Fort Boise

noun

1. a fort formerly near Boise, in SW Idaho: an important post on the Oregon Trail.

Example Sentences

Among them is a monument on the grounds of the Veterans Administration, the old Fort Boise site, installed in “memory of soldiers and Indian fighters who served to make the frontier safe for Idaho pioneers.”

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Snow geese near Parma: The Fort Boise Wildlife Management Area attracts thousands of snow and greater white-fronted geese for about a month every spring.

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The largest band is located near Fort Boise on the Snake River, to the north of the Bonacks.

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Then we struck the main Boise River, as it comes out of the mountain, not far below the present location of Boise City; thence, about ten miles down the river, and into the bend, where we found a miserable pen of a place, at that time called Fort Boise.

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Mr. Parker never originated or thought of the practicability of the route till after Dr. Whitman had left his wagon at Fort Boise, and demonstrated the fact of a practicable wagon route.

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