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Idaho history: Capitol City Christian Church is a Boise landmark

Capitol City Christian Church has fine stained glass.

In September 1910, Gov. James Brady was the principal speaker at the laying of the cornerstone of the new First Christian Church. The building was designed by New York architect George W. Kramer, who has been described as the principal proponent...

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Idaho history: Boise's Presbyterians built their first church in 1881

The churches erected by each of Boise's major religious denominations have been the subject of our recent columns, beginning with Baptist minister Hiram Hamilton's letter to the Idaho Tri-weekly Statesman in September 1865, noting that "a good house of worship is much needed in this city. For more...
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State looks for buyer to relocate historic Boise house

The State of Idaho needs to move a historic Boise home located at 603 W. Franklin St. The state will give first crack to bidders looking to purchase the home and relocate it. Bids are also being accepted for those looking to demolish the home and salvage the building materials.
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Idaho History: Boise's Catholics had services for years before they had a church

The first Catholic religious service in Boise was held in 1863.
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Idaho History: The remarkable career of Episcopal Bishop Tuttle

"I arrived at Boise Saturday afternoon, October 12, with broken neck, bruised head, aching bones, sore throat and disturbed temper… of all the uncomfortable routes I ever traveled over, that from Salt Lake to Boise is the worst." Thus wrote Daniel Sylvester Tuttle of his first stagecoach ride...
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Idaho History: Idaho's first Episcopal Church originally named for its founder

On Aug. 14, 1864, Episcopal priest St. Michael Fackler held divine services at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. in Boise's first small adobe schoolhouse. Services were held there because there was not yet a church building in town. The Idaho Tri-weekly Statesman had reported a day earlier that "Mr. Fackler is...
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Idaho History: Boise's Methodists build a church of their own in 1874

The Idaho Tri-weekly Statesman announced to its readers on August 27, 1874 that "The M.E. Society of this city will next week break ground for their new church edifice. It is intended to have it ready for use before cold weather sets it."
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IDAHO HISTORY: Boise was slow in getting its first church buildings

In September 1865, the Idaho Tri-weekly Statesman printed an item submitted by Baptist Pastor Hiram Hamilton lamenting the fact that although Boise was approaching its second birthday it still had not a single church building. "A good house of worship is much needed in this city. For more than a...
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IDAHO HISTORY: National Music Week, founded in Boise, is still going strong

When Boise's annual Music Week leads off on Friday, May 3 with School Night at Taco Bell Arena, it will mark nearly a century of performances in an event started here in 1919.
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Idaho History: Famed Boise Children's Home holds open house Thursday

The Boise Children's Home opened in 1910 in a large sandstone building on Warm Springs Avenue.
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Idaho History: Horse thieves risked their necks in frontier Idaho

In his 1913 "Early History of Idaho," ex-Sen. and Gov. William J. McConnell observed, "One of the peculiar characteristics of the people in all frontier countries is their hatred of horse thieves, and the belief that nothing less than capital punishment is adequate to suppress them." He notes that...