EDITOR’S NOTE: This article is the first of four stories spotlighting locally owned bookstores in downtown Pocatello. POCATELLO — You hear it all the time: Why doesn’t Pocatello have a Barnes & Noble?

The longstanding downtown Pocatello establishment Walrus & Carpenter Books is set to receive over 1,500 Idaho history books. The collection was donated by Mike Gibson, who had been gathering Idaho ...