Idaho History
Idaho History: Legislators had fun in sessions of the ‘Third House’
The creation of a nonsensical “Third House” of the Idaho Legislature was announced in a letter to the editor of the Idaho Tri-weekly Statesman on Christmas Day 1866. It left little doubt as to the function of the new body.
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Idaho History: Prospectors found gold not far from Boise City
An old saying tells us that “gold is where you find it,” and in 19th century Boise that wasn’t very far away. In February 1870, the Idaho Tri-weekly Statesman reported that a large number of whites and Chinese were working the gravel bars along the Boise River, using “...
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IDAHO HISTORY
IDAHO HISTORY: Keeping children out of trouble in the 1890s was a big job
Teen and children in the 1890s in Boise were tempted by drugs, cigarettes and alcohol, much as they are today.
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Idaho History: Juvenile pranks often turned into criminal offenses
What many young boys in the 1880s thought were pranks were regarded by the Idaho Statesman and most Boise residents as verging on the criminal. In June 1882 the paper complained: “Many small boys in our city do not seem to have any restraint whatever. It is not an uncommon occurrence to ...
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IDAHO HISTORY: Juvenile delinquency has a long history in Boise
The Statesman called them “young imps,” and “hoodlums” in a story in September 1874 about teenaged boys and girls who had been seen stealing peaches and plums from a local orchard; they ran away before they could be caught.
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Idaho History: Boise’s Natatorium eventually condemned when roof falls in
In October 1892, Boise had many reasons to be proud of its achievements. Not only did it have the magnificent new Natatorium on Warm Springs Avenue, but electric street cars would take you there from Downtown for only 5 cents.
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IDAHO HISTORY: The Natatorium was Boise’s great pleasure resort
“The Natatorium will be thrown open to the public at 1 o’clock this afternoon,” the Idaho Statesman reported on the morning of May 25, 1892. “People are anxious to try the wonderful pool and baths, and the opening will no doubt be characterized by a large attendance.&#...
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Idaho History: Twin towers of the ‘Nat’ once graced Boise’s East End
On Sept. 7, 1891, the Idaho Statesman told its readers, “It is confidently expected that a contract will shortly be let for the construction of the great natatorium building on Warm Springs Avenue. The foundation walls are all laid, the mammoth plunge complete, and the tall rock grotto at...
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Idaho History: Boise had first geothermal heating in U.S.
“Right from Hades” is how the Idaho Statesman described the hot water being pumped from the ground a few hundred yards northwest of the penitentiary in December 1890.
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Idaho History: Steam-powered dredges flourished in the 1890s
Nearly every Idaho stream that showed promising prospects of gold attracted investors in dredges in the 1890s. The big steam-powered machines floated on ponds of their own creation as they chewed their way through the sand and gravel of stream beds, separated out the particles of gold, and dumped...
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Idaho History: Gold dredges chewed up miles of Idaho streambeds
The last gold dredge of an estimated 60 that once worked the gravel in mountain valleys in all parts of Idaho can still be seen on the Yankee Fork of Salmon River, where it is now operated as a historic site by the Yankee Fork Gold Dredging Association, a nonprofit volunteer organization.
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