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Encyclopedia Britannica



BOISE

This article appears in Volume V04, Page 153 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: BLA-BOS
BOISE , a city and the county-seat of Ada county, Idaho, U.S.A., and the
capital
  of the state, situated on the N. side of the Boise river, in the S.W. part of the state, at an altitude of about 2700 ft. Pop. (1890) 2311; (1900) 5957; (1910) 17,358. It is served by the
Oregon
  Short Line railway, being the terminus of a branch connecting with the main line at Nampa, about 20 M. W.; and by electric lines connecting with Caldwell and Nampa. The principal buildings are the state capitol, the United States assay office, a
Carnegie
  library, a natatorium, and the Federal building, containing the post office, the United States circuit and
district
  court rooms, and a U.S. land office. Boise is the seat of the state school for the deaf and blind (1906), and just outside the city limits are the state soldiers'
home
  and the state penitentiary. About 2 M. from the city are Federal barracks. Hot water (175 F.) from artesian wells near the city is utilized for the natatorium and to heat many residences and public buildings. The Boise valley is an excellent country for raising apples, prunes and other fruits. The manufactured products of the city are such as are demanded by a mining country, principally lumber, flour and machine-shop products. Boise is the
trade
  centre of the surrounding fruit-growing, agricultural and mining country, and is an important wool market. The oldest
settlement
  in the vicinity was made by the Hudson's Bay Fur Company on the west side of the Boise river, before 186o; the present city, chartered in 1864,
dates
  from 1863. After 1900 the city grew very rapidly, principally owing to the
great
  irrigation schemes in southern Idaho; the water for the immense Boise-Payette irrigation system is taken from the Boise, 8 m. above the city. (See IDAHO.)


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