum-curator-excited-to-bring-east-idahos-pas...
Digging into our sordid history
UI professor brought the Kooskia internment camp back into the public eye by Kaylee Brewster - February 20, 2022 Source article can be...
"This is a huge collection': Wasden collection of Ice Age discoveries near I.F. finds home at Museum
by Jerry Painter - November 13, 2021 Source article can be found at https://www.postregister.com/news/local/this-is-a-huge-collection-was...
