Boise
Details
- Names
Boise
- Place Type
- inhabited place
- Description
- Located on Boise River in SW Idaho; largest city in state; named by French-Cannadian trappers for river running through surrounding woods; economy flourished due to excellent location on Oregon Trail.
- Authority
- Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- Source
- Canby, Historic Places (1984); Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961); Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988); USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994); Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988);
- Born
- Active
Dave Darraugh (American, born 1952)
Kirsten Furlong (American, born 1969)
- Died
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