The Idaho Falls Youth Hostel
According to a Google search, the closest hostel to Idaho Falls currently is in Driggs and charges $65 for breakfast and a bunk bed in a 6-bed dormitory. [1] In 1975, the Idaho Falls Youth Hostel charged $2 per night for bed, breakfast and shower, or $1.50 without the shower. [2] Sponsored by the Regional Council for Christian Ministry (RCCM), [3] the Idaho Falls Youth Hostel was located in the gymnasium of First Presbyterian Church, and operated for six years, from 1974 through 1979. The first year it was open from June 15 to August 23, and in that period accommodated 279 travelers, some multiple nights: Included were two church groups on summer excursions, one from an Episcopal Church in Belvedere, California and another Presbyterian group from the Des Moines Iowa area. The variety of guests included families looking for work and housing, a 40-year veteran of the freight trains, some wandering emissaries of the “Jesus Movement,” artists, poets and PhDs. Most years it wa...