GROWING UP IN IDAHO

Harry Hicks tells the story of riding the Breakneck Trail along the Salmon River (The River of No Return) in the 1920s. He had to trust his horse Robin and his excellent riding skills to stay alive. 

When I was three years old, my dad came home one Saturday morning from working as a deputy sheriff and accidentally left his gun on the living room chair. When my brother and I got up to watch cartoons, I noticed the gun. I figured it would be useful to help coyote stop Roadrunner. Listen-in and find out the rest of the story. #GrowingUpInIdaho #CoyoteandRoadrunner 

Mike Hicks takes us on another mental journey back to the good ol' days of the 1960s in Boise, Idaho, when he was a deputy sheriff. His police stories of that era were a hit during his career as an Idaho educator in Salmon. Stories of crazy people doing crazy things are a hit, but there's a moral lesson in nearly every tale. Listen in and take a walk down memory lane! 

Mike Hicks was an Ada County deputy in Idaho in the 1960s. Those were the days of hippies and when the drug culture was just beginning. Mike tells of his experiences as a policeman, patrolling the streets of Boise and surrounding communities. He relates how it felt having near-death experiences. Also listen-in as he discusses the need to arrest a vagrant rabbit outside of town! 

#IdahoHistory #AdaCountySheriff #BoisePolice #TalkinBoutTheGoodOleDays 

This Hicks family was looking for some good luck. They couldn't get enough rights to water to keep their ranch running. Their foray into logging ended. Now they needed some good luck for mere survival. Yellow Jacket Mine in Central Idaho was ramping back up, so they loaded their wagon, hooked up the big team of horses, and headed out. Moving in the early 1900s was fraught with danger; survival was reliant on smarts, know-how, and luck. 

Young Harry was sick with Bright's Disease and Dropsy. He was near death; the local undertaker came by to pick up his body even though he wasn't dead yet. Harry's mother put the run on the undertaker. A Native American Indian woman came by and said, "I can fix the boy!" 

Sometimes we all get nostalgic for the old times - maybe remembering when we were kids growing up in our hometowns. I certainly have those moments! This show is about one such incident where I recalled the memories surrounding the Salmon River and my hometown, Salmon, Idaho. 

When you grow up in the country, sometimes you're expected to do dangerous things to get the job done. Listen in as Dan King talks about his experiences as a kid working as a core driller on a rig in Idaho.  

Mike was a deputy sheriff in the good ol' days when drugs were taking off in Idaho back in the 1960s. It wasn't "Mayberry" anymore. Listen to some wild and crazy stories of policing during that era.