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Basque immigrants began arriving in Idaho in the late 1800s.
Location: 611 West Grove Street Boise, Idaho: ... The Basque Museum and Cultural Center is an institution in Boise, Idaho focused on Basque culture and history. [1 ...
Idaho's ethnic Basque community is one of the largest in the United States, on the order of nearly 7,000 people in 2000, many of whom live in Boise. [91] A large Basque festival known as Jaialdi is held once every five years (next in 2025). Downtown Boise features a vibrant section known as the "Basque Block".
The Basque Diaspora (Basque Studies Program, University of Nevada, Reno). Etulain, Richard W., and Jeronima Echeverria, eds. Portraits of Basques in the New World (U of Nevada Press, 1999). Lasagabaster, David. "Basque diaspora in the USA and language maintenance." Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development 29.1 (2008): 66–90. online
Boise’s Basque community has celebrated the San Inazio Festival since the 1950s, and the festival returned in summer 2022 after the pandemic. The Jaialdi celebration runs July 29-Aug. 3, 2025 ...
With an active Basque community located in Boise’s “Basque Block,” you’re sure to find traditional specialties including paella, lamb grinders, solomo (roasted pork loin) and chorizo ...
Main article: Basque people The Basque diaspora is the name given to describe people of Basque origin living outside their traditional homeland on the borders between Spain and France. Many Basques have left the Basque Country for other parts of the globe for economic and political reasons, with a substantial population in Chile and Colombia. Notably, the Basque diaspora is sometimes referred ...
In 1895 Idaho's future senator William Borah and Mamie McConnell, daughter of Idaho governor William J. McConnell, were married at the house. [2] In 1910 the site became a lodging house for Basque sheepherders. In 1917 the Uberuaga family rented it, and the family purchased the house in 1928, operating a lodging business at the site until 1969. [6]