| Boise Contributor(s): Thomason, Frank (Author) |
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ISBN: 073855989X ISBN-13: 9780738559896 Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC) OUR PRICE: $22.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2009 Annotation: On a high-desert plateau of the Snake River Plain in southwestern Idaho, Boise, the aCity of Trees, a began as an encampment on the Oregon Trail along the Boise River. Natives were soon after displaced, and by 1864, a town site was platted north of the river, abutting the garrison at Fort Boise. Early settlers found livelihoods as merchants, supplying miners in the Boise Basin, where gold was discovered in 1862. Boiseans experienced difficulty accepting a municipal government and had to wrest territorial status from Lewiston in northern Idaho. Through decades of irrigation and commerce, they grappled with isolation and a scarcity of goods and amenities, which produced a remarkably resilient and vibrant population. From the railroad in 1880s to statehood in 1890, the interurban, and the airplane, rocket, and computer chipamaking eras, Boise continues to grow and thrive. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - West (ak, Ca, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, Wy) - Photography | Subjects & Themes - Regional (see Also Travel - Pictorials) - Travel | Pictorials (see Also Photography - Subjects & Themes - Regional) |
| Dewey: 979.628 |
| LCCN: 2008933026 |
| Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing) |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6.4" W x 9.2" (0.80 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Locality - Boise, Idaho - Geographic Orientation - Idaho |
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| Publisher Description: On a high-desert plateau of the Snake River Plain in southwestern Idaho, Boise, the City of Trees, began as an encampment on the Oregon Trail along the Boise River. Natives were soon after displaced, and by 1864, a town site was platted north of the river, abutting the garrison at Fort Boise. Early settlers found livelihoods as merchants, supplying miners in the Boise Basin, where gold was discovered in 1862. Boiseans experienced difficulty accepting a municipal government and had to wrest territorial status from Lewiston in northern Idaho. Through decades of irrigation and commerce, they grappled with isolation and a scarcity of goods and amenities, which produced a remarkably resilient and vibrant population. From the railroad in 1880s to statehood in 1890, the interurban, and the airplane, rocket, and computer chip making eras, Boise continues to grow and thrive." |
Contributor Bio(s): Thomason, Frank: - This compilation is based extensively on archival photographs, especially from the Idaho State Historical Society s Library and Archives Division, as well as private sources. Author Frank Thomason, Ph.D., a trained historian, is a weekly newspaper publisher and editor in west Ada County and a third-generation area resident. |