... that the southeast corner of 6th and Main was once a German athletic club.

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Historical essays and research-in-progress concerning Boise and the Treasure Valley. The editors invite comments, corrections, and submission inquiries at historian@cityofboise.org

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Collister Neighborhood:
Peaches, Plums and People

William Blackadar
Boise State University

Mobile Home Living in Boise:
its uncertain future and alarming decline

A report to the Mayor of Boise from the Boise State University College of Social Sciences and Public Affairs.

Boise State University

Preserving the Eighth Street Warehouse District

Losing an important piece of Boise's freighting history: The O.W. Smith building controversy

Ann Felton
Boise State University

Boise: A History

Forthcoming from the Association of Idaho Cities

Josh Bernard
Boise State University

Boise’s Water System 1890-2005:

The Municipal Ownership Controversy

Bob Kent
Boise State University

Clang, Clang, Clang, Went the Trolleys

The progressive nature of Boise in the late 1800s brought the
amazing Trolley to the valley.

Kali Steppe
Boise State University

Danger in the Floodplain

The flood of 1943 brought federal dollars and, belatedly, an
engineering solution at Lucky Dam.

Kelly A. Mitchell
Boise State University

Airport Expansion, 1929

A hard-fought municipal bond made Boise a regional center of
commercial aviation.

Ann Felton
Boise State University

Building the Egyptian

The 1927 theater recalls an era when Boiseans searched for the mysterious and exotic through fantasy architecture.

Sue Paseman
Boise State University

Changing River, Changing Boise

Gone is the river that drained the Boise valley in the days of the
Oregon Trail.

Amber Beierle

Boise State University