Schedule of Events

Here is our Schedule of Events. For more detailed information on the field trips, please visit the Field Trips tab.


Wednesday June 10, 2015:  TOUR
Original Joyce historical sites--by Paul Nettleton & Mary O'Malley
Meet at Ruby City Junction 
(near Silver City) at 10 am to tour: 
Joyce Milk Ranch--upper Reynolds Creek
Round Top Tree
Black Jack/Dewey
DeLamar area
Wagontown Cemetery
  • Evening festivities at the Joyce Ranch will include dry camping, furnished grills, and time to visit 

Thursday June 11, 2015:  TOUR
Original Joyce Homesteads--by Tim Nettleton
Meet at the Spencer Corrals 
(over Bachman Grade, past Oreana) at 10 am to tour: 
Long Valley
Josephine Ranch
Florence Springs Ranch
Box T Ranch
  • Evening festivities at the Joyce Ranch will include dry camping, furnished grills, and time to visit 

Friday June 12, 2015:  TOUR
Silver City Historical Areas--by Paul Nettleton & Mary O'Malley
Meet at the Silver City turn-off 
(mile marker 34) on State Hwy 78 at 10 am to tour:
Various stage stops 
New York Summit
Guided walking tour of Silver City, with emphasis on various Joyce descendants' buildings and places of interest—Mary O’Malley
  • Evening festivities at the Joyce Ranch will include dry camping, furnished grills, and time to visit 


Saturday June 13, 2015 – Joyce Ranch 150-year Celebration, 14549 Joyce Ranch Road, Murphy, Idaho  Lawn chairs and pop up tents are welcome!
  • 8:30am - 6pm—Registration
  • 8:30am – 3pm Tours of the Joyce Ranch--Paul Nettleton
    • Historical Society Members please meet at the Museum at 9am
  • 9:30am – Welcome—Muffins, juice and coffee at the Ranch
  • Noon – Potluck lunch on the meadow (bring a dish to share)
  • 1pm – Joyce great-great-grandson, Martin Black: History of Ranching in the Owyhees, cow work demonstration at the Joyce corrals, near the meadow
  • 1-5 pm—Displays of Joyce Ranch history, video presentations, free time to visit with family and old friends
  • 3pm –Baxter, Swisher, Nettleton, and Joyce family sittings for photographs 
  • 4 pm—Old-fashioned children’s games on the meadow
  • 4pm – Happy Hour (No host/BYOB)
  • 5pm – Joyce Ranch program—From Ireland to Idaho
  • 6pm – Catered roast beef dinner for registered guests, sponsored by the Joyce Family, Wayne Hungate - Farm Bureau Insurance, Tom Hart and Jared Hart – Farm Bureau Insurance, Idaho Farm Bureau Federation, and Idaho Cattle Association
  • 7pm – Live western music and dancing by Joni Harms and her band
  • 8 pm--Fire pit for roasting S'mores


Sunday June 14, 2015 Closing Celebration
  • 11 am – Catholic Mass on the Meadow at the Ranch
  • Joyce Family Memorial of Loved Ones
  • Noon—Potluck picnic lunch (bring a dish to share)
  •  1 pm—Tour of the Joyce Ranch—Paul Nettleton