Posts by jnisbet
‘Train Dreams’ movie and discussion coming to the Panida
Movie and book fans will have a chance to see the Oscar-nominated movie Train Dreams on the big screen, when the Panida Theater shows the film on March 13 in an event that will include a discussion of the movie and the book it was adapted from. The book and film are of special interest locally. Train Dreams is set around the turn of the 20th century in the Inland Northwest, in the era when the railroads and logging were the major industries. Much of the story takes place along the Moyie River – in the book spelled as a historical variant, the Moyea – where railroad and timber laborer Robert Grainier builds a remote cabin and attempts to retreat to a life with his...
Read MoreKYRS: Earth Matters Now
On Tuesday, January 27, 2026, Jack joined Nick Jeffries, the Wildland Resource Planner for the City of Spokane, on KYRS’s Earth Matters Now! for a two-hour conversation about fire on the Inland Northwest landscape. Hosted by Laura Ackerman and Mike Peterson, this episode can now be accessed as a podcast by going to https://archive.kyrs.org/ and scrolling down to the 12:00-2:00 pm time slot for January 27th. You can also download it by clicking...
Read More2025 Updates
Jack continues to lead walks for various organizations around the Spokane area. Since many of these excursions have a short lead time, the best way to find out about them is to get on our mailing list by sending an email request on the Contact Page. Jack has also completed a pair of visual essays for HistoryLink.org that explore tribal use of fire on the landscape around the period of contact—one for east of the Cascades, one for the west side. You can view them at https://historylink.org/File/23302 https://historylink.org/File/23301 Upcoming dates to note: Fort Colvile Summit October 18, 2025: 10AM-3PM Mistequa Hotel and Casino Register and learn more here Jack...
Read MoreWe Proceeded On
Jack‘s article “Many Forks: Towards a Geography of the Snake River Drainage” is in the May 2019 issue of “We Proceeded On.” It will be posted on the magazine’s web site soon. For links to Jack‘s previous articles in WPO, go to the FREELANCE section
Read MoreOregon Historical Quarterly’s review of The Dreamer and the Doctor
To read the Oregon Historical Quarterly’s review of The Dreamer and the Doctor, click HERE.
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