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Tag Archives: frontier Boise

Frontier Boise Audiences Lacked Manners

Posted on April 18, 2015 by adminMarch 3, 2015

  A demoralized crowd We think that the crowd that generally assembles in the “pit” of our places of amusement are the most badly behaved of any we ever saw. They seem perfectly regardless of what is going on in … Continue reading →

Posted in Idaho History | Tagged frontier Boise, live plays, manners, Statesman editor

Frontier Entertainment Included Plays and Liquor-free Lodges

Posted on April 11, 2015 by adminMarch 3, 2015

At 2 p.m. yesterday a large audience assembled in the lodge room of Good Templars Hall to witness the ceremonies of dedicating the place to the uses of total abstinence from liquor. Music by the brass band began the exercises … Continue reading →

Posted in Idaho History | Tagged entertainment, frontier Boise, liquor free, live plays, lodge, Lucretia Borgia

German Gymnasts Provided Frontier Entertainment

Posted on March 28, 2015 by adminMarch 3, 2015

The German dance at Slocum’s Hall on Tuesday night, was all that its projectors hoped for — a perfect success socially, numerically and financially. The German singing club, connected with the [Turnverein] society, sang some of their best songs, and the … Continue reading →

Posted in Idaho History | Tagged dance, frontier Boise, German singers, gymnastics, Turnverein Society

Girls in Frontier Boise Devised Their Own Games

Posted on March 7, 2015 by adminMarch 7, 2015

We understand the soldiers of Company H, 23rd infantry have saved of their wages and appropriated $1200 to the purchase of a library consisting of 1000 volumes. It is already purchased and shipped to Kelton and Col. Sinclaire will send … Continue reading →

Posted in Idaho History | Tagged Fort Boise, frontier Boise, frontier girls games, soldiers leisure activities

Horse Thieves Proved There Was No Justice In 1860s Boise

Posted on October 5, 2013 by adminMarch 19, 2015

The rough and tumble mining camps of the Boise Basin gave an ambitious young man named William McConnell a chance to build his fortune as a farmer. Later McConnell became one of Idaho’s early governors and wrote a book about … Continue reading →

Posted in Idaho History | Tagged Boise Basin, Dave Updyke, frontier Boise, horse thieves, Opdyke, William McConnell

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