... that the Boise River routinely flooded to the lip of the Bench and as far north as Front Street before Arrowrock and Lucky Peak dams.

Portraiture

Cynthia Pease Mann

A school pays tribute to a remarkable pioneer

Sigler's Boise

The Idaho State Historical Library and Archives presents Boise photographer R. Harold Sigler

Better Times

Russell Lee in the Treasure Valley, 1941

An attorney and former territorial legislator organizes a municipal government and a street improvement fund.

James A. Pinney

A popular mayor, thrice reelected, builds fire stations, purchases a bridge, and commissions a grand city hall.

Building Boise

Trial of the Century

Labor battled capital in the epic 1907 Stuenenberg assassination trail

Boise's Quest for Drinkable Water

Entrepreneurs rose to the challenge of pumping our water supply

Parades

Teaching patriotism through celebration and parades.

Freeways

A visual journey

Capital Boulevard

Depot to the Dome

Preservation

Mobile Home Living in Boise

its uncertain future and alarming decline

Save our Schools

The case for preserving Boise's neighborhood schools

Ethnic Landmarks

Brick and brownstone traces of the immigrant city

Boise Past and Present

A photo gallery from the Boise State Hemingway Center

Historic Signs

David Day's photographic restrospective

Second Chinatown

Its rise and fall, 1901-1972

Boise Architecture Project

Timberland High School guide to historic styles