Timeline of Boise, Idaho

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Boise, Idaho, United States.

19th century[]

• 1863 – Fort Boise established by United States Army.^[1]
• 1864 – December 7: Boise designated capital of Idaho Territory.^[2]
  • Idaho Tri-Weekly Statesman newspaper begins publication.^[3]

Christ Chapel was constructed in 1866 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.

• 1866 – Christ Chapel built.
• 1867 – Henry E. Prickett becomes mayor.
• 1870 – Territorial Prison built.^[4]
• 1871 – Assay Office (Boise, Idaho) built.
• 1881 – Historical Society of Idaho Pioneers organized.
• 1886 - Anti-Chinese convention held ^[5]
• 1890 – Boise becomes capital of new State of Idaho.
• 1892 – Woman's Columbian Club organized.^[6][7]
  • Boise Sentinel newspaper begins publication.^[3]
• 1896 – Ahavath Beth Israel synagogue built.
• 1897 – Idaho Intermountain Fair begins.

20th century[]

• 1900 – Population: 5,957
• 1901 – Idanha Hotel opens
• 1905 – Carnegie Public Library opens ^[8][9]
• 1906 – Boise Commercial Club organized ^[10]

Main Street in 1911

• 1907 – Julia Davis Park established
• 1908 – Pinney Theatre opens ^[11]
  • Swedish Lutheran Church built
• 1909 – College Women's Club organized ^[12]
• 1910 – YWCA organized ^[12]
  • Population: 17,358
• 1912 – Idaho State Capitol opens (first phase)
• 1913 – Idaho Labor Herald and New Freedom newspapers begin publication.^[3]
  • Boise-Payette Lumber Company in business

Map of Boise in 1917

• 1920 – Population: 21,393
• 1921 – St. John's Cathedral completed
• 1925 – Union Pacific Depot opens
  • Idaho Country Club founded, became Hillcrest in 1940
• 1926 – Airfield in operation, at present site of Boise State University^[13]
• 1927 – Egyptian Theatre opens
• 1928 – Bandshell built in Julia Davis Park
• 1932 – Boise Junior College opens
  • Idaho Legionnaire newspaper begins publication^[3]
• 1938 – Boise Airport moves to present site^{[citation needed]}
• 1939 – Rose Garden dedicated in Julia Davis Park
  • First Albertsons supermarket opens
• 1940 – Hillcrest Country Club opens at former Idaho Country Club
  • State Funeral of U.S. Senator William Borah; 23,000 pass bier in state capitol^[14]

Boise's Carnegie Public Library opened in 1905 on Washington St. and remained at that site until the library moved in 1973.

• 1955 – Boise homosexuality scandal begins
• 1957 – Boise Cascade headquartered in Boise
• 1958 – Second public high school, Borah, opens
• 1960 – Population: 34,481
• 1964 – Bishop Kelly High School opens
• 1965 – Third public high school, Capital, opens
• 1968 – Boise Greenbelt plan adopted
• 1969 – Boise College becomes Boise State College
• 1970 – New Bronco Stadium opens, constructed in less than a year.
  • Population: 74,990
• 1972 – St. Alphonsus Hospital moves to present site from downtown^[15]
• 1973 – Boise Co-op founded.^[16][17]
  • State Penitentiary closes^[4]
• 1974 – Boise State College becomes Boise State University and Boise Bible College established.
• 1975 – One Capital Center opens
  • Boise A's minor league baseball team begins play (two seasons)^[18][19]
• 1976 – Old St. Alphonsus Hospital arson,^[20] later razed.^[21]
• 1977 – Idaho Shakespeare Festival begins.^[22]

US Bank Plaza, constructed as "Idaho First Plaza," opened in 1978.

• 1978 – U.S. Bank Plaza opens, as "Idaho First Plaza"^[23][24]
  • Micron Technology begins operations
  • Boise Buckskins minor league baseball team begins play (sole season)^[25][26]
• 1979 – Mountain West Airlines-Idaho headquartered in Boise
• 1980 – Population: 102,249
• 1982 – Taco Bell Arena opens as "BSU Pavilion"
• 1984 – World Center for Birds of Prey established
  • Boise, Idaho Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints opens
  • Funeral of U.S. Senator Frank Church^[27][28]
• 1986 – Bronco Stadium installs first blue AstroTurf field
• 1987 – Boise Hawks minor league baseball team's first season, relocated from Tri-Cities^[29]
  • Eastman Building fire,^[30][31][32]
• 1988 – Boise Towne Square Mall opens
  • constructed.^{[citation needed]}
• 1989 – Memorial Stadium opens for baseball
• 1990 – Boise Open golf tournament begins
  • Boise Centre (convention center) opens
  • Population: 125,738
• 1992 – Boise Weekly begins publication
  • Foothills School of Arts and Sciences established
• 1995 – Idaho Black History Museum built^{[citation needed]}
• 1997
  • City website online (approximate date).^{[33][chronology citation needed]}
  • Boise Contemporary Theater group founded
  • CenturyLink Arena opens
  • Famous Idaho Potato Bowl (college football) game begins as "Humanitarian Bowl"^[34]
• 1998 – Fourth public high school, Timberline, opens
• 1999 – Boise Hare Krishna Temple built

21st century[]

Aerial view of Boise in 2007

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• 2000 – Riverstone Community School relocates to Boise.
  • Population: 181,711 ^[35]
• 2002 – Islamic Center founded.^[36]
• 2003 – Boise Dharma Center founded.^[36]
• 2004 – David H. Bieter becomes mayor.^[37]
• 2005 – Caldwell-Boise Express bus begins operating.^[38]
  • Boise Guardian begins publication.^[39]
• 2006 – Treasure Valley Rollergirls founded.
  • Albertsons LLC headquartered in Boise.

Butch Otter and Lori Otter, Governor and First Lady of Idaho, open the 2009 Special Olympics World Winter Games

• 2007 – College of Western Idaho founded.
• 2008 – Trey McIntyre dance troupe relocates to Boise.^[40]
  • Frank Church High School opens.
• 2009 – February: 2009 Special Olympics World Winter Games held.
• 2010 – Population: 205,671.
• 2011 – Idaho Aquarium opens.
• 2012 – Treefort Music Fest begins.
• 2013 – City sesquicentennial.^[41]

See also[]

• Boise history
• Boise metropolitan area
• Media in Boise, Idaho
• List of mayors of Boise

References[]

Bibliography[]

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Boise, Idaho.

• Boise City Office of the Historian
• Items related to Boise, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America).
• Items related to Boise, various dates (via U.S. Library of Congress, Prints and Photos Division)

Coordinates: 43°36′49″N 116°14′16″W / 43.613739°N 116.237651°W / 43.613739; -116.237651