They've been a culture without a country for so long, it's little surprise that pockets of Basque life can be found throughout the West. They began arriving in the 1800s from Basque country, which ...

Throughout the mountains of the American West, carvings hidden on the trunks of aspen trees tell the stories of the sheepherders who made them as they passed through with their flocks. Most of the men ...

Idaho’s most famous food export may still be the potato, but the Gem State’s culinary specialties encompass far more than the humble spud. In fact, many of its flavors are imported from more than ...

AMERICA'S Wild West has long been home to Indians, Hispanics and African Americans, but rarely have they felt the need to play up their ethnic ancestries. Now, though, that may all be changing. The ...

BOISE, Idaho — Generations after Basques from Spain and France came to work in the West’s sheep camps and boardinghouses, their descendants can hear their voices and glimpse their faces on the ...

CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — A Spanish historical association dedicated to the Basque ethnic minority and its participation in World War II is taking steps to preserve the memory of soldiers and Marines who ...

The air was sharp with an early fall chill as we sat out on the patio of Bar Gernika sipping Spanish wines. The little tree-lined street in downtown Boise, Idaho, exuded an old-world style feel to it, ...

During a recent conversation with a friend who was asking about the Basques in Nevada, I remembered the book, “Sweet Promised Land,” by Robert Laxalt, which I read several years ago. At about the same ...

Throughout the mountains of the American West, carvings hidden on the trunks of aspen trees tell the stories of the sheepherders who made them as they passed through with their flocks. Most of the men ...