Gutzon Borglum, Sculptor of Mount Rushmore
Born: St. Charles, Idaho 1867
Died: Chicago, Illinois 1941
Copy executed by Irene Deely of Boise, Idaho 2009
"I have tried to give to posterity, in a true, unstudied picture, a glimpse of . . . — — Map (db m32232) HM
President Abraham Lincoln created Idaho Territory, appointed its first officers and judges and addressed Congress about Idaho in 1863 and 1864. He considered Idaho issues in the White House on the afternoon that he was shot and invited the former . . . — — Map (db m126722) HM
Adelia Garro Simplot is a fourth generation Idahoan of Basque heritage, and her passion for preserving Basque culture is visible today by these historic buildings that make up the Basque Block.
Her conservation efforts began when she made the . . . — — Map (db m311578) HM
Built in 1940, the Administration Building was the first building on Boise Junior College’s new campus, housing classrooms, offices, a library and more. Founded in 1932, BJC became Boise College in 1965, Boise State College in 1969 and Boise State . . . — — Map (db m266703) HM
U.S. commercial airline service began with a Varney Airlines flight from Pasco to Boise which landed here on April 6, 1926. Army planes had delivered airmail before that time.
After Varney Airlines was merged with newer companies to . . . — — Map (db m22734) HM
This unique building was built for Juan Cruz Anduiza in 1912 as a boarding house for Basque sheepherders who wintered in Boise. The rooms were across the front and down the side of the building and the kitchen, dining room, etc. were in the . . . — — Map (db m119133) HM
The play was intense and furious: men smacking a leather-covered ball with their hands, or whipping their paddles, or palas, through the air. The sport, pelota, was brought to Idaho by early Basque immigrants. Juan and Juana Anduiza . . . — — Map (db m119131) HM
Higher than any other dam from 1915 until 1934, Arrowrock Dam still is an essential part of Boise Valley's irrigation system.
Located six miles upstream from here, Arrowrock is 350 feet high and 1,150 feet wide. Built at a cost of $4,725,000 . . . — — Map (db m22597) HM
Has Been Designated a
Registered National Historic Landmark
Under the Provisions of the
Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935
This Site Possesses Exceptional Value
In Commemorating and Illustrating
the History of the United States . . . — — Map (db m305301) HM
The Assembly Hall was built in 1941 to house the Department of Music. Campus and community patrons attended numerous concerts over the years in the main hall, which still houses the J.W. Cunningham Memorial Organ donated by Laura Moore Cunningham . . . — — Map (db m266702) HM
The clinking of glasses, the clang of silverware, good conversation and enjoyable times have long been a part of this corner. Food and drink are especially important to the Basques, drawing people together in this highly social culture. . . . — — Map (db m119127) HM
Basque sheepherders created tree carvings called arborglyphs while working in remote areas throughout Idaho during the twentieth century. Loneliness and the need for communication moved the herders to leave their mark on the world around them. The . . . — — Map (db m311623) HM
A place to call out the name of an old friend, play the card game “mus,” sit down to a meal, or dance to the music of the accordion and the txistu, the melodic Basque flute. All communities need somewhere to meet, and this is one place the . . . — — Map (db m119187) HM
Idaho has a large Basque community that preserves it's ancient European traditions in a new land of opportunity. Coming here originally to herd sheep on mountain and desert ranges, they shifted into other occupations as quickly as possible, making . . . — — Map (db m31680) HM
Far from their homeland, the temperate, verdant, Euskadi, away from their lively communal life of feast days and dancing, of pelota games and good wind, Basques in Idaho found themselves in an arid land where few spoke the native tongue. Many . . . — — Map (db m119130) HM
In 1863 and 1864, overland packers hauling supplies from Salt Lake City to Idaho City crossed here and took a direct route northward to More's Creek.
They cut a steep grade from the Oregon Trail down to Beaver Dick's Ferry, which served . . . — — Map (db m22641) HM
Emigrants on the Oregon Trail passed through Boise Valley beginning in the 1840’s. After Boise was founded in the summer of 1863, wagon trains came down off the bench to the south and forded the Boise River east of town. From then on, Boise’s Main . . . — — Map (db m267168) HM
Since opening in 1937, this building has been the center of Boise's art community.
In 1933, with financing from the federal Public Works Administration (PWA), the City of Boise broke ground for construction of the new Boise Gallery . . . — — Map (db m119194) HM
In 1903, Boise High School opened to students in an elaborate, red brick Victorian building. As the city grew, more space was needed and a new building was designed by the firm of Tourtellotte and Hummel. In order to minimize disruption to students, . . . — — Map (db m111328) HM
Expanding from a two-year community college (1932-1965) to a campus with a graduate program, Boise State was designated as a university in 1974.
Originating as an Episcopalian academy founded in 1892, this institution was located a mile north of . . . — — Map (db m22735) HM
This structure has been recorded by the Historic American Buildings Survey of the United States Department of the Interior for its archives at the Library of Congress — — Map (db m267565) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m71837) HM
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. . . . — — Map (db m119002) HM
For years, the Gymnasium (later named the Kinesiology Building) hosted sporting events, university gatherings and big-name concerts like The Beach Boys. The first basketball game played in the building was a win over the College of Southern Idaho in . . . — — Map (db m266691) HM
There was no blue turf in Bronco Stadium when it opened in 1970, but that didn't hold back the Broncos— the football team won the NCAA Division I-AA national championship in 1980. College football’s only blue artificial turf was installed in 1986. — — Map (db m266687) HM
Idaho Territory was remote and hard to get to. Early on, there were no trains, only rough roads and trails over difficult terrain. The closest US Treasury Department offices were in Denver or San Francisco. This made it hard and expensive for miners . . . — — Map (db m305334) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m71835) HM
After sponsoring the Wilderness Act of 1964 and the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act in 1968, Senator Frank Church continued to pursue legislation for the protection of over one million acres in central Idaho, formerly known as The Idaho Primitive Area. . . . — — Map (db m267003) HM
“One of the fine new buildings in Boise,” heralded the Idaho Statesman newspaper in 1935, when the Belaustegui Hotel & Basque Boarding House was constructed by Augustin and Petra Belaustegui. A few years later, part of the hotel . . . — — Map (db m119188) HM
In 1907, Reverend O.P. Christian of the National Children’s Home Society wrote a letter to Idaho Governor Frank R. Gooding asking for support in establishing an Idaho Children’s Home Society. Gooding responded pledging his full support, should such . . . — — Map (db m267453) HM
In 1910, the current building at 740 Warm Springs Avenue was constructed for $42,700. The state legislature appropriated $20,000 to construct the building and fundraising efforts by the citizens of Boise provided the remaining funds. Designed by . . . — — Map (db m267450) HM
From the inception of the Children’s Home Society of Idaho, some of Boise’s most recognizable historic philanthropic figures from the progressive era became integral parts of shaping the Children’s Home Society. These prominent local business men . . . — — Map (db m267452) HM
By the 1930’s the good work being done at Children’s Home was well-known throughout the state of Idaho. The plight of helpless children in need triggered true compassion from even the most disinterested.
Through diligent communication, . . . — — Map (db m267454) HM
The Children’s Home Society has always been more than just an orphanage. Founder O.P. Christian stated “Our field is the State of Idaho and our work is as wide as the needs of a destitute neglected child.”
One of the original roles that the . . . — — Map (db m267455) HM
For over half a century, the Children’s Home Society of Idaho had been a home for Idaho’s children in need of shelter and care. Tireless efforts from superintendents, executive directors, board members, medical professionals, teachers, community . . . — — Map (db m267457) HM
In 1961, the US General Services Administration (GSA) considered this site for a new federal building. The public wanted to preserve the historic Assay Office and park-like grounds. Intervention by Idaho Senator Frank Church helped save the . . . — — Map (db m305347) HM
By the early 1950s, increased automobile traffic resulted in the need for a new bridge. In 1955, Smith and Milhollin, a local engineering firm, designed a new structure for the river crossing. Crews completed the bridge in record time in 1956, . . . — — Map (db m266594) HM
An Enterprising young seamstress, Anna E. Crane, filed a plat in March 1890 for land south of the Boise River. She came to Boise only a year earlier to join her brother, a dentist. Land speculators from Colorado followed her lead and planned . . . — — Map (db m267154) HM
The design for the original Broadway Bridge included room for streetcar tracks, but several years passed before engineers incorporated them into the structure. The first streetcar traveled across the bridge on December 25, 1905. The “South Boise . . . — — Map (db m266600) HM
Many residents eagerly anticipated construction of the first Broadway Bridge. The Idaho Statesman declared in July 1891 that “It will be a Dandy.” The bridge, touted as one of the finest bridges of its kind in the Pacific Northwest, opened in . . . — — Map (db m266596) HM
[Panel one]
The park’s famous donor, historic site and weathered
artifacts are all part of Boise’s rich heritage.
C.W. Moore and Boise History
Christopher W. Moore arrived in Boise in 1863, the year of the city’s founding. On . . . — — Map (db m311634) HM
In Honor of Cynthia Mann who dedicated this block of land to help establish the Children’s Home Society of Idaho.
She expressed the philosophy that had guided her life in a letter to a friend shortly before her death in 1920: . . . — — Map (db m267459) HM
The Cyrus Jacobs home, built in 1864, is the oldest surviving brick dwelling in Boise. Jacobs, a prominent merchant and mayor of Boise, lived here for almost 40 years. Beginning in 1910, it became the residence of Basque families - first, the . . . — — Map (db m119186) HM
Julia Davis Park was donated to the City of Bosie by the area's first homesteader, Thomas Jefferson Davis. He arrived in Boise in the spring of 1863, and his claim was the first to be filed in Idaho Territory. The claim was for 320 acres, most of . . . — — Map (db m125827) HM
Diversion Dam was completed in 1909 to lift water into an already constructed New York canal system, greatly expanding its irrigated farmlands.
After a quarter century of failure to dig a large canal above Diversion Dam, United States Reclamation . . . — — Map (db m22586) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m119027) HM
Dona Larsen grew up on a farm in Cornish, Utah. She and her husband, Dorrell, moved to the Treasure Valley in 1956. Dona and Dorrell raised 10 children in Boise, who all graduated from East Junior High and Boise High School and then went on to . . . — — Map (db m267348) HM
When the College of Engineering enrolled its first students in 1996, classes were held in the College of Technology Building. Two additional buildings (opened in 1999 and 2000) enlarged the Engineering Complex and helped expand the university’s . . . — — Map (db m266739) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m118993) HM
During his tenure at Boise State from 1946-81, Lyle Smith coached football, baseball and
basketball, and also served as athletic director.
He became head coach of the Boise Junior
College football team in 1947, and during his 20
years as head . . . — — Map (db m266611) HM
The Assay Office is Italianate, an architectural style popular in the US between 1840 and 1885. Inspired by Italian farmhouses and Renaissance palazzos – or palatial buildings – the style usually has many delicate decorative details. The building’s . . . — — Map (db m305335) HM
The first computer in Boise City was installed in this building in July, 1957.
The computer was a Remington-Rand UNIVAC 120, owned by the Idaho Highway Department, who occupied this building until August, 1960. The computer contained 800 . . . — — Map (db m266981) HM
This cabin was the first home in Boise to shelter women and children
Restored and preserved by Pioneer Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution — — Map (db m267011) HM
A witness in a new country to Christian faith
High adventure · Missionary courage
This tablet is erected to the memory of
Daniel Sylvester Tuttle
First Missionary Bishop of Idaho 1867 - 1886 — — Map (db m266606) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m119029) HM
Fort Boise was founded on these grounds by the U.S. Army Cavalry in June 1863. Earlier two different trading posts located closer to the Snake River had carried the same name. Many of the original buildings are still in use. — — Map (db m267460) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m119004) HM
When in 1899 organized lawlessness challenged the power of Idaho, he upheld the dignity of the state, enforced its authority and restored
law and order within its boundaries, for which he was assassinated in 1905.
“Rugged in body, . . . — — Map (db m128543) HM
The Bob Gibb Friendship Bridge, built in 1977, is a scenic gateway from campus to Boise’s Jula Davis Park. Partnerships in areas ranging from the arts and history to economic development allow both the city and university to grow and thrive. — — Map (db m266701) HM
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. . . . — — Map (db m71834) HM
Imagine leafy Lombary poplars, dazzling rose bushes, lush gardens, circular walks, stately homes, and huge churning waterwheels along a wide avenue, and you'll get a picture of early days on Grove Street. The profusion of leaves and petals was . . . — — Map (db m119189) HM
Harrison Boulevard, one of Boise’s most picturesque thoroughfares, is named for President Benjamin Harrison, who signed the Admissions Act making Idaho a state. His visit in 1891 prompted the city council and local landowner Jeremiah Brumback to . . . — — Map (db m305943) HM
The thread of several cultures, wrapped around a mystery, winds its way through this site. Originally, a log cabin stood here, occupied in the early 1860s by a Boise sheriff. Later, a house was built on the site and deeded by the mayor to Dr. . . . — — Map (db m119126) HM
Hells Canyon is North America's deepest river gorge. It measures nearly 8,000 feet deep and spans 10 miles from the peaks of the Seven Devils Mountains in Idaho to the eastern Wallowa Mountains in Oregon. This landscape of extremes was preserved . . . — — Map (db m267002) HM
Small, independent corner grocery stores once dotted Boise neighborhoods and were common fixtures in the North End. The stores connected residents on a daily basis, since most store owners and their customers lived near each other. Stores typically . . . — — Map (db m306509) HM
Small, independent corner grocery stores once dotted Boise neighborhoods and were common fixtures in the North End. The stores connected residents on a daily basis, since most store owners and their customers lived near each other. Stores typically . . . — — Map (db m267506) HM
In 1911, a baseball field was built on this site and named Cody Park after C.W. "Jack" Cody, who purchased the Boise franchise in the Union Association and started a semi-professional baseball team. The team, the Boise Irrigators, played their games . . . — — Map (db m267355) HM
Beaver pelts lured the first Euro-Americans deep into the American West. In 1810, only four years after Lewis and Clark completed their epic journey, John Jacob Astor established the Pacific Fur Company. He soon financed sea and land expeditions . . . — — Map (db m71832) HM
New addition built 1893
Prison Commissioners
William J. McConnell, Gov.
Jas. F. Curtis, Sec. of State
Geo.M. Parsons, Atty. Gen.
Jas. King, Arch’t. — — Map (db m63000)
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 . . . — — Map (db m118992) HM
This reproduction of the Liberty Bell was presented to the people of Idaho by direction of The Honorable John W. Snyder Secretary of the Treasury
As the inspirational symbol of the United States Savings Bonds Independence . . . — — Map (db m128542) HM
America’s first teacher in space was Christa McAuliffe of New Hampshire. McCall, Idaho teacher Barbara Morgan, backup to Christa M. has accepted NASA’s offer to fly as the next teacher in space. David Marquart from Boise High School, was one of ten . . . — — Map (db m305306) HM
Legendary mule packer Jesus Urquides was a Boise pioneer and founder of a freighting business located on this site.
Born January 18, 1833 in Sonora, Mexico, Urquides migrated to the California gold fields in 1850 where he worked as a mule packer . . . — — Map (db m110694) HM
In 1850, at age seventeen, Jesus Urquides joined the California gold rush to Stockton and the Sierra Nevadas.
In 1860, striking out on his own, he followed the rush to Walla Walla, Lewiston, and The Dalles.
Boise Basin’s 1863 gold rush lured . . . — — Map (db m110696) HM
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 John . . . — — Map (db m118996) HM
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For centuries, Basques have used the "laiak" to prepare the earth for planting. This photo, from the early 1900s, shows Basque women poised for work.
From its stone base to its seven flying ribbons, the sculpture embraces . . . — — Map (db m119128) HM
By 1972 the US Forest Service outgrew this space. The federal government gave the property to the Idaho State Historical Society (ISHS) with the condition that it preserve the historical site. Fittingly, the building now houses the State Historic . . . — — Map (db m305349) HM
Soon after the discovery of Gold in Northern Idaho (1862) the City of Boise was founded (1863). Its first people were the U.S. Cavalry, Merchants, Mining and Stockmen. Although a few Mormons from Utah had previously lived in this valley, it was not . . . — — Map (db m125829) HM
This log cabin is built of native Idaho woods, and each room inside is paneled is a different species.
Originally known as Chateau de Bois. this cabin was erected in 1940 to house the state forester. Built by the Civilian . . . — — Map (db m119193) HM
In response to changes in curriculum and rapid growth in the North End, Longfellow School opened to students, grades 1-8, in 1906, incorporating many modern advances in school design. One innovation that received much attention was the placement of . . . — — Map (db m305319) HM
Alexander Rossi, an early Boise resident, donated a “dry plat of desert sagebrush” to the US Treasury Department for the Assay Office. Over time, building occupants planted flower and vegetable gardens, shrubs and trees. Local citizens donated to . . . — — Map (db m305341) HM
Named for American Poet, James Russell Lowell (1819-1891), this school opened to students in 1913. Although a full two stories, only the first floor was finished. Students in the lower four grades attended Lowell while older students rode the . . . — — Map (db m305065) HM
Cecil D. Andrus was a tireless advocate for conservation. He helped create cooperative agreements for the management of lands in Idaho, preserving thousands of square miles of land for public recreational use. He opposed irresponsible mining . . . — — Map (db m267004) HM
Maria Dolores (Lola) Urquides was born to Jesus and Adelaida Urquides on October 8, 1882.
She married Daniel H. Binnard in 1902, but he died suddenly in 1915 and Lola moved back to 115 Main Street to care for her aging father until his death in . . . — — Map (db m110689) HM
More's Creek is named for J. Marion More, leader of the party of miners who founded Idaho City, October 7, 1862.
Like most of Idaho's early miners, he came originally from the South. Unlike most of them, he struck it rich. During the Idaho gold . . . — — Map (db m22595) HM
North Junior High was constructed on “Lemp’s Triangle,” a vacant lot that had been previously used as a ball field by local children. The school was designed by the firm of Tourtelotte and Hummel, and built by J. O. Jordan and Son. Constructed in . . . — — Map (db m267028) HM
The O'Farrell Cabin
Boise's first home
and place of worship
Built by John O'Farrell
1863
Reverse
This memorial
preserved
by Sons and Daughters
of Idaho Pioneers
1958 — — Map (db m267008) HM
In June 1863, John O’Farrell cleared his land and built this single-room cabin for his young wife and family on the block across Fort Street to the south. The cabin is made with logs from cottonwood trees, which were abundant along the Boise River. . . . — — Map (db m267155) HM
John A. O’Farrell was born in 1823 in County Tyrone, Ireland. In 1836, he entered Naval School and in 1838 at the age of 15 he began a life as a sailor that would take him to ports all over the world.
In 1843, he arrived in New York City after . . . — — Map (db m267164) HM
Along this historic trail, from 1841 to 1861, traveled the greatest land migration in history. Nearly half a million pioneers came to settle America's Northwest. One out of every eight would perish along the way. — — Map (db m125859) HM
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