Timeline of Boise, Idaho
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Boise, Idaho, USA.
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19th century
- 1863 - Fort Boise established by United States Army.[1]
- 1864 - December 7: Boise designated capital of Idaho Territory.[2]
- Idaho Tri-Weekly Statesman newspaper begins publication.[3]
- 1866 - Christ Chapel built.
- 1867 - Henry E. Prickett becomes mayor.
- 1870 - Territorial Prison built.[4]
- 1871 - Assay Office (Boise, Idaho) built.
- 1881 - Historical Society of Idaho Pioneers organized.
- 1890 - Boise becomes capital of new State of Idaho.
- 1892 - Woman's Columbian Club organized.[5][6]
- Boise Sentinel newspaper begins publication.[3]
- 1896 - Ahavath Beth Israel (Boise, Idaho) synagogue built.
- 1897 - Idaho Intermountain Fair begins.
20th century
- 1900 - Population: 5,957
- 1901 - Idanha Hotel opens
- 1905 - Carnegie Public Library opens [7][8]
- 1906 - Boise Commercial Club organized [9]
- 1907 - Julia Davis Park established
- 1908 - Pinney Theatre opens [10]
- Swedish Lutheran Church built
- 1909 - College Women's Club organized [11]
- 1910 - YWCA organized [11]
- Population: 17,358
- 1912 - Idaho State Capitol opens (first phase)
- 1913 - Idaho Labor Herald and New Freedom newspapers begin publication.[3]
- Boise-Payette Lumber Company in business
- 1920 - Population: 21,393
- 1921 - St. John's Cathedral completed
- 1925 - Union Pacific Depot opens
- Idaho Country Club founded, became Hillcrest in 1940
- 1926 - Airfield in operation, at present site of Boise State University
- 1927 - Egyptian Theatre opens
- 1928 - Bandshell built in Julia Davis Park
- 1932 - Boise Junior College opens
- Idaho Legionnaire newspaper begins publication[3]
- 1938 - Boise Airport moves to present site
- 1939 - Rose Garden dedicated in Julia Davis Park
- First Albertsons supermarket opens
- 1940 - Hillcrest Country Club opens at former Idaho Country Club
- State Funeral of U.S. Senator William Borah; 23,000 pass bier in state capitol [12]
- 1955 - Boise homosexuality scandal begins
- 1957 - Boise Cascade headquartered in Boise
- 1958 - Second public high school, Borah, opens
- 1960 - Population: 34,481
- 1964 - Bishop Kelly High School opens
- 1965 - Third public high school, Capital, opens
- 1968 - Boise Greenbelt plan adopted
- 1969 - Boise College becomes Boise State College
- 1970 - New Bronco Stadium opens, constructed in less than a year.
- Population: 74,990
- 1972 - St. Alphonsus Hospital moves to present site from downtown[13]
- 1973 - Boise Co-op founded.[14][15]
- State Penitentiary closes[4]
- 1974 - Boise State College becomes Boise State University and Boise Bible College established.
- 1975 - One Capital Center opens
- 1976 - Old St. Alphonsus Hospital arson,[18] later razed.[19]
- 1977 - Idaho Shakespeare Festival begins.[20]
- 1978 - U.S. Bank Plaza opens, as "Idaho First Plaza"[21][22]
- Micron Technology begins operations
- Boise Buckskins minor league baseball team begins play (sole season)[23][24]
- 1979 - Mountain West Airlines-Idaho headquartered in Boise
- 1980 - Population: 102,249
- 1982 - Taco Bell Arena opens as "BSU Pavilion"
- 1984 - World Center for Birds of Prey established
- Boise, Idaho Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints opens
- Funeral of U.S. Senator Frank Church [25][26]
- 1986 - Bronco Stadium installs first blue AstroTurf field
- 1987 - Boise Hawks minor league baseball team's first season, relocated from Tri-Cities[27]
- 1988 - Boise Towne Square Mall opens
- Discovery Center of Idaho constructed.
- 1989 - Memorial Stadium opens for baseball
- 1990 - Boise Open golf tournament begins
- Boise Centre (convention center) opens
- Population: 125,738
- 1992 - Boise Weekly begins publication
- Foothills School of Arts and Sciences established
- 1995 - Idaho Black History Museum built
- 1997
- City website online (approximate date).[31]
- Boise Contemporary Theater group founded
- CenturyLink Arena opens
- Famous Idaho Potato Bowl (college football) game begins as "Humanitarian Bowl"[32]
- 1998 - Fourth public high school, Timberline, opens
- 1999 - Boise Hare Krishna Temple built
21st century
- 2000 - Riverstone Community School relocates to Boise.
- Population: 181,711 [33]
- 2002 - Islamic Center founded.[34]
- 2003 - Boise Dharma Center founded.[34]
- 2004 - David H. Bieter becomes mayor.[35]
- 2005 - Caldwell-Boise Express bus begins operating.[36]
- Boise Guardian begins publication.[37]
- 2006 - Treasure Valley Rollergirls founded.
- Albertsons LLC headquartered in Boise.
- 2008 - Trey McIntyre dance troupe relocates to Boise.[38]
- Frank Church High School opens.
- 2009 - February: 2009 Special Olympics World Winter Games held.
- 2010 - Population: 205,671.
- 2011 - Idaho Aquarium opens.
- 2012 - Treefort Music Fest begins.
- 2013 - City sesquicentennial.[39]
See also
References
- ↑ Automobile Blue Book 1919.
- ↑ John Hailey (1910), The History of Idaho, Boise, Id: Syms-York Company, OCLC 5793481
- 1 2 3 4 "US Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved March 31, 2013.
- 1 2 "Come and Explore Over a Century of Prison History!". Idaho.gov. Retrieved March 31, 2013.
- ↑ Mary Osborn Douthit, ed. (1905). "Women's Club Work in Idaho". Souvenir of Western Women. Portland, Oregon.
- ↑ "Collection Descriptions". Idaho State Historical Society. Retrieved March 31, 2013.
- ↑ "History of Boise's Library". Boise Public Library. Archived from the original on 25 July 2011.
- ↑ American Library Annual, 1917-1918. New York: R.R. Bowker Co. 1918.
- ↑ Boise, Boise Commercial Club, 1907
- ↑ The Billboard, October 3, 1908
- 1 2 "Idaho Branch". Journal of the Association of Collegiate Alumnae. Chicago: Association of Collegiate Alumnae. January 1911.
- ↑ Bottcher, Walter R. (January 26, 1940). "Senator Borah rests in mountain's shadow". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Associated Press. p. 1.
- ↑ "Building urged". Spokane Daily Chronicle. Associated Press. October 4, 1972. p. 3.
- ↑ "NCGA Co-ops: Idaho". Iowa: National Cooperative Grocers Association.
- ↑ "Boise-Co-op".
- ↑ "Pro ball returns to Boise after absence of 11 years". Lewiston Morning Tribune. June 18, 1975. p. B1.
- ↑ "Boise drops opener before 1,814 fans". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Associated Press. June 19, 1975. p. B1.
- ↑ "Historic hospital damaged by fire". Spokesman-Review. Associated Press. November 16, 1976. p. 8.
- ↑ "Old building to be razed". Spokane Daily Chronicle. Associated Press. Nov 23, 1976. p. 22.
- ↑ "Past Plays". Idaho Shakespeare Festival. Retrieved March 31, 2013.
- ↑ "Idaho bank plans rites". Deseret News. August 1, 1978. p. B3.
- ↑ "Bank will dedicate new office building". Lewiston Morning Tribune. July 23, 1978. p. 3D.
- ↑ "Boise board tables 'Buckskins'". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Associated Press. September 14, 1977. p. B3.
- ↑ "Buckskins continue sans pay". Spokesman-Review. Associated Press. August 22, 1978. p. 15.
- ↑ "Church's body comes home to Idaho". Spokesman-Review. Associated Press. April 12, 1984. p. 1.
- ↑ "Hundreds of Idahoans mourn". Spokane Chronicle. Associated Press. April 12, 1984. p. 1.
- ↑ Stalwick, Howie (June 16, 1987). "Indians open season tonight". Spokesman-Review. p. B1.
- ↑ "Stubbon fire guts old Boise building". Bend (OR) Bulletin. UPI. January 25, 1987. p. A-6.
- ↑ "Downtown Boise fire under control". (Moscow) Idahonian. Associated Press. January 26, 1987. p. 5.
- ↑ Collias, Nicholas (November 23, 2005). "The Hole Truth And Nothing But". Boise Weekly.
- ↑ "Welcome to the City of Boise". Archived from the original on April 1997 – via Internet Archive, Wayback Machine.
- ↑ "Cincinnati takes inaugural Humanitarian Bowl". The Item. Sumter, SC. Associated Press. December 30, 1997. p. 3B.
- ↑ "About Boise". City of Boise. Archived from the original on June 4, 2003.
- 1 2 Pluralism Project. "Boise, Idaho". Directory of Religious Centers. Harvard University. Retrieved October 14, 2013.
- ↑ "Meet the Mayors". Washington, DC: United States Conference of Mayors. Retrieved March 31, 2013.
- ↑ "Boise Region Grapples With Smog", New York Times, January 23, 2009
- ↑ "Idaho". CJR's Guide to Online News Startups. New York: Columbia Journalism Review. Retrieved October 19, 2013.
- ↑ "Dancers Adopt a City and Vice Versa", New York Times, August 13, 2010
- ↑ "Boise 150". Retrieved March 31, 2013.
Bibliography
- Published in the 19th century
- "Boise", An Illustrated history of the state of Idaho, Chicago: Lewis Pub. Co., 1899
- Published in the 20th century
- Sunset Magazine Homeseekers' Bureau (1908), Boise, Idaho, Boise: Boise Commercial Club
- "Boise", Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424 – via Internet Archive
- Boise, Idaho, Boise: Boise Commercial Club, 1913
- Hiram T. French (1914), "(Boise)", History of Idaho, Chicago: Lewis Publishing Co., OCLC 2739177
- "Boise". Automobile Blue Book. New York: Automobile Blue Book Publishing Co. 1919.
- Federal Writers’ Project (1937). "Boise". Idaho: A Guide in Word and Pictures. American Guide Series. Caldwell, ID: Caxton Printers. p. 253+.
- Ory Mazar Nergal, ed. (1980), "Boise", Encyclopedia of American Cities, New York: E.P. Dutton, OL 4120668M
- "Rocky Mountains: Idaho: Boise", USA, Let's Go, New York: St. Martin's Press, 1999, OL 24937240M
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