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Anywhere in the US, the verdant community of
BOISE
(pronounced
Boy-zee
) would come across as a bustling and likeable small city; located in arid southwestern Idaho, it's all the more appealing. The town straddles I-84, just 350 miles from Salt Lake City to the southeast and a trifling 490 miles from Seattle in the northwest.
The town grew up under the protective wing of Fort Boise, established in 1862 for the benefit of pioneers using the Oregon Trail. After adapting (or misspelling) the name originally given to the area by French trappers -
les bois
, the woods - the earliest residents boosted the town's appearance by planting hundreds more trees.
The Town
To explore Boise's compact, friendly
downtown
, start at the central
State Capitol
at Jefferson Street and Capitol Boulevard. This squat replica of the national capitol exhibits gemstones such as the star garnet, found only in...
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