Clearwater Historical Museum

Clearwater Historical Museum, Orofino, Idaho

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Books For Sale At the Clearwater Historical Museum

Bonds of love and Laughter bookBonds of Love and Laughter
It’s 1900, long past the “Great Migration” when Charley & Rosella Reeve decide to homestead in Washington state with their five children. Sadly bidding farewell to their Minnesota family, all of the Reeves travel in single wagon, following the route of the Northern Pacific Railroad across North Dakota, Montana, and Idaho.
Author: Alice Scriber
Binding: Soft Cover
Product #: BK001
Price: $15.00

Bonds of Love and Laughter Study Guide
Binding:
Soft Cover
Product #: BK002
Price: $3.00

Clearwater Reflections 1990Clearwater Reflections 1990
Orofino Junior High School produced this from oral histories they recorded and photographs they took in our community.
Author: Orofino Junior High School project
Binding:
Soft Cover
Product #: BK003
Price: $5.00
Clearwater Reflections 1994
Orofino Junior High School produced this from oral histories they recorded and photographs they took in our community.
Author: Orofino Junior High School project
Binding:
Soft Cover
Product #: BK004
Price: $5.00
Clearwater Reflections 1995
Orofino Junior High School produced this from oral histories they recorded and photographs they took in our community.
Author: Orofino Junior High School project
Binding:
Soft Cover
Product #: BK005
Price: $5.00
Do Them No HarmDo Them No Harm
This book about the remarkable Lewis & Clark Expedition of 1805-1806 is unique in that it covers only the period when the Expedition stayed among the Nez Perce Indians, during both the westward journey and the eastward journey.
Author: Zoa Swayne
Binding:
Hard Cover
Product #: BK007
Price: $26.00
Fun in the Woods
An autobiography a short story of events which occurred nearly sixty years ago. Everything is as remembered by the author.
Author: Margaret Fine
Binding:
Soft Cover
Product #: BK008
Price: $12.00
Great Grandfather in the Honey TreeGreat Grandfather In the Honey Tree
This children’s book is about the adventures of Great Grandfather while out on food gathering trip. Originally written & published in 1949.
Author: Sam & Zoa Swayne
Binding:
Hard Cover
Product #: BK009
Price: $15.00
Hilltop FootprintsHilltop Footprints
Stories of the folks in the Weippe & Pierce, Idaho area, put together by the Hilltop Heritage Museum.
Author: Hilltop Heritage project
Binding:
Soft Cover
Product #: BK0010
Price: $10.00
Horse logging on Freeman CreekHorse Logging On Freeman Creek
A short book telling of the horse logging, in remembrance of George W. Rigby.
Author: Boyd Olson
Binding:
Soft Cover
Product #: BK0011
Price: $4.00
Judds in Fraser IdahoJudd's in Fraser, Idaho
A basic history of the Judd Family and the changes of time in History of Judd’s in Idaho.
Author: Claud Judd
Binding:
Soft Cover
Product #: BK0012
Price: $11.00
return to whiskey creekReturn To Whiskey Creek
The story of Florence & Julius, much of it told in their own words. Many photos and clippings from newspapers of that era provide background.
Author: June Pomerinke
Binding:
Soft Cover
Product #: BK0014
Price: $6.00
Tales of the ClearwaterTales of the Clearwater
A gathering of tales from some old timers who gave their permission to have them put down on paper so history of the 1930’s and 1940’s could be preserved.
Author: Sam Swayne
Binding:
Hard Cover
Product #: BK0015
Price: $24.00

Binding: Soft Cover
Product #: BK0016
Price: $12.00

The Clearwater StoryThe Clearwater Story
The story of the Clearwater Country is written in the lives of individual people. Ralph gives us a glimpse into some of these lives. He has preserved a look at life as it was in the early-day Forest Service and reminds us of the triumphs and tribulations of Indians, explorers, miners, homesteaders, and others who preceded the Forest Service by many years.
Author: Ralph Space
Binding:
Soft Cover
Product #: BK0017
Price: $10.00
The Lolo TrailThe Lolo Trail
Lewis & Clark’s journey through the Bitterroot Mountains in winter was a fight for survival. Ralph describes each day’s drama on “The Lolo Trail”.
Author: Ralph Space
Binding:
Soft Cover
Product #: BK0018
Price: $20.00
The Ordeal of the Steptoe CommandThe Ordeal of the Steptoe Command
The battle was fierce and the soldiers lost and Steptoe’s name is linked mostly with defeat. It was so, in frontier days and the humiliation dogged the man to his early grave.
Author: Randall Johnson
Binding:
Soft Cover
Product #: BK0019
Price: $4.00
The Pierce ChronicleThe Pierce Chronicle
Elias Davidson Pierce was in Indiana, Mexico, California before finding gold in Idaho.
Author: E. D. Pierce
Binding:
Hard Cover
Product #: BK0020
Price: $10.00
The Young YearsThe Young Years
This is a love story and family history that hopes to illustrate to grandchildren & great-grandchildren that time is irrelevant; that many of the same problems that confronted their grandparents must be dealt with today.
Author: June Pomerinke
Binding:
Soft Cover
Product #: BK0021
Price: $8.00
They called me WillieThey Called Me Willie
A short story of Willie the dog.
Author: Margaret Fine
Binding:
Soft Cover
Product #: BK0022
Price: $3.00

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Clearwater Historical Museum
315 College Ave.
P.O. Box 1454
Orofino, ID 83544-1454
(208) 476-5033
Email: info@clearwatermuseum.org

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