“Topping Out”

Topping Out is a story of adventure, heartaches, and challenges for a young pioneer woman who teaches the children of hardworking Idaho ranchers. The hardships included crossing the hazardous Salmon and Snake Rivers, managing horses and Smoky Mule, traversing narrow trails with pack animals, and ...

She was a credentialed teacher, womans counselor and newspaper feature writer. She wrote Topping Out to describe the life and the terrain of that great big beautiful country of the Salmon and Snake Rivers, and what is now called Hells Canyon.