Historical Museum Lecture Series

The Historical Museum Lectures provide insights into the history of our region. They begin in the late afternoon so guests have the opportunity to enjoy our museum and gift shop beforehand and drive home before dark. Light refreshments are provided. The events are held in the Spirit Center’s Johanna Room at the Center for Benedictine Life at the Monastery of St. Gertrude; located at 465 Keuterville Road, Cottonwood, Idaho.

October 15, 2:00 p.m.
Selway: The Original Wild and Scenic River
Presented by Doug Tims

Strap on your backpack and tighten your life jacket and join Doug Tims on a journey to the mystical environs of the only river and watershed in America to receive instant recognition in law as both wilderness and wild and scenic. A quarter of a century of sharing the Selway with the public and years of research has given him an understanding of what this wild river means to us and a few stories of wilderness misadventure to share.

Doug Tims spent 27 years as a professional river outfitter on two of America’s most storied wild rivers — Idaho’s Middle Fork of the Salmon and the Selway — before turning his decades of experience into two landmark books on the history of Idaho’s backcountry. Both of his books, Selway and Merciless Eden are carried in the Historical Museum bookshop.