Idaho Experience

Some of America’s best-known astronauts visited Idaho in 1969 to train for their moon missions. The training was part of a deliberate strategy by NASA to teach geology to the Apollo astronauts who were, after all, going on the grandest geology field trip of all time. The space-research relationship continues with NASA and Craters of the Moon National Monument.

The Conquest of the Snake reveals the story of how people in South Central Idaho labored together to build towns, plow land and build an irrigation system that would transform the desert and attract thousands of new settlers.

In 1890, the State of Idaho opened Albion Normal School, a teachers college, in order to provide qualified grade school teachers to small communities in Idaho. Idaho Experience looks at how the old teachers college helped grow the state and how educating teachers has evolved over the years.

When the Idaho Constitution was written in 1889, it helped push Idaho to statehood. It created our government and established our rights as citizens. But after 130 years old, the Idaho Constitution is showing its age. Idaho Experience examines the Idaho Constitution in its time and ours – and how the Idaho State Historical Society is preserving the constitution for future generations.

Archaeological work at the site where 350 Shoshone people were killed in 1863 aims to enrich the understanding of the Bear River Massacre in the southeast Idaho. Independent filmmaker Phillip Schoen explores the massacre and its aftermath.