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Fort Boise

American  

noun

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


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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.

From Washington Times Mar. 19, 2016

Beyant the second ford, at Fort Boise, I ain't never been.

From The Covered Wagon by Emerson Hough

From the lower crossing of the Snake River at old Fort Boise to The Dalles is approximately three hundred and fifty miles over mountains and deserts.

From Ox-Team Days on the Oregon Trail by F. N. (Frederick N.) Wilson

I ain't tellin' you what to do, but if you want real good country whar you can take your pick, thar's some a mite beyond Fort Boise.

From The Lost Wagon by James Arthur Kjelgaard

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.

From A History of Oregon, 1792-1849 Drawn From Personal Observation and Authentic Information by William Henry Gray

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