<p>Courtesy of the Idaho State Historical Society</p><p>This rendering of the Idaho State Historical Museum shows what it will look like when it opens in spring 2018. It will be about 16,000 feet larger than the original facility, which Jim Hawkins' grandma Ora was instrumental in establishing when she was state historian in 1941.</p>
November 21, 2016
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The grandmother of Idaho history
Ora Hawkins, whose grandson is former Idaho Commerce director, helped establish state museum
During the Great Fire of 1910, which consumed about 3 million acres of North Idaho forests, Ora Hawkins and her family lost their home when St. Joe City burned.