Timeline of Boise, Idaho facts for kids

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Boise, Idaho, USA.

19th century

• 1863 - Fort Boise established by United States Army.
• 1864 - December 7: Boise designated capital of Idaho Territory.
  • Idaho Tri-Weekly Statesman newspaper begins publication.
• 1866 - Christ Chapel built.
• 1867 - Henry E. Prickett becomes mayor.
• 1870 - Territorial Prison built.
• 1871 - Assay Office (Boise, Idaho) built.
• 1881 - Historical Society of Idaho Pioneers organized.
• 1890 - Boise becomes capital of new State of Idaho.
• 1892 - Woman's Columbian Club organized.
  • Boise Sentinel newspaper begins publication.
• 1896 - Ahavath Beth Israel (Boise, Idaho) synagogue built.
• 1897 - Idaho Intermountain Fair begins.

20th century

• 1900 - Population: 5,957
• 1901 - Idanha Hotel opens
• 1905 - Carnegie Public Library opens
• 1906 - Boise Commercial Club organized
• 1907 - Julia Davis Park established
• 1908 - Pinney Theatre opens
  • Swedish Lutheran Church built
• 1909 - College Women's Club organized
• 1910 - YWCA organized
  • Population: 17,358
• 1912 - Idaho State Capitol opens (first phase)
• 1913 - Idaho Labor Herald and New Freedom newspapers begin publication.
  • Boise-Payette Lumber Company in business

• 1920 - Population: 21,393
• 1921 - St. John's Cathedral completed
• 1925 - Union Pacific Depot opens
  • Idaho Country Club founded, became Hillcrest in 1940
• 1926 - Airfield in operation, at present site of Boise State University
• 1927 - Egyptian Theatre opens
• 1928 - Bandshell built in Julia Davis Park
• 1932 - Boise Junior College opens
  • Idaho Legionnaire newspaper begins publication
• 1938 - Boise Airport moves to present site
• 1939 - Rose Garden dedicated in Julia Davis Park
  • First Albertsons supermarket opens
• 1940 - Hillcrest Country Club opens at former Idaho Country Club
  • State Funeral of U.S. Senator William Borah; 23,000 pass bier in state capitol
• 1955 - Boise homosexuality scandal begins
• 1957 - Boise Cascade headquartered in Boise
• 1958 - Second public high school, Borah, opens
• 1960 - Population: 34,481
• 1964 - Bishop Kelly High School opens
• 1965 - Third public high school, Capital, opens
• 1968 - Boise Greenbelt plan adopted
• 1969 - Boise College becomes Boise State College
• 1970 - New Bronco Stadium opens, constructed in less than a year.
  • Population: 74,990
• 1972 - St. Alphonsus Hospital moves to present site from downtown
• 1973 - Boise Co-op founded.
  • State Penitentiary closes
• 1974 - Boise State College becomes Boise State University and Boise Bible College established.
• 1975 - One Capital Center opens
  • Boise A's minor league baseball team begins play (two seasons)
• 1976 - Old St. Alphonsus Hospital arson, later razed.
• 1977 - Idaho Shakespeare Festival begins.
• 1978 - U.S. Bank Plaza opens, as "Idaho First Plaza"
  • Micron Technology begins operations
  • Boise Buckskins minor league baseball team begins play (sole season)
• 1979 - Mountain West Airlines-Idaho headquartered in Boise
• 1980 - Population: 102,249
• 1982 - Taco Bell Arena opens as "BSU Pavilion"
• 1984 - World Center for Birds of Prey established
  • Boise, Idaho Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints opens
  • Funeral of U.S. Senator Frank Church
• 1986 - Bronco Stadium installs first blue AstroTurf field
• 1987 - Boise Hawks minor league baseball team's first season, relocated from Tri-Cities
  • Eastman Building fire,
• 1988 - Boise Towne Square Mall opens
  • Discovery Center of Idaho constructed.
• 1989 - Memorial Stadium opens for baseball
• 1990 - Boise Open golf tournament begins
  • Boise Centre (convention center) opens
  • Population: 125,738
• 1992 - Boise Weekly begins publication
  • Foothills School of Arts and Sciences established
• 1995 - Idaho Black History Museum built
• 1997
  • City website online (approximate date).
  • Boise Contemporary Theater group founded
  • CenturyLink Arena opens
  • Famous Idaho Potato Bowl (college football) game begins as "Humanitarian Bowl"
• 1998 - Fourth public high school, Timberline, opens
• 1999 - Boise Hare Krishna Temple built

21st century

• 2000 - Riverstone Community School relocates to Boise.
  • Population: 181,711
• 2002 - Islamic Center founded.
• 2003 - Boise Dharma Center founded.
• 2004 - David H. Bieter becomes mayor.
• 2005 - Caldwell-Boise Express bus begins operating.
  • Boise Guardian begins publication.
• 2006 - Treasure Valley Rollergirls founded.
  • Albertsons LLC headquartered in Boise.
• 2008 - Trey McIntyre dance troupe relocates to Boise.
  • Frank Church High School opens.
• 2009 - February: 2009 Special Olympics World Winter Games held.
• 2010 - Population: 205,671.
• 2011 - Idaho Aquarium opens.
• 2012 - Treefort Music Fest begins.
• 2013 - City sesquicentennial.