It's been an eventful school year, teaching 7th-12th English at a charter school. At times I also taught journalism or 6th grade English. I can't believe the school year is nearly over. It will be so difficult to say goodbye to those teachers and students who won't be back next fall.
My reading list for this summer is quite long, though I'm not sure I'll really have time to tackle it, what with teacher training, helping with my husband's book business, and other neglected projects. I did just finish reading Anthem, by Ayn Rand. I plan to teach that next year, as well as other books by Rand. For those of you teachers who don't know, the Ayn Rand Institute offers free classroom sets of The Fountainhead, Atlas Shrugged, and Anthem to schools that will teach them within the year. There are lesson plans, essay contests, and other resources as well.
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Camas County, Idaho history links:
Being on the Camas County Historical Society Board, I get a lot of e-mails from people looking for information about the Camas Prairie because their ancestors lived here. If you think I can help you, please contact me. I'm interested in all areas of Camas Prairie history.
Have family heirlooms to donate to the historical museum? Here's the mailing address: Camas County Historical Society, P.O. Box 571, Fairfield, ID 83327. Their Web site is under construction.
Here are some links that have helped me. If you know of other sites related to Camas Prairie, Idaho history, please drop me a line. These links will navigate you away from amyballard.com, so click your "back" button to return.Enjoy!
http://www.kindredtrails.com/ID_Camas.html
KindredTrails has lots of helpful research links on one page.
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~idcamas/
Camas County Idaho Gen Web is probably most comprehensive site for general historical information and genealogy research on Camas County. Includes obituaries, newspaper articles, etc.
http://www.topix.com/county/camas-id
Topix synthesizes many news sources on one page tailored to your search. For my search, articles were drawn from the Times-News of Twin Falls and several other area newspapers.
http://www.idahohistory.net/Reference%20Series/0312.pdf
The Idaho State Historical Society Reference Series has many papers related to Camas County History. Here’s the one on the Camas Prairie in Camas County.
http://www.rivda.org/COUNTIES/Camas.htm
Addresses of Camas County officials on one clean page.
http://www.fairfieldidaho.us/history.htm
Historical page of the Chamber of Commerce’s site on Fairfield, Idaho
The Camas County Public Library’s collection is searchable on their site.
Muffley family history
Image: A stagecoach in the Sagebrush Days Parade July 4th in Buhl, Idaho. Copyright Amy Ballard, 2008.
