About Irene Welch Grissom
Lived 1873 – 1965 (aged 91). Irene Welch Grissom was an American poet and writer.
Irene Althea Welch Grissom (December 3, 1873 – July 14, 1965) was the first Poet Laureate of Idaho from 1923 to 1948.
Early life Irene Althea Welch Grissom was born on December 3, 1873, in Greeley, Colorado, the daughter of William Pringle Welch (1834–1893) and Theresa Sobieski Crittenden (1841–1916). "A Daughter of the Northwest" (1918) "The Passing of the Desert" (1924), verses "Verse of the New West" (1931) "Under Desert Skies, and other verse" (1936) "Whirling Saws" (1941) "We Harness a River" (1946) "Desert Wed: a Story-poem" (1950) "Under Rocky Mountain Skies" (1952) "The winds of chance: a story in verse" (1959) "Lyrics of the West" (1961) "The Passing of the Sagebrush, and Other Verse"
She contributed verses and stories to The Overland Monthly, Outdoor Life, Outdoor America, The Lariat, Poet's Scroll, A Child's Garden and other newspapers of the northwest.
She died on July 14, 1965, in Arcadia, California, and is buried at Rose Hill Cemetery in Idaho Falls, Idaho.
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