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

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

Ellis, with most of the chiefs, was absent, having gone to meet the immigrants, then in the vicinity of Fort Boise, with a view to furnish them provisions, and trade them horses for cattle.

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

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 Wilson, F. N. (Frederick N.)

Others had from two to as many as thirty pack animals, loaded either with furs or with goods that they were taking to Fort Boise.

From The Lost Wagon by Kjelgaard, James Arthur

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 Kjelgaard, James Arthur