This incredibly detailed and fast-moving historical novel presents a portion of Electa’s life

Founded in 1863, it was named for its location midway between Boise and old Fort Boise near what is now Parma. Middleton is the oldest community in Canyon County and one of the oldest in the state

Everyone interested in gathering and recording oral history is invited to attend the workshop, March 24 from 9-4 at the Bopundary County Museum

Idaho’s Chinese gardeners filled a real need in the frontier communities where they settled. Many who had come to Idaho City and other Boise Basin towns as miners had turned to vegetable gardening

Last Monday night, at a meeting of the Garden City Council, Mayor John Evans read a proclamation honoring the Louie family. The Louies were Idaho pioneers who gardened in the area that became Garden City and gave it its name.

The Boise City Rapid Transit Company opened one streetcar line on Main Street in 1891 with a passing track in front of the Belgravia. For a nickel, one could take the streetcar out Warm Springs Avenue to the Natatorium.

Glimpses of mining’s glory days. Reminders of a rush for riches that helped transform a wilderness into a state