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BOISE , a See also:

city and the See also:county-seat of Ada county, See also:Idaho, U.S.A., and the See also:capital of the See also:state, situated on the N. See also:side of the Boise See also:river, in the S.W. See also:part of the state, at an See also:altitude of about 2700 ft. Pop. (1890) 2311; (1900) 5957; (1910) 17,358. It is served by the See also:Oregon See also:Short See also:Line railway, being the See also:terminus of a See also:branch connecting with the See also:main line at Nampa, about 20 M. W.; and by electric lines connecting with Caldwell and Nampa. The See also:principal buildings are the state capitol, the See also:United States assay See also:office, a See also:Carnegie library, a natatorium, and the Federal See also:building, containing the See also:post office, the United States See also:circuit and See also:district See also:court rooms, and a U.S. See also:land office. Boise is the seat of the state school for the See also:deaf and See also:blind (1906), and just outside the city limits are the state soldiers' See also:home and the state See also:penitentiary. About 2 M. from the city are Federal See also:barracks. Hot See also:water (175° F.) from artesian See also:wells near the city is utilized for the natatorium and to See also:heat many residences and public buildings. The Boise valley is an excellent See also:country for raising apples, prunes and other fruits. The manufactured products of the city are such as are demanded by a See also:mining country, principally See also:lumber, See also:flour and See also:machine-See also:shop products. Boise is the See also:trade centre of the surrounding See also:fruit-growing, agricultural and mining country, and is an important See also:wool See also:market.

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oldest See also:settlement in the vicinity was made by the See also:Hudson's See also:Bay See also:Fur See also:Company on the See also:west side of the Boise river, before 186o; the See also:present city, chartered in 1864, See also:dates from 1863. After 1900 the city See also:grew very rapidly, principally owing to the See also:great See also:irrigation schemes in See also:southern Idaho; the water for the immense Boise-Payette irrigation See also:system is taken from the Boise, 8 m. above the city.

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