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New Fort Boise, 2018. Fort Boise is either of two different locations in the Western United States, both in southwestern Idaho.The first was a Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) trading post near the Snake River on what is now the Oregon border (in present-day Canyon County, Idaho), dating from the era when Idaho was included in the British fur company's Columbia District.
1869 – "Idaho's Trail of Tears", forced expulsion of Boise Valley Shoshone and Bannock Tribes to Fort Hall Reservation [11] 1870 – Territorial Prison built. [ 12 ]
This timeline is a chronology of significant events in the history of the U.S. State of Idaho and the historical area now occupied by the state. 2000s 1900s 1800s Statehood Territory 1700s 1600s 1500s Before 1492
In the 1870s, Boise (to which Idaho's capital was moved in 1866) expanded rapidly as growth slowed in Lewiston. Gold drew more than 25,000 prospectors to the Boise Valley, and a new city quickly grew around the U.S. Army post at Fort Boise. [127] [128] With Hells Canyon impractical for river navigation, interest grew in connecting the area by rail.
Fort Boise, at the site of the city of Boise was founded on July 3, 1863. Old Fort Boise near the present day city of Parma was a French-Canadian fur trading post (thus where the name Boise comes from) and was built by the Hudson's Bay Company in 1834. It became one with the Snake River in 1854, and although the French began to rebuild, they ...
New land donation in Boise. This year, members of the five tribes formed a nonprofit, called the Original Boise Valley People LLC. The nonprofit was used on Friday to accept a 40-acre donation ...
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In mountain shadows: A history of Idaho (U of Nebraska Press, 1991). online; Schwantes, Carlos A. The Pacific Northwest: an interpretive history (U of Nebraska Press, 1996). Sims, Robert C.; Hope A. Benedict (1992). Idaho's Governors. Boise, Idaho: College of Social Sciences and Public Affairs, Boise State University. ISBN 0-932129-13-7.