Fort Boise is either of two different locations in the Western United States, both in southwestern Idaho. The first was a Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) trading...
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incursions into Boise Valley along the Oregon Trail remained low, until early 1840s. The HBC established a fort in the region, the Old Fort Boise, 40 miles...
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country for years. Using its trading post at Fort Boise, it drove Wyeth's company out of business, and he sold Fort Hall to the HBC. The peak of the fur market...
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Columbia. By 1840, the HBC had three forts: Fort Hall (purchased from Nathaniel Jarvis Wyeth in 1837), Fort Boise and Fort Nez Perce on the western end of...
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Northern Paiute and Shoshone. In 1834, Thomas McKay built the original Fort Boise, in the area near present-day Parma, which was run for a time by Francois...
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western and eastern United States. Fort Boise, at the site of the city of Boise was founded on July 3, 1863. Old Fort Boise near the present day city of Parma...
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hearing that the two brothers and Billy Clanton were preparing to come to Fort Worth, Texas to visit after selling their cattle. On screen Billy has been...
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Fort Boise was about 130 miles long. The usually lush Boise River valley was a welcome relief. The next crossing of the Snake River was near Old Fort...
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Travelers going via Fort Boise had to cross the river one more time to rejoin the trail heading west. A ferry existed at Fort Boise since at least 1843;...
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