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His Life 1896-1927
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Born January 26, 1896 in Enterprise, Oregon Heard fiddlers and folk singers while growing up Flight instructor in Army Air Service in WWI (1917) University of Idaho graduate Publicist for Spokane Chamber of Commerce And American Automobile Association (mid 1920s) Advanced degree in journalism from Univ. of Washington (1927) |
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Professional Career
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Mid 1920s Publicist for Spokane Chamber of Commerce and American Automobile Association Late 1920s to mid 1930s Publicist for Varney Airlines (now United Airlines) Late 1930s Editor of Aviation Magazine??? (Wash., D.C.) 1945-1948 Editor of Aviation Magazine (Wash., D. C.) 1949-1960 Secretary for Weiser Chamber of Commerce 1953 Started the Northwest Mountain Fiddlers’ Contest 1950-1960 Commercial river tour operator in Hells Canyon |
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Established first commercial passenger boat operation in Hells Canyon |
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Photo used with permission,
from Snake River of Hells Canyon by Carrey, Conley and Barton (1978)
from Snake River of Hells Canyon by Carrey, Conley and Barton (1978)
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Photo used with permission, from Snake River of Hells Canyon by Johnny Carrey, Cort Conley and Ace Barton (1978)
KWEI Radio (Weiser) Interview Shortly Before Blaine Stubblefield’s Death in 1960
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Blaine Stubblefield died of cancer in Boise on December 18, 1960.
He is buried about a half mile from the Weiser contest stage in the city cemetery.
Slideshow designed by Gary Eller
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Idaho Songs Project
Gary Eller |
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