Timeline of Boise, Idaho
City history timeline
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19th century
- Pre-colonization – Area inhabited by Boise Valley Shoshone and Bannock Tribes, a part of the "Snake Country"
- 1811 – Wilson Hunt's expedition in search of Fur trade routes becomes the first White American settler to visit the area[1][2]
- 1818 – "Joint-Occupation" of the region by the United Kingdom and the United States, in practice the region remained free of Settler incursions and HBC had a monopoly
- 1846 – British relinquishing of its claim, US takeover and establishment of "Oregon Territory.
- 1848 – Passage of Donation Land Claim Act Increasing settler incursion en route to the Pacific Coast of Oregon
- 1854 – Ward Massacre, the killing of 21 settlers in an attack on a 6-wagon caravan.
- 1863 – Gold mines discovered in the area. Fort Boise established by United States Army.[3][4]
- 1864 – October 10: Governor of the territory and Boise Valley Shoshone tribe sign a treaty in which the tribe gives up the control of the land upon which Boise is located.[5] Treaty was never ratified by Congress.[6]
- 1864 – Idaho Tri-Weekly Statesman newspaper begins publication.[7]
- 1864 – December 7: Boise designated capital of Idaho Territory.[8][4]
- 1866 – Christ Chapel built.
- 1866 – (Lasted until 1868) Start of the unofficial Snake War between settler residents and the US Military on one side, and indigenous peoples of Boise Valley on the other.[9] Statistically, the deadliest of the Indian Wars in the West in terms of casualties.[10]
- 1867 – Henry E. Prickett becomes mayor.
- 1869 – "Idaho's Trail of Tears", forced expulsion of Boise Valley Shoshone and Bannock Tribes to Fort Hall Reservation[11]
- 1870 – Territorial Prison built.[12]
- 1871 – Assay Office (Boise, Idaho) built.
- 1881 – Historical Society of Idaho Pioneers organized.
- 1882 - Boise High School first opened.
- 1892 – Boise Chamber of Commerce was formed with James Pinney as the first president.
- 1886 - Anti-Chinese convention held [13]
- 1890
- Boise becomes capital of new State of Idaho.
- Population: 2,311.[4]
- 1892 – Woman's Columbian Club organized.[14][15]
- Boise Sentinel newspaper begins publication.[7]
- 1896 – Ahavath Beth Israel synagogue built.
- 1897 – Idaho Intermountain Fair begins.
20th century
- 1900 – Population: 5,957.[4]
- 1901 – Idanha Hotel opens
- 1902 - Boise High School building replaced. "Not the well-known white brick building present today, but traditional red brick, typical of the time period. The cornerstone was laid in 1902."
- 1905 – Carnegie Public Library opens [16][17]
- 1906 – Boise Commercial Club organized [18]
- 1907 – Julia Davis Park established
- 1908 – Pinney Theatre opens [19]
- Swedish Lutheran Church built
- 1909 – College Women's Club organized [20]
- 1910 – YWCA organized [20]
- Population: 17,358.[4]
- 1912 – Idaho State Capitol opens (first phase)
- 1913 – Idaho Labor Herald and New Freedom newspapers begin publication.[7]
- Boise-Payette Lumber Company in business
- 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[21]
- 1927 – Egyptian Theatre opens
- 1928 – Bandshell built in Julia Davis Park
- 1930 - Idaho's First Skyscraper Hotel Boise completed. (Named Hoff Building in 1976.)
- 1932 – Boise Junior College opens
- Idaho Legionnaire newspaper begins publication[7]
- 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[22]
- 1955 – Boise homosexuality scandal begins
- 1957 – Boise Cascade headquartered in Boise
- - The first computer in Boise installed at the Department of Highways
- 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
- 1971 - The Boise Redevelopment Agency purchased and demolished the remaining core of Boise's Chinatown.
- 1972 – St. Alphonsus Hospital moves to present site from downtown[23]
- 1973 – Boise Co-op founded.[24][25]
- State Penitentiary closes[12]
- 1974 – Boise State College becomes Boise State University and Boise Bible College established.
- 1975 – One Capital Center opens
- 1976 – Old St. Alphonsus Hospital arson,[28] later razed.[29]
- 1977 – Idaho Shakespeare Festival begins.[30]
- 1978 – U.S. Bank Plaza opens, as "Idaho First Plaza"[31][32]
- Micron Technology begins operations
- Boise Buckskins minor league baseball team begins play (sole season)[33][34]
- 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[35][36]
- 1986 – Bronco Stadium installs first blue AstroTurf field
- 1987 – Boise Hawks minor league baseball team's first season, relocated from Tri-Cities[37]
- 1988 – Boise Towne Square Mall opens
- Discovery Center of Idaho 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).[41][chronology citation needed]
- Boise Contemporary Theater group founded
- CenturyLink Arena opens
- Famous Idaho Potato Bowl (college football) game begins as "Humanitarian Bowl"[42]
- Removal of passenger services at Boise Union Pacific Depot
- 1998 – Fourth public high school, Timberline, opens
- 1999 – Boise Hare Krishna Temple built
21st century
- 2000 – Riverstone Community School relocates to Boise.
- Population: 181,711 [43]
- 2002 – Islamic Center founded.[44]
- 2003 – Boise Dharma Center founded.[44]
- 2004 – David H. Bieter becomes mayor.[45]
- 2005 – Caldwell-Boise Express bus begins operating.[46]
- Boise Guardian begins publication.[47]
- 2006 – Treasure Valley Rollergirls founded.
- Albertsons LLC headquartered in Boise.
- 2007 – College of Western Idaho founded.
- 2008 – Trey McIntyre dance troupe relocates to Boise.[48]
- Frank Church High School opens.
- 2009 – February: 2009 Special Olympics World Winter Games held.
- 2009 – June: Named a "Tree City USA" by Arbor Day Foundation.
- 2010 – Population: 205,671.
- 2011 – Idaho Aquarium opens.
- 2012 – Treefort Music Fest begins.
- 2013 – City sesquicentennial.[49]
- 2017 – June 8, Declaration of the annual "Return of the Boise Valley People Day" to commemorate the connection of the exiled Boise Valley Shoshone and Bannock Tribes to their ancestral land[50]
- 2020 – Population: 235,684.[51]
