Historic Perk's in Mackay, Idaho is CLOSED - March 2013

Historic Perk's on Mackay Idaho Main Street has been closed for months and remains CLOSED March 13 2013. From the Saddle Gallery next to Perk's is also CLOSED.

Perk's was named for its founder, I.T. Perkins in 1918. Perk, as he was known, was 30 years old at the time being born in 1888.

Blast from the Past - Perks - Mackay Miner February 19 1921

Perks in 1918 (below).

Eventually, looked like this before it was severely burned in fires in 1965 and 1966 which destroyed the animal mounts.

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Blast from the Past - Deer Hunting in the Pahsimeroi October 1919

 I.T. Perkins, Mape Lundberg, and John Madsen in the Pahsimeroi October 1919.

 Mape Lundberg and John Madsen mule deer hunting in the Pahsimeroi October 1919.

Mape Lundberg, I.T. Perkins, and John Madsen mule deer hunting in the Pahsimeroi October 1919.

Mape Lundberg, husband to Hazel Anderson Lundberg, was a mechanic in Mackay, Idaho. He died in Mackay in 1934 of heart failure. Hazel never remarried and lived in Mackay, Idaho until her death in 1985.

Blast from the Past - Frank and Ethel Strunk Sorgatz with I.T. and Gladys Perkins in Mackay Idaho