Boise History

The end of the summer in the Treasure Valley does gift us something to look forward to - the return of the Western Idaho Fair! It’s coming up August 16-25.

There’s no denying, the Boise Towne Square Mall has changed radically since it opened nearly 35 years ago.

If you drive through Downtown Boise right now, chances are you’ll have to reroute yourself due to the army of orange cones and road closures that have taken over.

We did a little digging to see what they were up to after leaving the Boise market.

Today is National Zoo Lovers Day. Zoo Boise is unique and nationally recognized for their incredible conservation efforts with animals. How the zoo got started is a very different and crazy story. A monkey decided to retire from his life in the circus...

The underground tunnels are mostly used by government and state employees. The tunnels go under streets, sidewalks and buildings mostly in and around the capitol in downtown Boise. Most of the original paintings are dated from 1986, 1987, and 1988. The original art has been hiding from the public in these underground tunnels for close to 35 years. I felt drawn to share them and hopefully get a few stories from the artists.

This is a fascinating look at how things have changed since the very first photos of Boise were captured 100s of years ago.

A family who left San Francisco after the 1906 earthquake built the home in 1911 and they built it to last. Today the home is on the National Register of Historic Places. The home was constructed with 12 solid inches of concrete from top to bottom.

Once upon a time in a land not so far, far away lived a Roller Coaster, a Tilt-A-Whirl, a Ferris Wheel and more...but their memory has long since vanished.