Early Americans called them Teewinot, or pinnacles. French fur trappers named them the Tetons. The Tetons dominate the landscape of Eastern Idaho, rising thousands of feet above the Snake River Plain, and home to many outdoor adventures.
"Saving the last great places." That's the lofty goal of The Nature Conservancy. In Idaho means purchasing places like The Flat Ranch, along the legendary Henry's Fork River. Outdoor Idaho turns the spotlight on the Nature Conservancy.
This unique look at Idaho's history travels the past through the eyes of those who lived it: first trip down the Bruneau River; early water skiers; an upstream trip through Hells Canyon; a 1929 trek across Idaho with Robert Limbert.
Original film of turn of the century Idaho. See Hells Canyon before the dam, log drives, camping trips, life on a 1940's ranch, and Salmon River legends.
No federal agency has changed the face of the West more than the Bureau of Reclamation. Using concrete, and lots of taxpayers' dollars, the Bureau changed rivers and often the entire economic base of a region.
