How it used to be...

Children stand in front of the local Republican headquarters for presidential candidate Barry Goldwater in late October 1964 in a photograph taken by David Bagnard, who was the president of the Elmore County Young Republicans. Goldwater supporters worked from the Mellen Hotel building in downtown Mountain Home as he ran against Democratic challenger Lyndon Johnson. Voters in Elmore County supported Johnson in that presidential race, who went on to beat Goldwater in a landslide victory. (Photo by David Bagnard)