Idaho Meanderings

This blog contains history, photos, etc. related to Idaho from the late 1800's/early 1900's. My mother, Brenda Steunenberg Richards, was born in ID. Much of it pertains to the assassination of my great grandfather, Gov. Frank Steunenberg, the trial of Bill Haywood & grew out of the 100 year commemorations of those events. Along the way I toss in a bit of the Wild West, old guns, radios, military, etc. Your comments are welcomed. If using my images, please just ASK. Thank you.

Sunday, April 6, 2014

The Dynamiters by Bob Sobba

I better get on here and post something before rumors of my early demise spread. Nope, still here but I did hit a bit of writers cramp and also spent some time doing research on the more mysterious Richards side of the family. Sorry to those folks who have sent requests for information as I have quite a backlog from the past several months. Feel free to send me a reminder. In addition, I have been real busy with my paying job and playing more with my toys during off time.

Thanks to our friend Bob Sobba, who has granted permission, I am able to still get off pretty easy by posting the following article he wrote for the Wild West History Association (WWHA) Journal. I just recently joined the WWHA and will have to get some articles written myself sometime soon. Bob is a former Caldwell Police Chief and former Director of the Idaho Department of Law Enforcement (AKA "Idaho's Top Cop"). He provides a good overview of the core story from Big Trouble by J. Anthony Lukas. Thanks Bob.

3 comments:

Tara A. Rowe said...: Glad to know you haven't dropped off the face of the planet. I certainly can understand--it's been 4 months since I've posted anything. I can't come up with a single good excuse.; April 11, 2014 at 1:21 PM
John T. Richards said...: Yes, I was browsing for a little political commentary not long ago and noticed you were MIA. I am getting slower and older but you can't use that excuse yet!; April 11, 2014 at 5:14 PM
Tara A. Rowe said...: I may not be getting older, but I'm definitely slower!; May 6, 2014 at 12:00 PM

Idaho Meanderings Update

Although still posting and checking this blog from time to time, I am not as active as I was in its earlier years. I have ventured out a bit into some Facebook History groups but will have to see how that goes. The jury is still out. However, please do not hesitate to comment, contact me directly or to pass along historical notes of interest. I started the blog over a decade ago and I do apologize for the many links that are no longer active and some formatting changes by Blogger that scrambled a few posts. I try to update pages when I am linking or utilizing them for other sites but correcting every link is a near impossible task. Enjoy the history.

GUNS, WARS, MILITARIA, WILD WEST, GUNSLINGERS

Lawmen (?). Guarding/ protecting the star witness.

True West. "A Case for Murder" "Mass bombings, revenge and labor upheaveals come to a head at a murder trial 100 years ago"-Mark Boardman
The West. The Regeneration of Harry Orchard. Oct. 1969
The American West. The Bomb at the Governor's Gate. Winter 1965
The American West. Portrait for a Western Album-"Big Bill" Haywood: Champion of Western Miners. Sep/Oct 1979
Old West. The Middle Years of Bob Meldrum. Spring 1970
Frontier Times. Wyoming's Mysterious Badman (Bob Meldrum). Winter1961
Frontier Times. Martial Law in the Coeur d"Alene. Nov. 1971
American History Illustrated. The Lion & the Fox-The Story of the Big Bill haywood Trial. April 1978
American Heritage. Shootout in Burke Canyon. Aug. 1971

Hallicrafters S-40A

QUOTES

"If you destroy the labor unions in this country, you destroy liberty when you strike the blow, and you would leave the poor bound and shackled and helpless to do the bidding of the rich."
Clarence Darrow

"Few will have the greatness to bend history itself; but each of us can work to change a small portion of events, and in the total of all those acts will be written the history of this generation."
Robert F. Kennedy

"History with its flickering lamp stumbles along the trail of the past, trying to reconstruct its scenes, to revive its echoes, and kindle with pale gleams the passion of former days."
Winston Churchill