The Territorial Prison, which later became the Idaho State Penitentiary, was built in 1870 in East Boise. The compound was situated on 50 acres of land hosting a nursery and several farm fields that provided work and food for the prisoners. The section of land where the Idaho Botanical Garden is ...
As railroad lines began to revolutionize travel and the moving of goods across the country, two railroad lines, the Central Pacific and the Union Pacific, agreed that they would build towards each other until they connected. Central Pacific started in Sacramento, California and moved eastward. Union Pacific started in Chicago ...
Idaho is home to one of the largest populations of Basque people in the United States. The Basque Country is an autonomous community in the Pyrenees Mountains, on both sides of the border between France and Spain. Ninety percent of the Basques in Idaho come from the Bizkaia (aka Viskaya) region ...
Idaho became a territory in 1863, at which time the first Seal of the Territory of Idaho was adopted as drawn by Silas D. Cochran, a clerk in the office of the Secretary of State. Governor Caleb Lyon was dissatisfied with Cochran's design, however, and decided to submit his ...
On March 4, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln signed an act that created the Idaho Territory, sprawling across an area one-quarter larger than Texas. This frontier land was lawless and in order to obtain its statehood in the Union, it needed a place to hold the dregs of society and ...
The Simplot family made a decision in 1910 to move 1000 miles west of their home in Dubuque, Iowa to a homestead in the newly irrigated Magic Valley of Idaho. That decision would impact Idaho history. Their son J.R. would grow up to be a billionaire in ...
On July 3, 1890, President Benjamin Harrison signed the Admissions Act which established Idaho as the 43rd State in the Union. At the time, what is currently Harrison Boulevard was humble 17th Street. The land that the street is on was originally owned by Jacob Mendenhall ...
The Egyptian Theatre, located downtown at the corner of Capitol Blvd. & Main St., was originally built as a first rate silent film house, grandly decorated. It is one of the few surviving theaters from the grand cinema movie palace era. Its Egyptian revival style was inspired by ...
In 1862, Thomas Jefferson Davis and his brother Frank left their home in Cincinnati, Ohio to pursue their dream of striking it rich in the Idaho Territory gold rush. They mined a less than profitable claim in the area for a year before building a cabin on the site ...
A long list of national recognitions confirm that living in Boise is a good place to be!When creating a community page for Boise Idaho last week, I was struck by how many benefits there are to living in Boise. As part of my page, I wanted to support what I ...
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