EARLY IDAHO SONGS OF THE MONTH - October 2011
This rare song about the experiences of African Americans appeared around 1970 on noted folklorist Barre Toelken's LP recording A Garland of American Folksongs. Toelken conjectured the song was sung at the gold and silver mines in central Idaho. |
I'm Off to Boise City (unknown songwriter, ca. 1864) |
Song of the Teton (B. W. Driggs and David E. Smith, 1912) |
This song celebrated the arrival of the Oregon Short Line railroad in Driggs in September 1912. The celebration was held in the Driggs stake house and was attended by state officials, railroad men and others. The song appeared in History of Teton Valley by D. W. Driggs (1926). The rendition here is by Hal Cannon of Salt Lake City. |
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