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Opening Day for Boise Junior College, Precursor to Boise State University...
On September 6, 1932, Boise Junior College greeted its first students, 41 men and 37 women. BJC can actually trace its roots back to 1892, when the Episcopal church started St. Margaret's School. For...
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Lewiston State Normal School President George Knepper [otd 9/7]
President Knepper. J. H. Hawley photo.Lewiston State Normal School President George E. Knepper was born September 7, 1849 in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, 40-60 miles southeast of Pittsburgh. Later...
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Daredevil Cyclist Evel Knievel Attempts Snake River Canyon Jump [otd 9/8]
On Sunday, September 8, 1974, motorcycle stunt rider Robert Craig (Evel) Knievel launched his jet-powered “Skycycle” across the Snake River canyon at a spot near Twin Falls, Idaho. Idaho was Evel’s...
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Indians Attack Utter Wagon Train, Survivors Resort to Cannibalism [otd 9/9]
On September 9, 1860, a wagon train rumbled along the Oregon Trail, leaving its campsite on the western side of Castle Creek (about 30 miles west of today’s Mountain Home, Idaho). Most of the emigrants...
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Fur Trader David Thompson Builds Kullyspell House [otd 9/10]
David Thompson, artist’s rendering.New World Encyclopedia.On September 10, 1809, fur trader and geographer David Thompson selected a spot on Idaho’s Lake Pend Oreille to build a trading post for the...
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Caldwell Banker, Newspaperman, and Developer Albert Steunenberg [otd 9/11]
A. K. Steunenberg.J. H. Hawley photo.Newspaperman and banker Albert Keppel Steunenberg was born September 11, 1863 in Knoxville, Iowa, about twenty-five miles southeast of Des Moines. After high...
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Idaho Medical Association Hold Its First Organizational Meeting [otd 9/12]
On Tuesday, September 12, 1893, a number of Idaho physicians arrived in Boise City from all over the state. They had assembled to organize a state professional medical association. One historian has...
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Boise Residents Officially Celebrate the Arrival of Train Service [otd 9/13]
On September 13, 1887, crowds gathered at the rough plank structure that served as the Idaho Central Railway depot. They came to celebrate the recently-completed branch line that connected Boise City...
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Ketchum Freighter, Rancher, and Businessman Horace Lewis [otd 9/14]
H. C. Lewis. J. H. Hawley photo.Freighter, mine owner, and businessman Horace Caleb Lewis was born September 14, 1858 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. After graduating from the University of Minnesota he...
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Senator and Partners Found D. L. Evans Bank in Albion, Cassia County [otd 9/15]
On Thursday September 15, 1904, State Senator David Lloyd Evans convened a group of leading businessmen in Albion, Idaho. Cassia County needed a bank, and they proposed to start one in what was then...
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Frank R. Gooding: Idaho Governor, U. S. Senator and Expert Sheep Rancher [otd...
Idaho Senator and Governor Frank R. Gooding was born September 16, 1859 in England. He was 8 years old when his parents emigrated to the U. S. and settled in Michigan. In 1877 Frank moved to California...
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Walgamott Slays Liquored-Up Gunman at Rock Creek Store [otd 9/17]
On September 17, 1877, traveling bank examiner Nathaniel Langford recorded an incident that highlighted the rather casual violence of those frontier days. Oddly enough, the surviving participant in the...
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William J. McConnell: Vigilante, U.S. Marshal, Merchant, and Governor [otd...
W. J. McConnell. McConnell,Early History of Idaho.On September 18, 1839, William J. McConnell, third governor of the state of Idaho, was born in Commerce, Michigan, about twenty-five miles northwest of...
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Gold Prospector Julius Merrill Reaches Boise City by Wagon Train [otd 9/19]
Julius Merrill. Merrill family archives.On September 19, 1864, gold-seeker Julius Merrill wrote in his journal, “We hitched up and turned our faces toward Boise City.” They camped about four miles...
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Businessman, Public Servant, and Local Sports Legend Wes Deist [otd 9/20]
Wes Deist, 1960. Family photo.Sportsman and business leader Wesley W. “Wes” Deist was born September 20, 1923, in Bonners Ferry, Idaho. A committed Roman Catholic, after high school Deist entered...
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"Judge" William Clagett: Mining Investor, Lawyer, and "Silver Tongued" Orator...
Judge William Horace Clagett was born September 21, 1838 in Prince Georges County, Maryland, which wraps around the east side of Washington, D. C. In 1850, the family moved to Iowa. After high school,...
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Opening Day for the Academy of Idaho (Now Idaho State University) Classes...
On Monday September 22, 1902, the Academy of Idaho – precursor to today’s Idaho State University – celebrated its first opening exercise. Ironically, the people of Pocatello wanted the Academy so...
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Lewis & Clark Return to St. Louis, First Train Arrives in Moscow [otd 9/23]
On September 23, 1806, Sergeant John Ordway wrote in his journal, “About 12 oClock we arived in site of St. Louis. Fired three rounds as we approached the Town and landed oppocit the center of the...
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Cattleman Con Shea Drives Texas Longhorns to Owyhee Ranches [otd 9/24]
On September 24, 1870, the Owyhee Avalanche (Silver City, Idaho) published the following item: “From Texas – Con Shea, one of Owyhee's most adventurous and enterprising citizens, just got back from...
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Attorney General Roy Black, "Lady Bluebeard" Prosecutor [otd 9/25]
Attorney Roy Black.J. H. Hawley photoIdaho Attorney General Roy L. Black was born September 25, 1878 in Lagrange County, Indiana, about forty miles east of South Bend. He became a teacher at an early...
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