Boise, Idaho
Although the naming of Boise, Idaho is most likely a legend, the Bonneville sojourn lead by Captain Benjamin Louis Eulalie de Bonneville (1796–1878), a French-born officer in the United States Army, fur trapper, and explorer in the American West, is often credited. In the spring of 1833, the Bonneville expedition had been trekking for weeks through rough terrain. As the tale goes, upon the sight of the Boise River Valley a French guide exclaimed "Les Bois! Les Bois!" - French for "the trees! the trees!” However, the city’s name may be derived from 1920 French Canadian fur trappers and their first impression of the tree-lined valley of the Boise River. These trappers dubbed the river "La rivière boisée,” which in French means "the wooded river.”
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january
- New Year’s Day
march
- Boise Code Camp & Tech
- Treefort Music Festival
april
- Boise Music Week (through May)
- Gene Harris Jazz Festival
june
- Alive After Five Boise Summer Concert Series (through September)
- Idaho Shakespeare Festival (through September)
- Ironman 70.3 Boise
july
- Boise Music Festival
- Idaho Rally
- Independence Day
- San Inazio Festival (through August)
- Twilight Criterium
august
- Boise BeerFest
- Boise Soul Food Extravaganza
- Run For Your Life
- Vans Warped Tour
- Western Idaho Fair 2010
september
- Albertsons Boise Open
- Art in the Park
- Hyde Park Street Fair
- Idaho International Film Festival
- St. Luke's Women's Fitness Celebration 5K Run, Walk & Stroll
- Spirit of Boise Balloon Classic
october
- Boo at the Zoo
- Oktoberfest
november
- Boise Christmas Tree Lightening Celebration
- Boise Holiday Parade
- Saint Alphonsus 2010 Festival of Trees (through December)
- Thanksgiving Day
- Winter Garden Aglow
december
- Christmas Day
- Humanitarian Bowl
