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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. He enlisted in the 10th Vermont Regiment in July 1862. The...
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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, Idaho Governor Edward A. Stevenson sent a letter to the...
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Boise Developer and Saloon Owner Madison Smith [03/15]
Madison Smith. H. T. French photoBoise 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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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 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 (sunflowers...
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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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Battleship Idaho Commissioned, Becoming the Navy’s Fourth USS Idaho [otd 03/24]
On March 24, 1919, battleship BB-42 – the USS Idaho– was commissioned into the Navy under the command of Captain Carl T. Vogelgesang.BB-42 was actually the fourth Idaho to sail for the U.S. Navy:...
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Gutzon Borglum: Sculptor of Gigantic Figures, Including Mount Rushmore [otd...
Gutzon Borglum, ca. 1925.Library of Congress.Gutzon Borglum, who created the Mount Rushmore monument, was born March 25, 1867 in St. Charles, Idaho, near Bear Lake. "The best archival research"...
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Freighter, Stagecoach Driver, and Eagle Developer John Carpenter [otd 03/26]
John R. Carpenter.J. H. Hawley photo.Pioneer John R. Carpenter was born March 26, 1846 near Albany, New York. In 1859, John helped his father drive a covered wagon to California while his mother...
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Stage Line Operator and Coach Driver Charles Haynes [otd 03/27]
Long-time stagecoach driver Charles C. Haynes was born March 27, 1837 in Liverpool, Ohio, about thirty miles south of Youngstown. Before his twenty-first birthday, he had accumulated years of...
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Governor Issues Proclamation to End Owyhee War [otd 03/28]
Idaho Governor D. W. Ballard issued a proclamation on March 28, 1868 to halt a shooting war near Silver City. The statement said, in part, "the lawless proceedings of the parties referred to must cease...
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Prominent Attorney and Exposition Secretary George Huebner [otd 03/29]
Attorney George C. Huebner was born March 29, 1879 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. (Older records show the name as Huebener.) After graduating from high school there, George apparently worked at a store his...
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