(above) Aerial view to the north in the fall of 1944 toward the newly quarried Red Hill, a football game in progress in the "Spud Bowl," and the original Idaho Technical College airstrip on the site now occupied by the upper University residential neighborhood and Holt Arena. On the campus, Swanson Hall is prominent as is the heating system chimney on the present site of the Liberal Arts Building. The new pharmacy building is on the west side of the campus. Graveley Hall, women's dorms, and the Student Union, now the Administration Building, are northwest of Red Hill, note the CCC ditches on the south side of Red Hill. Abe Lillibridge collection, Idaho State University.

(upper right) Postcard view of the Academy of Idaho from Red Hill before 1910. Swanson Hall, built in 1903, is in the foreground. It was torn down because of foundation failure in 1973. In the background are Howard Mountain, the Union Pacific back shop building, and power plant chimney. Idaho State University Library Collection.

(right center) The view of Idaho State University from Red Hill, (June, 1992).

(bottom right) View from Red Hill to the upper ISU campus and the Snake River Plain. The ISU Holt Arena is the prominent building in the right foreground. East Butte is behind the Holt Arena, with Middle Butte farther west and the Lost River Range behind, (October, 1985).