Idaho History
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
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
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
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
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
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...
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IDAHO LEGISLATURE
Hot-button issues of 2013 Idaho Legislature
RIGHT TO TAN For a second year in a row, a bill to limit teen tanning flamed out - despite pleas from supporters armed with scientific studies showing that kids who use tanning beds to bronze their bodies face heightened risks of deadly skin cancer. Rep. John Vander Woude, a Nampa Republican who...
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IDAHO HISTORY
Idaho History: Early towns derived style from many sources
Once upon a time in Idaho there were small young towns with a few new wooden business buildings of which all of the people were very proud. It was generally believed that these buildings marked the beginning of an era of growth that would one day make their town a place of importance, and eventually...
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IDAHO HISTORY
Idaho History: A road, school and library were named for Orric Cole
Orric Cole was described in French's 1914 history of Idaho as "one of the best known and highly esteemed citizens of Boise, where he has had his residence continuously for nearly four decades."
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IDAHO HISTORY
Idaho history: Dr. Ustick had a talent for making money
Boise Public Library's West Boise branch, located near the corner of Cole and Ustick roads, will be four years old on June 30. It is a state-of-the-art facility with a large patronage and resources and activities for people of all ages. Today we will tell the story of one of the men for whom it ...
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IDAHO HISTORY
Idaho History: 'The Idaho Story' was a pageant involving hundreds
To say that the Greater Boise Centennial celebration of 1963 was an ambitious undertaking is probably an understatement. The schedule of events listed in the souvenir program issued by the Greater Boise Chamber of Commerce confirms that opinion.
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