United States · 19th century
Fort Boise ranks #4,284 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #82 of the 110 mapped in United States. Founded 1834, it is older than 9% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 705 atlas entries founded in the 19th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,379 times in the last 60 days, more than 59% of the atlas. See how United States compares in the castle statistics.
Fort Boise is either of two different locations in the Western United States, both in southwestern Idaho. The first was a Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) trading post near the Snake River on what is now the Oregon border (in present-day Canyon County, Idaho), dating from the era when Idaho was included in the British fur company's Columbia District. After several rebuilds, the fort was ultimately abandoned in 1854, after it had become part of United States territory following settlement in 1846 of the northern boundary dispute.
The second was established by the US government in 1863 as a military post located fifty miles (80 km) to the east up the Boise River. It developed as Boise, which became the capital city of Idaho.
Text adapted from “Fort Boise” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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