Hayley Noble is the Executive Director of the Latah County Historical Society, which runs the McConnell Mansion Historic House Museum in Moscow, Idaho, and a board member for the Idaho Association of Museums. In this episode, she shares her insights into the rich tapestry of Idaho’s cultural heritage where hidden gems await in the form of museums that weave together history, art, and culture. We explore historical parks, a jail, a monastery, a potato museum and more.

Fun Fact: 13.5 billion pounds of potatoes are grown in Idaho each year! (Thanks Tish!)

Dive deeper into this episode with links to everything we discussed: 

• Idaho Association of Museums

• Old Idaho Penitentiary
  • Frank Steunenberg (Governor)
  • Harry Orchard
  • Lyda Southard
  • Dark Tourism
  • Hanging Room Photos
  • How to make your own Prison Wine
  • Jay Curtis Earl (Weapons Collector)
  • Idaho State Historical Society
  • Walking Dead Prison
  • 1973 Riot Article (Idaho Press)

• Museum at St. Gertrude Monastery
  • Polly Bemis
  • Landscape photos of Idaho
  • Sister Alfreda
  • Exterior shots of the building

• Idaho Potato Museum
  • Map of Blackfoot, Idaho
  • Potato Farming Pivot
  • Potato Facts
  • Marilyn Monroe in a potato sack
  • Potato Gift Shop
  • West Side Drive In (Restaurant in Boise)

• Museum of Clean
  • Don Aslett Cleaning Products
  • Vintage Vacuum Advertisements 
  • Vacuum Collection

• Basque Museum and Cultural Center
  • Basque Language
  • Basque Preschool
  • Basque Boarding House
  • Basque Dancing Video
  • Gorulari Dantza (Hoop Dancing) Video
  • Basque Wagon
  • Guernica Bombing in 1937
  • Picasso Guernica Painting
  • Bar Gernika (Bar in Boise)
  • Basque Croquettes Recipe
  • Calimocho (Red Wine & Coke)
  • Basque Block in Boise
  • Basque Oral Histories
  • Basque Language Classes

• Nez Perce National Historical Park
  • Nimiipuu Tribe (Nez Perce)
  • Virtual Museum
  • 1877 War
  • How to maise a teepee
  • Big Hole
  • Heart of the Monster

• Mission of the Sacred Heart in Coeur d’Alene’s Old Mission State Park
  • Oldest building in Idaho
  • Weddings

• Museum of Idaho
  • Gem State

• Boise Art Museum
  • Art In The Park Event
  • RYAN! Fedderson Coloring Wall
  • Myth, Fables & Fortunes
  • Online Collection Database

• Minidoka National Historic Site
  • President Roosevelt Order 9066

• Museum at the Brig in Farragut State Park
  • Lake Pend Oreille
  • Farragut State Park

• Idaho National Laboratory Experimental Breeder Reactor
  • Arco, Idaho

• McConnell Mansion Historic House Museum
  • Ice Cream Social
  • William McConnell (Governor)
  • Panic of 1893
  • Staff / Board
  • Genesee County, Idaho