Boise Idaho is the 77th most populous metropolitan statistical area in the United States.
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28 Facts About Boise Idaho
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Downtown Boise Idaho is the cultural center and home to many small businesses and a number of high-rise buildings.
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Snake Country, including Boise Idaho Valley remained independent and relatively free of settler passage and incursion.
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Nevertheless, in April 1869, the United States Military embarked on a campaign of "Removal, rounding up of natives in the region including in and around Boise Idaho, and expelling them with cavalry escort to Fort Hall Indian Reservation.
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Neighborhoods of Boise Idaho include the Bench, the North End, West Boise Idaho and Downtown.
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Downtown Boise Idaho is Boise Idaho's cultural center and home to many small businesses as well as a growing number of high-rises.
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Boise Idaho's economy was threatened in the late 1990s by commercial development at locations away from the downtown center, such as Boise Idaho Towne Square Mall and at shopping centers near new housing developments.
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The unique blue playing field at the 37, 000-seat Albertsons Stadium on the BSU campus, home to the Boise Idaho State Broncos football team, is a major city landmark.
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Southwest Boise Idaho contains sparsely populated neighborhoods built from the 1960s to the early 1980s.
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Northwest Boise Idaho has some pockets of older homes with a similar aesthetic to the North End.
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The rest of Southeast Boise Idaho was developed over the decades, largely by a variety of suburban-style homes.
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West Boise Idaho is home to Boise Idaho Towne Square Mall, the largest in the state, as well as many restaurants, strip malls, and residential developments ranging from new subdivisions to apartment complexes.
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Boise Idaho has a semi-arid continental climate, with four distinct seasons.
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Varney Air Lines, founded by Walter Varney in 1926, was formed in Boise Idaho, though headquartered at Pasco, Washington due to its more attractive prospects and increased economic support in Washington.
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Boise Idaho is a regional hub for jazz, theater, and indie music.
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Since 1978 Boise Idaho had a public arts commission like many cities to promote public art and education.
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Boise Idaho Centre on the Grove is an 85, 000-square-foot convention center that hosts a variety of events, including international, national, and regional conventions, conferences, banquets, and consumer shows.
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The Catholic Diocese of Boise Idaho includes the entire state and is seated at St John's Cathedral, completed in 1921.
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Boise Idaho offers numerous recreational opportunities, including extensive hiking and biking in the foothills to the immediate north of downtown.
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The Boise Idaho River is a common destination for fishing, swimming and rafting.
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In Julia Davis Park is Zoo Boise Idaho, which has over 200 animals representing over 80 species from around the world.
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Professional sports teams in Boise include the Boise Hawks of the independent baseball Pioneer League, the Idaho Steelheads of the ECHL.
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Boise Idaho is home to an all-female, DIY, flat track roller derby league, the Treasure Valley Rollergirls, which beginning on Labor Day Weekend 2010 hosted an international, two-day, double elimination tournament, the first Spudtown Knockdown, featuring eight teams from throughout the American West and Canada.
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Post-secondary educational options in Boise Idaho include Boise Idaho State University and a wide range of technical schools.
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Boise Idaho is home to Boise Idaho Bible College, an undergraduate degree-granting college that exists to train leaders for churches as well as missionaries for the world.
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Greater Boise area is served by two daily newspapers, The Idaho Statesman and the Idaho Press-Tribune; a free alternative newsweekly, Boise Weekly; a weekly business news publication, Idaho Business Review, and a quarterly lifestyle magazine, Boise Magazine.
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Major Interstate serving Boise Idaho is I-84, which connects Boise Idaho with Portland, Oregon, and Salt Lake City, Utah.
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