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Good Times in Old Genesee or A Tale of Two Families on the Palouse

Gerald Hickman (Goodreads Author),

Tea Joe Hickman (contributor)

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The origin and development of a frontier/pioneer town in North Idaho. Raising horses, other livestock and growing hay and grain on the edge of Civilization in Idaho. Where I grew up and the people who lived there.
The book also includes discussions about harvest methods from the old days on the frontier to modern days, the importance of the Railroad to Geness's growth and ...more

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Published October 30th 2015

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Feb 26, 2016 Karen rated it really liked it

I won this free book in the Goodreads Giveaway! I am partial to memoirs devoted to growing up in the early 19th and 20th centuries and especially to farm life and methods used to have a successful farm in the 1800's to the mid 1950's. This little book, "Good Times in Old Genesee: A Tale of Two Families," by Gerald Hickman, is just one of those pleasant surprises that makes for pleasurable reading at night, especially in the spring, when the growing season begins. Mr. Hickman shares a little geol I won this free book in the Goodreads Giveaway! I am partial to memoirs devoted to growing up in the early 19th and 20th centuries and especially to farm life and methods used to have a successful farm in the 1800's to the mid 1950's. This little book, "Good Times in Old Genesee: A Tale of Two Families," by Gerald Hickman, is just one of those pleasant surprises that makes for pleasurable reading at night, especially in the spring, when the growing season begins. Mr. Hickman shares a little geology and and a little history of North Central Idaho, a little genealogy of his family, and a lot about growing up during what we call "the good old days" but what were actually days of hard work and uncertainty. The author shows that he has done a lot of research in these areas and presents it in a way that is not boring or terribly involved but details enough information to encourage more research into North Central Idaho. He talks about how the soil was so fertile in the beginning of this country and what that soil produced naturally. He shares details about how the land was taken from the Indians (Native Americans) in the early 1800's and given to the white settlers. All this information is told in a way that piques the reader's interest and begs that more individual research be done. Living in North Carolina my entire life, I've had little exposure (except while in school) to what was happening in the western part of the country during the years mentioned above. However, further research is very interesting in how pioneers arrived, what they found when they arrived and how the town has survived and grown.

I realized that Mr. Hickman's town of Genesee is much like my hometown here in North Carolina: The same kind of development in the early days, the fact that both towns had their own "movers and shakers" who looked beyond the immediate future to see what their towns could become, and more personally, how our ancestors worked their farms. I don't remember seeing 18-20 horses pulling a thresher or a "pre-combine" type of machinery and I don't remember how important horses were to the general economy but I know my grandparents and earlier ancestors worked their farms the same way and that they had a lot of horses. Now I understand why. Seeing these pictures from Mr. Hickman and reading how he grew up reminds me an awful lot of my younger years and reminds me of the conditions my parents were raised in. I thoroughly enjoyed this 105 page volume of two families who meet, had marriages and raised families, and survived those early "good old days." I would highly recommend this book to everyone who has a similar history or wishes they had. This book goes in my personal library and I'll be careful to whom I loan it! ...more

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try this very readable history of north Idaho.	1	1	Nov 10, 2015 09:54AM
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He worked as a Park Ranger for the National Park Service at Little Bighorn and studied the battle grounds in person, later his research on the topic encouraged him to share his ﬁndings with the public. His research has uncovered and coordinated findings that shed more light on the battle participants and the battle's place in the History of the Western Frontier and the Sioux War of 1876.
He gradua ...more