Irene Welch Grissom

Irene Althea Welch Grissom (December 3, 1873 – July 14, 1965) was the first Poet Laureate of Idaho from 1923 to 1948.

She was appointed poet laureate of Idaho by State Governor Charles C. Moore, in June 1923.

[3] She is the author of:[3] She contributed verses and stories to The Overland Monthly, Outdoor Life, Outdoor America, The Lariat, Poet's Scroll, A Child's Garden and other newspapers of the northwest.

[3] She was a member of the Idaho Falls Round Table and the Northwest Poetry Society.

[3] Irene Welch Grissom lived in Washington, Oregon, Texas, New Mexico and Canada, and moved to Idaho in 1914.

Irene Welch Grissom
1) Maggie Smith Hathaway, 2) Alma Margaret Higgins, 3) Irene Welch Grissom, 4) Ethel Redfield, 5) Alma E. Plumb, 6) Letitia H. Erb, 7) Mrs. Bernard McHugh, 8) Catherine E. Van Valkeburg