Following the original "Visit to the McConnell Mansion in Pictures" post last month, we received a few requests for a photo tour of the "unseen" areas of the...

Mary McConnell Borah is perhaps best known as the oldest daughter of William J. McConnell and the elegant wife of famed Idaho Senator William Borah. But whil...

Looking for a fun way to get some exercise and fresh air, and learn a little bit about historic architecture? Try taking a stroll through the Fort Russell D...

A few weeks have passed since the Latah County Historical Society staff have begun working remotely, and there is one thing that I'm really starting to miss ...

Note: This article was originally published in Home&Harvest magazine, January / February 2020 edition. Historians LOVE when our calendar rolls over to a new ...

Researchers will look at the Coronavirus / COVID-19 pandemic as a historic event. Please share your experiences with LCHS.

Although we cannot visit museums just now, most of us are surrounded by artifacts that connect us to the past. Let us take this time spent in our homes as an...

By Elaina Pierson, LCHS Office Coordinator Access to history plays a crucial role in our understanding of ourselves and our place in the world. Especially now...

Archival Research through the Lens of the Docent By Nancy Ruth Peterson “So, do you have any more information about the house’s history?”   “Who were the peo...

The LCHS Archives “Our Very Own Time Machine” By Barbara Coyner As the editor of Preservation Moscow, the annual newsletter for the Moscow Historic Preservat...

October 1st marked the beginning of Archives Month, a month-long celebration of archives! The Latah County Historical Society is celebrating by sharing our c...

On the fourth Monday in May we observe Memorial Day, a commemoration that originated in the years immediately following the Civil War. It was known in early ...

For the last three years, National Museum of Women in the Arts has been the driving force behind the #5WomenArtists campaign. The museum’s mission is to “add...

In late January I had the opportunity to attend the Palouse-Clearwater Food Coalition’s Food Summit and give a short presentation entitled “Farming Across Ge...

With a personality and force of character that go unrivaled among Moscow’s matriarchs, Grace Wicks was a well-known community member for nearly forty years. ...

Just three years after the University of Idaho produced its inaugural class of graduates, the first African American to earn a bachelor’s degree in Idaho acc...

In 1890, the superintendent of the Census declared that the country’s frontier had closed. Settlement of the American West had been so prolific in the latter...

In 1980 a group of educators began agitating for national recognition of the historic contributions made by women. The handful of high school teachers notice...

During August and September of 1916 the major themes impacting the country did not change. If anything, they became more sharply defined. Labor unrest contin...