In World War II, 44 Japanese American men at Minidoka resisted government conscription into the US military, refusing to be drafted by a country that considered them less than full citizens. Their case is being retold 80 years later by the Friends of Minidoka – and by a group of Idaho lawyers who wrote and produced a play.
Idaho’s liquor ban started in 1916. The nation followed suit four years later, but it was about more than shots in a glass. It was about representation. It was about rebellion. And it was about the nation’s first reckoning with federal regulation gone wrong. From booze hidden in boots to smashing bars with hatchets, prohibition brewed an overflow of illegal activity for more than a decade.
Haunted houses. Creatures in the forest, in the sky, in the water. Why are we drawn to tales of the monstrous and mysterious? Idaho Experience explores the Myths, Monsters and Legends of Idaho.