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Did you know? Jed Rice made his first pair of chaps when he was just 14. The store has made chaps (pronounced with a soft ch like chaparral) for rodeo riders and rodeo queens for decades. Chap availability, according to the website, is subject to demand and customer attitude.

150 Boise icons: Hap Tallman Stockman's Supply

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The 150 icons of Boise

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150 Boise icons: Masonic Temple Lodge

The Masonic Lodge in Downtown Boise is a well-preserved part of Boise's past - and present.
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Father's Day: Families play on shore of Boise dad's legacy

Warren Tozer loved greenery and the Greenbelt, so a sandy sliver along the Boise River was dedicated to him.
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150 icons to celebrate Boise's sesquicentennial: Hannifin's Cigar Shop

Hannifin's has been, and remains a place dear to longtime Boiseans' hearts.
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150 Boise icons: James A. McClure Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse

The federal courthouse is as imposing, even as it appears to levitate.
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150 Boise icons to celebrate the city's sesquicentennial: The flag on Simplot Hill

It's large, it's all-American. The Simplot flag is a constant sight on the Boise skyline.
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150 Boise icons to celebrate the city's sesquicentennial: T.C. Bird Planetarium

Grow up in Boise, chances are you enjoyed more than a few field trips to the T.C. Bird Planetarium. It's a reminder of a time when Americans were thinking about space and astronomy, thanks to the Apollo program.
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150 Boise icons to celebrate the city's sesquicentennial: Hot air balloons

It's a bird! It's a plane! No, if you're in Boise, it's probably a hot air balloon.
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150 Boise icons to celebrate the city's sesquicentennial: Owyhee Hotel (Plaza)

The Owyhee, with the Idanha and the Hotel Boise, was one of the trio of Boise's finest hotels for a time.
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150 icons to celebrate Boise's sesquicentennial: The MK Bucyrus-Erie B3

This historic shovel, built in Milwaukee in the 1920s, is a tangible connection to the early days of Boise-born Morrison-Knudsen Co.
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150 Boise icons: Empire Building

The Empire Building was never as famous as the Idanha Hotel, the Boise Depot or other iconic Boise buildings. But it stands for a time of growth and progress in the Capital City. And helped usher in the modern age of skyscrapers.