This article first appeared in the Moscow-Pullman Daily News "Nearby History" column on March 14, 2026. By Hayley Noble, Executive Director Oral history project interview at a nursing home, ca. 1980. LCHS Photo: 25-12-330. Oral traditions are key parts of many cultures around the world and have been the primary method of sharing heritage knowledge since time immemorial. In many indigenous tribes this storytelling practice is how histories and memories are passed from one gene

This article first appeared in the March/April 2026 edition of Home & Harvest magazine. By Elaina Pierson, Office Coordinator Looking north at Main and 6th Streets in Moscow, 1930s vs 2024. From Moscow Past & Present , available in the LCHS gift shop . Moscow, Idaho, is located on a picturesque corner of the Palouse, where its rolling hills meet sprawling white pine forests to the east. For thousands of years, the region was a main thoroughfare for Native American tribes, a

This article first appeared in the January/February 2026 edition of Home & Harvest magazine. By Hayley Noble, Executive Director It’s 2026! And that means it’s officially the Semiquincentennial, which is just a fancy word for the 250 th anniversary of something. In our case, it’s the 250 th anniversary of July 4, 1776, on which the Second Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence. The Declaration stated that the Thirteen Colonies were no longer subject to