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Cyrus Y. Jacobs (December 23, 1831—June 28, 1900) was a Boise pioneer who helped to plat the original townsite in 1863. [10] He operated a grain mill and a mercantile establishment, and he sold his own brand of rye whiskey. Jacobs served as mayor of Boise (1879-1880), and he was an early proponent of Boise's streetcar. [11]
“Best overall dining experience in Boise!” says another. At 5,300 square feet, Percy is Wylder Hospitality Group’s largest restaurant by far. Priciest, too.
Julia Davis Park, at over 90 acres (36 ha) is by far, the largest park in downtown Boise. It is home to a number of cultural and educational sites, including Zoo Boise, the Boise Art Museum, the Julia Davis Rose Garden, the Gene Harris Bandshell, the Idaho State Historical Museum, Discovery Center of Idaho, and the Idaho Black History Museum.
In 1892 Christopher W. Moore built the first large house on Warm Springs Avenue. Moore owned the Boise Artesian Hot and Cold Water Company, and his house was the first residence in the United States to be heated by geothermal means. Other prominent Boise residents built homes on the avenue, and many depended on Moore's water company for heat. [3]
Hester M. Spackman served as Boise City Superintendent of Schools. She was described by the Idaho Statesman in 1900 as "intensely practical." [16] John T. Morrison House (1905), 211 W State St, is a 2-story Swiss chalet design by J. Flood Walker, constructed for John T. Morrison. Morrison served as Idaho's sixth governor (1903–05).
J. R. Simplot, once among the 100 richest Americans, bought 2,200 acres (3.4 sq mi; 8.9 km 2) of undeveloped land in the Boise foothills in 1947 for five dollars an acre. [3] Thirty-two years later in 1979, he built a Mediterranean-style villa on the land, located at 4000 Simplot Lane, on the top of a prominent hill in what had become the ...
In The Lemon Tree, Tolan tells the stories of Dalia Eshkenazi Landau, an Israeli, and Bashir Khairi, a Palestinian.Both individuals lived in the same house in al-Ramla, with the Khairi family fleeing their home during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and the Eshkenazi family moving into their vacated house.
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