Joseph Peter Hinck and Minnie Rosetta Hinck moved to Salmon, Lemhi County, Idaho in 1933. Joseph was the son of Andrew Christopher Hinck and Mary Gillilan Mathie. He was born on July 24, 1875 at Tooele, Utah, and he passed away on December 1, 1961 in Riverside, California.

Minnie and Joseph were married in Star Valley, Wyoming, and soon after their marriage, went on a building mission to Samoa for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Both Joseph and Minnie were good carpenters. Minnie was a better "finish" carpenter than Joseph. After they came to Salmon, they helped build at least two houses. One was for a widow down at Salmon, and one was for Minnie's sister and husband and family, Mary and George Broadbent. Minnie built the cupboards in Mary's house with a hand saw and hand tools. There weren't that many power tools and that sort of thing at that time.

When Minnie and Joseph came to Salmon, they purchased what was then known as the "Brown Ranch," and a nephew, Orson Broadbent, worked and managed it for them. Joseph had contracted tuberculosis on a second mission to Samoa and had lost the use of his right lung, so his ability to work very hard was greatly curtailed. This property is now owned by DeLoy Newman and his wife Darlene. While Minnie and Joe lived on this property, Minnie sewed dresses for two little neighbor girls so they could look presentable to go to school. Their mother was a widow, and it was hard for her to get around to such things as sewing with a farm to help with. Minnie was what would probably be called a tailor; she was more than just an excellent seamstress.

In 1936, Minnie and Joe sold the "Brown Ranch" and moved to Salmon, where they purchased a smaller piece of property from a Mrs. Holmes on South St. Charles Street. It was while they lived on this property that they helped a widow with a large family of children build a house.

Minnie used to make cottage cheese and take it around and sell it from door to door. Minnie also did a lot of sewing for nieces, and the niece that's putting this history together can remember tying threads together to keep seams from coming apart. Minnie was also very accomplished with many kinds of hand work, such as crocheting, and she made many very beautiful crocheted articles in her later life. She developed arthritis in her hands, and she made herself use her hands so that they wouldn't become useless. She did hand work whether her hands hurt or not.

Mining for gold always fascinated Minnie and Joe, and they spent one summer placer mining for gold with two of Minnie's brothers, Jesse and Earl Swainston, over at Leesburg. This wasn't really a very profitable venture, but they had a good time. They were both active in their church, and Minnie was president of the Relief Society in Salmon for several years.

They were influences for good with their nieces and nephews, (they had no children of their own.) In 1941 they retired from farming and moved to Logan, Utah where they worked in the L.D.S. Temple. Later they moved to Salt Lake City, and from there to Mesa, Arizona, and finally to Riverside, California, where both of them lived until they passed away.

Source:
Broadbent, O. and Jenson A. (1992). Centennial History of Lemhi County Idaho (vol. 2). Salt Lake City: David O. McKay Library. pp 350-351.