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Gold Rush Fuels Murray Building Boom [otd 03/05]
The Lewiston Teller for March 5, 1885 published a glowing report from a correspondent in the new town of Murray, Idaho. The observer first noted that people in the entire mining district exuded...
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Canal Company Executive, County Commissioner, and Farmer Arthur Goody [otd...
Commissioner Goody. J. H. Hawley photo. Prominent farmer and Jefferson County Commissioner Arthur James Goody was born March 6, 1871 in Cache County, Utah, 10-15 miles northwest of Logan. His father,...
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Legislature Authorizes Albion State Normal School [otd 03/07]
On March 7, 1893 the Idaho legislature passed a law to create Albion State Normal School, as they had authorized the Lewiston State Normal School earlier in the year [blog, Jan 6]. The Act required...
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Indian Leader, Teacher, and Idaho Senator Joseph Garry [otd 03/08]
Joseph Garry in traditional Indian regalia. Beal and Wells photo. Prominent American Indian leader Joseph Richard Garry was born March 8, 1910 near Plummer, Idaho. (Plummer is about 25 miles south of...
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Rigby and Fremont County Physician Ray Fisher [otd 03/09]
Prominent Fremont County physician Ray Homer Fisher, M. D., was born March 9, 1883 in Oxford, Idaho. At the time, Oxford was an important commercial and shipping center. One of Ray’s older brothers was...
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Colonel Judson Spofford: Civil War Veteran, and Idaho Developer [otd 03/10]
Civil War veteran and Idaho developer Judson Spofford was born March 10, 1846 in Derby, Vermont, two or three miles from the Canadian border. The family had a proud military heritage. A...
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Act Signed to Create Academy of Idaho, Today’s Idaho State University [otd...
On March 11, 1901, Governor Frank W. Hunt signed an Act to establish an educational institution in Pocatello. Incorporated in 1889, the town had grown explosively and topped 4,000 citizens in the 1900...
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State Authorizes Precursor to Idaho State Historical Society [otd 03/12]
On March 12, 1907, Idaho's government authorized the "Historical Society of Idaho Pioneers" to become a state-supported entity called the "Historical Society of the State of Idaho." The enabling act...
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Idaho State Highway Commission Created to Improve Transportation System [otd...
On March 13, 1913, the Idaho legislature established the State Highway Commission. They thus joined a nationwide trend to raise highway planning and construction to the state level. Prior to that,...
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Militia Organized Again, Then Becomes the Idaho National Guard [otd 03/14]
In an interesting coincidence, two different March 14 dates are significant for the Idaho National Guard. On March 14, 1889, Edward A. Stevenson, governor of Idaho Territory, sent a letter to the...
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Boise Developer and Saloon Owner Madison Smith [otd 03/15]
Madison Smith. H. T. French photo Boise pioneer Madison C. Smith was born March 15, 1839 in Richmond, Missouri, about 35 miles northeast of Kansas City. The family moved West in 1851, crossing Idaho in...
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Workmans' Compensation Law Initiated in Idaho [otd 03/16]
On March 16, 1917, Governor Moses Alexander signed Idaho's first Workers' Compensation law. The state thus joined a trend that began in this country around 1910-1911, and even earlier in Europe....
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Steamboat Pioneer and Coeur d’Alene Booster Joseph C. White. [OTD 03/16]
Coeur d’Alene developer Joseph Clarence White was born March 16, 1865 in a tiny settlement about 35 miles south of Omaha, Nebraska. The family moved to Colorado when Joseph was about eleven years old....
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Medical Researcher and Teacher Thomas C. Galloway, M.D. [otd 03/17]
Dr. Galloway. University of Idaho Archives. Eminent physician Thomas C. Galloway was born March 17, 1886 in Boise. As a researcher at the Northwestern University Medical School, Galloway made...
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Bonneville County Rancher, Developer, and Public Servant Hank Kiefer [otd 03/18]
Henry W. “Hank” Kiefer was born March 18, 1851 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania … one of twelve children born to the family between 1844 and about 1863. As a boy, he served an apprenticeship as a machinist,...
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Arthur Cronquist: Famed Botanist with Idaho Connections [otd 03/19]
Dr. Cronquist. New York Botanical Garden. World-renowned botanist Dr. Arthur Cronquist was born March 19, 1919 in San Jose, California. An expert on the broad Compositae or Asteraceae family...
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Rocky Mountain Fur Company Advertises for "Enterprising Young Men" [otd 03/20]
William H. Ashley.Legends of America.Missouri Republican, St. Louis, March 20, 1822: "To enterprising young men. The subscriber wishes to engage one hundred young men to ascend the Missouri river to...
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New Idaho Territorial Penitentiary Opens Near Boise [otd 03/21]
On March 21, 1872, the Idaho Tri-Weekly Statesman reported, “We understand that the Territorial prisoners are to be brought down to-day and placed in the penitentiary, under the charge of the U. S....
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Brewery and Food Products Manager William Stoehr [otd 03/22]
Brewery manager William Stoehr was born March 22, 1880 in Bethalto, Illinois, 25-30 miles north of St. Louis, Missouri. As a youth, William worked as a cooper, his father's trade. However, his real...
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Indian Unrest Forces Mormon Colonists to Abandon Fort Lemhi [otd 03/23]
On March 23, 1858, a force of nearly 150 Utah militiamen arrived at Fort Lemhi, Idaho to escort the Mormon settlers there to safety: Indian hostility had rendered the settlement untenable. Brigham...
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