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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28N8_diversion-dam_Boise-ID.html
In the late 1800s, Idaho Territory needed to attract homesteaders to farm the Boise Valley. At the time, the area was dry sagebrush desert. A young engineer, Arthur Foote, designed a great canal system that was to allow the Boise River to irrigate…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28N7_the-foote-legacy-in-idaho_Boise-ID.html
The Canyon House was located across the Boise River from where you are standing. The house was designed and built by Arthur De Wint Foote in 1885, using funds from literary works by his wife, Mary Hallock Foote. As Chief Engineer for the Idaho Min…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28MM_ezra-meeker_Boise-ID.html
In 1906, at the age of seventy-five, Ezra Meeker began a journey east from his home in Puyallup, Washington, to retrace the route of the Oregon Trail over which he originally traveled in 1852 with his wife and young son. He traveled the route with…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28ML_kelton-road_Boise-ID.html
After the transcontinental railroad was completed on May 10, 1869, new stage and freight routes were established to connect southwester Idaho with newly established railheads.
Kelton, Utah, soon became the main shipping point for Boise, when Joh…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28MI_bonneville-point_Boise-ID.html
From the high ridge above the Boise River 5 miles southwest of here, westward-bound travelers got their first view of the Boise Valley. In 1811, Wilson Price Hunt and the Overland Astorians' party were the first white sojourners to enjoy the scene…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28MG_fort-boise_Boise-ID.html
Concern for the safety of westward-bound emigrants became more immediate when news of the Utter party's disastrous confrontation with hostile Indians on September 9 and 10, 1860, reached western settlements. Colonel George Wright, commander of the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28MA_idahos-emigrant-trails_Boise-ID.html
Westward-bound emigrants entered Idaho after crossing Thomas Fork Valley. They soon encountered the climb and descent of Big Hill, witnessed nature's curiosities at Soda Springs, and discovered willing traders at Fort Hall.
In 1843 wagons fir…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1D2R_bonneville-point_Boise-ID.html
From this old Indian trail later known as the Old Oregon Trail Captain B,L,E, Bonnevilles partner on first sighting the river May 1833 exclaimed - Les Bois Les Bois Voyes Les Bois meaning The Woods The Woods See The Woods
Capt Bonneville theref…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1D2P_captain-bonneville_Boise-ID.html
Bonneville Point
According to tradition, a hunting party led by the explorer Captain Benjamin Bonneville reached this promontory in 1833. They saw the lush river valley below and exclaimed in French, "Les bois; les bois; vouyez le bois!" ("The …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1D2O_the-fur-trade-and-the-tide-of-emigration_Boise-ID.html
Hunt's party laid the groundwork for future trapping expeditions across the Snake River Plain. Donald Mackenzie, who accompanies Hunt and later joined the British North West Company, returned to establish trade relations with resident Indian bands…