Overlooking Moscow Idaho and the University of Idaho (photo by author)

Moscow

Idaho that is

Hog Heaven, Paradise Valley, Moscow.

My little town has gone through a few names since white settlers moved into the Idaho Palouse starting around 1870.

The first settlers brought pigs, which loved the bulbs of a native plant called Camas. Camas was a staple food of the people who lived here first, The Palus and the Nimi’ipuu (Nez Perce) to the south. Thus, Hog Heaven for a…