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Rosie, Beaver Dick's Daughter

12/6/2020

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I recently told the story of Emma Leigh, the daughter of “Beaver” Dick Leigh and her encounter with Teddy Roosevelt. “Beaver” Dick was a friend of my great grandmother, Emma Just and he had named his Emma after my Emma.
 
After telling that story, I ran across a postcard to “my” Emma from Rose, Emma Leigh’s older sister. It’s a photo postcard of Rose, who apparently went by Rosie. The spelling in the message wasn’t great, but the intent was clear. It was postmarked December 2, 1912. I include it here as something of a postscript to the earlier story.
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    Rick Just has been writing about Idaho history since 1989 when he wrote and recorded scripts for the Idaho Centennial Commission’s daily radio program, Idaho Snapshots. One of his Idaho books explores the history of Idaho's state parks: Images of America, Idaho State Parks. Rick also writes a regular column for Boise Weekly.

    Rick does public presentations on Idaho's state park history and the history of the Morrisite war for the Idaho Humanities Council's Speakers Bureau.idahohumanities.org/programs/inquiring-idaho/
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