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Boise (along with Valley and Boise Counties) hosted the 2009 Special Olympics World Winter Games. More than 2,500 athletes from over 85 countries participated. [112] In 1972, John Waters set the final scene of his film Pink Flamingos in Boise. [113] The 1995 independent film Not This Part of the World was filmed in Boise. [114]
Boise Guardian begins publication. [47] 2006 – Treasure Valley Rollergirls founded. Albertsons LLC headquartered in Boise. Butch Otter and Lori Otter, Governor and First Lady of Idaho, open the 2009 Special Olympics World Winter Games. 2007 – College of Western Idaho founded. 2008 – Trey McIntyre dance troupe relocates to Boise. [48]
This partial list of city nicknames in Idaho compiles the aliases, sobriquets and slogans that cities are known by (or have been known by historically), officially and unofficially, to municipal governments, local people, outsiders or their tourism boards or chambers of commerce.
Benjamin Victor, world-renowned sculptor and Professor of Practice and Artist in Residence at Boise State University [48] Wayne Walker, football linebacker and broadcaster [49] Viola S. Wendt, poet [citation needed] Dick Wesson, television and movie trailer announcer; Steve Harwell, Singer and founder of Smash Mouth
As Boise began to grow, so did the riches of large planters such as Thomas and Frank Davis. They moved to Idaho in 1862 for mining and homesteaded right below the Boise Bench on the Boise River. Tom Davis became very successful at growing fruit, as he made over $10,000 on one year's apple crop. [4] He later purchased more land for orchards and ...
National Geographic has listed Boise as one of the 25 best places in the world to visit in 2025.. The list was curated by National Geographic’s team of writers, editors and photographers. Travel ...
Downtown Boise is the central business district of Boise, Idaho, located north of the Boise River. It is the largest city center in the U.S. state of Idaho. Economy
The flag of Idaho. Idaho (/ ˈ aɪ d ə h oʊ / ⓘ EYE-də-hoh) is a landlocked state in the Pacific Northwest and Mountain West subregions of the Western United States.It borders Montana and Wyoming to the east, Nevada and Utah to the south, and Washington and Oregon to the west; the state shares a small portion of the Canada–United States border to the north with the Canadian province of ...