Boise High School - Courier Yearbook (Boise, ID)

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Q cg, , THE COURIER 1421 E 5,8015 In the near 1334, nearly a ccnturx ago, some Canadian voyagers who were accompany Ing a party of early ploneers c ame to 1 bluff whlch overlooked a valley -Ks they had been tr lVClll'lg for several days over dry land covered with sagebrush they welcomed the slght of thls beautlful shaded vallev, and they shouted, Les bo1s' Les bOlbl Voyes les bols' I I he woods' the woods' See the woods' J So thev named the rlver whlch flowed through thc valley I e BOISC and from If Ifort BOISC, vears later, recelved lts name I he route whlch these L'll'l'1Cllll1S h ad followed later became a p art of the Oregon I rul Ihe trul passed through the present South Bolse, followlng the south slde of the Bolsc RlVLT,Wl1lLl'l wound 1ts way through the valley, and then through the canyon ne ar L aldwell lhls was a long hard trall, and dlngcrous, too IIhe Indlans were a constant men ace, and p artlcs oflmmlgrants were necess at lla large Ihe wagons were sprlngless and he avnlx lo adcd, for the people were settlers, not gold seekers I 1ttle dld these people dream th at thexr tr all led through a valley wh1ch would some dax be part of a state called 'Ihe Gem of thc Nlount uns ln 18,4 the Hudson Baa Lompanx est abllshed a tradlng post 1n Bolse I allex 1nd m unt uned If for a number of years, but the construction of Fort BOISC was not begun until ulx 1563 by a company of Oregon c av alrx It was bullt ln order to extend l11lllf1I'X pro tcctlon to the mlners 1n southern Idaho for the Indlans grew more and more threatening as they came to real17e that the arrlv al of the mlners meant their ultlmate banlshment I hc fort was a large quadrangular structure whxch enclosed a large space, and was built of adobe hhlflllll these walls were some dwelllngs and a few shops ln whlch traders who were busy wlth Illllltlllg, tr applng and tradlng wlth the Indians, llved XX lflllll a few days after the loc atlon of the slte of Fort BOISC, a few men c ame down from ld aho Lxtx and lald out the town ot Bonse -X few l.DLl1lClII1gS were erected and several farms wcre pl anned I hough lf IS hard to re allfe now, there were several farms along the thorough fare th at IS now called W arm Springs -Xvenue XX hcn, IU 1863 Idaho was organized as a terrltorx, I ewtston was design ated ba thc goa ernor to be the tempor ara caplt al However, ln I864, the Second Ierrltorlal I eglsl aturc passed a Q tpltal Removal -Xc t, and Bolse QITN, then w1th a populatxon of three hundred, bcc ame the seat of government Ihe passage of thls act encouraged residents, and Boise began to grow -X number of buslness houses were soon bualt, and also hotels, resldences, shops, and saloons Ihcn, too, farmers began to take courage and xmprove thelr farms and make homes as agnculture xncre ased, so dld educ attonal facllltles Improve and busmess enterprlses sprang up Ihe hrst school was a subscrlptlon school, and was a small, one room building Ihe hrst free school was loc ated whcre the Q arnegle I lbrarv now stands, and w as SlI11ll'lI' ll1 constructlon to the other After the creatlon of the BOISG Independent School Dlstrlct, the erectlon of more schools followed, and todav BOISC has an extenslve and very adequate school system Ihe pioneer buslness men est abllshed flour mxlls, packing houses, hotels, and ln March, 1367, the Ftrst Nat1onal Bank was orgamfed Soon a flre department was establlshed thc Oregon Short Llne was extended, and further steps 1n the development of Bolse Into a real, Ilve clty were taken -Xnd so we have not only Bolse the Beautlful, but also the Boise OIIll1dllSUW and business enterprxse , ' Q - - ' In w Y 1. 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.97 ' ' PIONEER HlsTonlcALNuMBt ww X Q , E high CD ln Qlppreczatzon., 'D C33 Wolloway -Xgfun we hlve come to the end of 1 school year, t the close of 1 period of work 'md enjox ment We h we p1rt1c1p'1ted Ill U1 exlstence of whlch any school mu well be proud 'Vow we h we arrived at a time when we 1re accustomed to look back over the p1st to enjoy and to muse 18 we llve 1g'lll1 the d lys gone by Perhaps, as we nuke thls ye lrly review, we thunk of the sklpper whose skillful hmd has guided us through the storms 'md the nusts, under blue skles, or Ill starht oceans, perhaps we thank hlm, perhaps we prfuse hum X et most of us, however grateful, thlnk no thoughts of th inks 'Ind 'lppreclatlon We bltssfullv part lke of the 0ppOI'fLlI1ltlCb whxch are lfud before us, thmklng th If because thev are, they are, and so be lt -Xnd lf lf were so easy , we would be qllllffl rlght But, odd as lt may seem, things ire not so because there IS 1 reason for almost everythmg It ls, then, lll lppI'CCl'1IlOh for th'1t one who has made our opportunl tres possxble that th1s lb wrltten May we IH part, Ill so hr lb words 1re lble thank that skipper whose Sklllflll and untmng efforts hwe lgun brought us glldmg safely to the dock from the journev whlch can be spinned only by the experlence md wlsdom of many years May this be 1 token of our gr xtefulness e7YCzss 'lQtta CJ Gfffartrn. Pour ye Irs 'lssocmtlon wlth Mlss Martln has glven to the students of BOISC Hlgh School U1 lncre lb1I1g sense ofher v llue 'ls 1 leader M U12 are person lllv gr lteful to her for the llttle thoughtful servlces that make the upwflrd chmb so much e lsrer lt has been sfud of her that she knows lntultlvely the problem of e Ich student and llwaxs h lb '1 practlcal suggestion MISS Martln s office IS the scene of large gatherlngs when welghty matters such as enrollment are before the school She shows great p'1t1ence on such OCC'1Sl0I1S, 'md seems able to meet everv questlon w1th a plauslble solu YIOH, and hearts grow lighter 'ls mental tangles are strfughtened The glrls of Bolse I-hgh School have benefitted espe cmlly by Mlss Martm s mterest Ihrough her former contact wlth and knowledge of glrls, she has lIT'lITIC'15LlI'C 'lbly a1ded them Her enthusiasm for the betterment of school '1ct1v1 tles has grown ste ldlly durmg her stay Her mmd seems to abound w1th ldeas to stlmulate mterest 1n the valued trad1t1ons of the school and to brlng to the students the best of the new developments from other schools 'I he students can express but 1n ldequately ln these few words thelr elrnest apprecl mon of Mlss M xrtm s work , - - Q V , ' - ' :z-z w1-r 13?-1: - ':'vf: Y-, lv! q ' lil' 5 I i -:'-1 i, 2 A , , pil-Ll-'I X I A - , , L i 7 'QW' 7 - O O . . . L 1 2 i s U 1 . . Y I l C u K Z 4 Z ' ' ' 2 ' . . 2 c I I x ki I C Z l lt' 2 c 2 .' . w w lv I Y I l C x Cn C I C . K, S. 1 6 . K. s 1. s . 9 in . K. I s C C 1 s I 7 w w . w x K x I vs . l .uw I X I K I 1 us C I i n 1 ' . z C K C my Q A 1 Y . . . ' . c ' Q Z ' 'c Q ' they re so. 'Ihere IS a reason for these fl'llI1gb,jLIbl' as z . ' . . ' 2 C I my f ' iw C Y I C I Y , 2 2 ' 'Z 2 y 1 4 ' c f 2 I 2 w . . w l ' s s Y C I , . ' 1 2 4 ' c . I 2 . , . I C C C x k 2 2 ' ' Q 2 :SZ c . Z ' 4 ' 2 1 2 2 ' . c 1 f ' 1 ' ' . 1 . 1' Q I 1 G K I I I n C Y I w C C I n 4 I - C ls C H I H K I Y H L C sq ' C yi K ' 1 . . . . K . - I I I C ' C I I v 1 n I u S C C I I C I

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