Elizabeth Egleston GiraudElizabeth Egleston Giraud lives in Salt Lake City. She has a master's degree in historic preservation from Cornell University and has worked as an architectural historian for the Idaho State Historical Society, the Salt Lake City Planning Division, ad a transportation agency. Giraud began her career conducting a survey of historic buildings and sites in Twin Falls County and has been fascinated by the history, geography, and architecture of the region ever since. The author gathered photographs from a variety of sources to tell the story of the region, but relied primarily on the rich source of historic photographs taken by Clarence Bisbee, who was hired to promote the new irrigation tract to potential residents. Read More Read Less