Rick Just tells the story of Farris Lind and how the Stinker Stores (see below) came to be. <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI think he\u2019s kind of an Idaho icon, kind of like a J.R. Simplot or Harry Morrison that kind of did it on their own,\u201d Rick said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n An attractive idea to Idahoans with an entrepreneurial spirit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cCame from nothing and made themselves millionaires or multimillionaires and didn\u2019t have a lot of education, but he was a heck of a smart guy,\u201d Rick said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Rick Just has a blog and a Facebook page called Speaking of Idaho \u2014 <\/em>both are dedicated to sharing historical stories about Idaho. But there were some posts that seemed to be getting more attention than others. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI looked at the analytics and my typical blog posts get 1,500 to 2,500 views and Fearless Farris posts were getting 25,000 views, so I thought, \u2018there\u2019s a good book to start with\u2019,\u201d Rick said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The book tells the story of Farris Lind\u2019s life \u2014 from managing his first gas station in the 1930\u2019s to his talk-of-the-town billboard marketing scheme (see below) to his Stinker gas and everything else in between.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI really go for the quirky stuff if I can. The reaction I\u2019m looking for is, \u2018Huh?\u2019,\u201d Rick said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Rick says he\u2019s been surprised and delighted with the appreciation for history he\u2019s seen among his fellow Idahoans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI\u2019ve done some fiction but the history seems to be what people are looking for now and that\u2019s what they associate me with, so I\u2019ll do it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIt\u2019s not just us old guys, it\u2019s for people who just moved into the state as well,\u201d Rick adds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Rick says he has no plans to stop writing or<\/em> unearthing unusual Idaho history facts anytime soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI enjoy sharing it. I enjoy discovering new things. We\u2019ve all got a deadline; and that is, how much time do we have on this earth? And I\u2019ve got a bunch of books I want to write, so I\u2019m pretty dedicated to it,\u201d Rick said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/idahowild.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/STinkergas-1024x638.jpg\")
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