Lower Boise
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brwhiz
N 43° 43.477 W 116° 47.957
11T E 516166 N 4841306
This Idaho Historical Marker is located in the small park alongside the Notus Community Museum on Elgin Avenue (US Highway 20/26).
Waymark Code: WMJMK7
Location: Idaho, United States
Date Posted: 12/04/2013
Views: 9
Lower Boise
Confederate refugees from Missouri started farming in this area in 1863 and 1864, when gold and silver mining camps created a great demand for flour and cattle.
Driven out from their Missouri River homes below Kansas City by extremely bitter Civil War border warfare, they got a new start by digging riverside canals and planting crops. They helped make Idaho an overwhelming southern Democratic territory from 1864 to 1880. Settlements from Caldwell to Notus were known as Dixie, and those farther west were Lower Boise.
Marker Name: Lower Boise
Marker Type: Roadside
Marker Text:
See Long Description
County: Canyon
City: Notus
Group Responsible for Placement: Idaho Transportation Department
Marker Number: 361
Date Dedicated: Not listed
Web link(s) for additional information: Not listed
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