Fort Boise

American  

noun

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

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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.”

From Seattle Times

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.

From Washington Times

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

From Project Gutenberg

On the left bank of the south branch of the Columbia, or Snake River, at the junction of the Boise, was located Fort Boise, built formerly, in 1834, with poles; later, with adobes.

From Project Gutenberg

The reader is sufficiently acquainted with the history of this man’s toil and labor in bringing his first wagon through to Fort Boise, to understand what he meant when he said, “I will see.”

From Project Gutenberg