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Margaret Stevenson Roberts (March 21, 1872 – May 25, 1952) was an American librarian known as Idaho's "Petticoat Governor" for her influence in advocating for women's suffrage. She was the main force behind the Idaho Free Traveling Library for over thirty years, encouraging reading and the establishment of public libraries.
The Warm Springs Avenue Historic District in Boise, Idaho, is a residential area with 96 contributing houses representing a variety of architectural styles constructed between 1870 and 1940. The district includes Queen Anne , Colonial Revival , Tudor Revival , Bungalow , and other styles representing the work of architects Tourtellotte & Hummel ...
The Lower Main Street Commercial Historic District in Boise, Idaho, is a collection of 11 masonry buildings, originally 14 buildings, that were constructed 1897-1914 as Boise became a metropolitan community. Hannifin's Cigar Store is the oldest business in the district (1922), and it operates in the oldest building in the district (1897).
When Kinney died at Oakland in 1905, his remains were returned to Boise and placed in a temporary vault while the Joseph Kinney Mausoleum was constructed. At the time, the Idaho Statesman said of the mausoleum that it was "probably the finest structure of its kind in the state." [9] Margaret Kinney remarried and later was known as Margaret ...
Ailshie belonged to no clubs in Boise, though she entertained numerous guests at her home from her travels around the globe. She endowed the Margaret Cobb Ailshie Trust, which benefited many public institutions over the years. She closely watched the Harry Orchard case in the assassination of Gov. Frank Steunenberg. Her papers elucidate ...
Margaret E. Jacobs is a Native American artist and member of the Akwesasne Mohawk tribe, ... 2019, to April 26, 2020, in the Boise Art Museum, in Boise Idaho. [8]
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In 2008, the Statesman entered into a strategic partnership with the Idaho Press to print the newspaper in Nampa, fifteen miles (25 km) west of Boise. This partnership allowed the Statesman to reduce expenses amidst declining revenues. A decade later in 2018, printing moved to the Times-News in Twin Falls, [4] 120 miles (190 km) southeast of Boise.