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Prospector Newsletter

Each issue of the Prospector Club newsletter can easily be downloaded in PDF format. Every other month the newsletter tackles a new subject unique to Idaho's history. You'll find several short articles, an activities page, suggested classroom projects that participating members can submit for publications, a short lesson plan, and a resource list. Teachers are encouraged to download the entire issue and then copy the parts of the newsletter they think appropriate for their class.

2009-2010 Prospector Club Newsletters

•  October/November  Yellowstone    

2008-2009 Prospector Club Newsletters

• October/November The American Bison
• December/January The Railroad
• Feb./March The Nez Perce War

View archived issues of the 2007-2008 Prospector Club newsletters:

• End of Year Challenge Short version (296 KB)
• The Old Penitentiary Short version (1 MB) Long version (2.2 MB)
• Pack Trains Short version (972 KB) Long version (2.2 MB)
• School Days Short version (1.6 MB) Long version (2.3 MB)
• Bruneau Sand Dunes Short version (535 kb) Long version (2 mb)
• Fort Lemhi Short version (714 kb) Long version (2.12 mb)
• Hagerman Horse One version

View archived issues of the 2006-2007 Prospector Club newsletters:

• Ancient Art One version
• Mountain Men Short version; Long version
• Christmas in the West Short version Long version
  
• The Mullan Road Short version Long version
• The State Seal Short version Long version
  
• Rodeo One version only
• Ferry Boats Short version Long version
  
• The Year in Review Short version Long version

View archived issues of the 2005-2006 Prospector Club newsletters:

• The Year in Review One version only (651 kb)
  
• Television Short version (485 kb); Long version (2.8 mb)
  
• The Origin of Baseball Short version (728 kb); Long version   (2 mb)
  
• The Chinese in Idaho Short version (610 kb); Long version (2 mb)
  
• Stagecoaches of the Northwest Short version (534 kb); Long version (1.4 mb)
  
• The Jesuits Short version (460 kb); Long version (1 mb)
  
• Horses Short version (1 mb) Long version (2 mb)
  
• The Bonneville Flood Short version (778 kb); Long version (1 mb)
  

View archived issues of the 2004-2005 Prospector Club newsletters:

• End of Year Challenge (302 kb)
• Spanish Flu Short version (302 kb); Long Version (930 kb)
• The Gold Rush Short Version (711 kb); Long Version (1.4 mb)
• Territorial Idaho Short Version (711 kb); Long Version (1.4 mb)
• The Fur Trappers Short Version (818 kb); Long Version (2.3 mb)
• Lewis and Clark Meet the Shoshone Short Version (1.5 mb); Long Version (2.7 mb)
  
• Salmon Fishing Short Version (593 kb); Long Version (2.6 mb)
  
• Volcanoes
  

View archived issues of the 2003-2004 Prospector Club newsletters:

• Mammoths
• Coyote
• The Astorians
• Cowboys on the Open Range
• Mary Hallock Foote
• The Forest Fires of 1910
• Local History

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