1. Blaine Stubblefield was the founder of the National Oldtime Fiddlers' Contest held annually in Weiser, Idaho, an archiver of American folk songs, the originator of regular passenger boat tours down the Hells Canyon of the Snake River, a writer, and a magazine editor.
Mickle Blaine Stubblefield was a passionate historian who shared his family history with his children and expanded his use of the written word through an avid letter-writing campaign to explain the true burial site of Chief Joseph.
Blaine Stubblefield attended and graduated from the University of Idaho, and obtained an advanced degree in Journalism from the University of Washington.
Blaine Stubblefield then served as a flying instructor at Brooks Field for the remainder of his military service.
In 1925, Blaine Stubblefield was promoting completion of US Highway 95 and promoting tourism along its route.
In October 1925, Blaine Stubblefield wrote about a trip through Idaho along the newly completed US Highway 95 in Western Highways Builder magazine, full of historical references and colorful descriptions of the landscapes.
Blaine Stubblefield took an advanced degree in Journalism at the University of Washington in 1927.
Blaine Stubblefield resided in the San Francisco area during this period.
Also in 1927, Blaine Stubblefield took on an additional job: Boeing Air Transport publicity manager.
Blaine Stubblefield later moved to the east coast and worked as an editor of McGraw-Hill aviation magazines in New York and Washington, DC.
Blaine Stubblefield attended President Franklin D Roosevelt's Inaugural Ball as a press corps member.
Blaine Stubblefield worked with Alan Lomax to record folk songs at the Archive of Folk Culture of the Library of Congress in Washington DC.
In 1939 and 1942, five songs sung by Blaine were recorded and five songs sung by Blaine and Frank A Melton were recorded.
Some folk songs recorded by Stubblefield for the Library of Congress and designated as "by Blaine Stubblefield" were not authored by him.
In 1938, Alan Lomax at the US Library of Congress recorded eight verses sung by Blaine Stubblefield accompanied by his guitar.
Newspaper files report fiddling contests that were held in Weiser, Idaho from 1914 to World War I The mid-20th Century resurrection of fiddling contests in Weiser was due to efforts led by Blaine Stubblefield who was Secretary of Weiser's Chamber of Commerce from 1948 until his death in December 1960.
From 1949 to 1953, Blaine Stubblefield ran short boat trips for tourists on the Snake River in Hells Canyon from Homestead, Oregon downstream to the Kinney Creek rapids and back again.
In 1953, Blaine Stubblefield instituted an operation running passenger boats downstream through Hells Canyon.
Blaine Stubblefield used a 31-foot, twin-propeller boat called Chief Joseph at first, then upgraded to several 33-foot converted Army bridge pontoon boats with 25-horsepower outboard engines.
Blaine Stubblefield's operation provided some cargo service for prospectors, ranchers and miners at remote spots along the way, but the tourist trade was the major part of Blaine Stubblefield's business.
Blaine Stubblefield has a stepson, Bill Buie, a son of Helen from her earlier marriage.
Blaine Stubblefield died in the Veterans Administration Hospital in Boise, Idaho on December 18,1960, of cancer.