I am an English teacher and freelance writer living in Southern Idaho. Recently, I joined the interviewing staff of the Barn Door Book Loft, a blog that features Christian authors and their books. It's been great getting to know other writers and networking with other ACFW members.
Whenever possible, I squeeze in time to read a book or two. I just finished reading The Hunger Games (see my blog for reaction). Most of my other recent reads seem to have to do with my ongoing novel research on Idaho/Western history (I'm in the middle of We Sagebrush Folks by Annie Pike Greenwood, for example).
One of my hobbies is helping my husband with his used book business, Lightning B Books. If you'd like to check out our used book sales on Amazon.com, click here. Lightning B Books has 99% positive feedback.
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Historical 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!
kindredtrails.com/ID_Camas.html
KindredTrails has lots of helpful research links on one page.
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.
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.
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.
Addresses of Camas County officials on one clean page.
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.
