USA - Idaho

Idaho

This map card of the western US state of Idaho comes courtesy of my friend Channel on her first trip to the state. 

USA - Idaho

From the card: 

Needle in Grand Canyon near Tower Fall, Yellowstone Park is similar to the rock spires nearby, which are responsible for the name of Tower Fall in Tower Creek near this point.  These names originated with the Washburn party of 1870.

I know I've said it before, but I love these kind of white border postcards.  Today is the first of a two-day special posting.  This and tomorrow's card both were found in a box at my grandmother's house and were mailed by my grandparents to my father in 1971.  

This card was dated on August 4, 1971 and postmarked on August 5th.  That would make this card 43 years old today.  The card was printed by Haynes Studios, Inc., of Bozeman, Montana.

The message on the back of the card:

We already used up 5 rolls of film.  Our motel tonight is across from Idaho state Univ.[ersity].  The campus is beautiful.  Yellowstone is beautiful.  The nights + mornings are cold + afternoons hot.

Ma + Pa