Gribblenation

Boise is the Idaho State Capital, Ada County Seat and Idaho's largest City.  This past September Gribblenation staff writer Tom Fearer visited the City of Boise and much of the surrounding Metro Area.  Below is a compellation of sites and infrastructure pieces around the Boise Metro Area that Tom thought would be interesting to Gribblenation readers.  Pictured above is the view facing northward on Capitol Boulevard from the 1925 Union Pacific Depot towards the Idaho State Capitol Building.   Part 1; a brief history of the formation of the City of Boise Boise lies within Boise Valley along the namesake Boise River.  The origin of the City of Boise can be traced back to the establishment of Fort Boise on the Oregon Trail.  The original Fort Boise was established in 1834 by Thomas McKay of the Hudson Bay Company near confluence of Boise River and Snake River close to modern Parma of Canyon County.  The original Fort Boise was established at the same ...