Idaho semi-weekly world. (Idaho City, Boise County, Idaho Territory) 1867-1868, 1867-09-28

IT'S LOCATION AND SCENERY.

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mand the central trade of all of Southern
Idaho, and in whatever direction this division
of the Territory shall extend and flourish,
whether by the discovery OF new quartz and
placer mines, or by the building up of new
camps and towns, this central commercial and
agricultural mart is destined to derive advan-
tage from their development and growth. The
site Of. the city is well chosen, not only with
respect to the superior advantages in trade
and business point of view, but also with ref
erence to the healthfnlness of the place, and
the unusual beauty Of the location and its near
and remote surroundings. Just far enough
away from the bank of Boise river, on the one
side, to secure its inhabitants fair immunity
from the feyers and ailings incident to the bot
tom lands and banks of far interior fresh wa
ter streams, and sufficiently distant from the
range of hills, on the other side, to avoid the
gloom of their heavy shade, and to escape the
more frequent and violent bursts of storm, of
wind and dpluging rain showers, which prevail
amid those hills with gently opening vista of
beautiful valley lands aboye,i and the expand
ing, grand, rich, magnificent, broad valley be-
low, Boise City sits, like firmly enthroned
Queen, amidst rare beauties of serene and
bOunteOus and majestic nature, surrounded and
sustained by her eternal and never-failing hand
maidens-agriculture and traffic; with the rich
mines of Boise Basin, of Owyhee, and of AL
turas, distant, but in constant and contributing
communication, to increase her stores of
wealth, attract thither the industrious and en-
terprising from every portion of the land, to
build up her domain, and to give and secure to
her foremost rank among the wonderful cities
which have sprung up in this grand and ex-
ceedingly rich valley and mountain, farming
and mining country. a aeon
From Boise city can be seen, southwark fifty
miles, the high OwYhee range, of which the
famous War Eagle is the loftiest, and it is, too,
perhaps the richest mountain in gold and silver
ores on the face of the globe. Abruptly ter
minating eastward, and slopirg gradually into
the Valleys plane to the westward, this noted
range forms one of the chief features to the
natural scenery viewed from Boise City. TO
the northwest the view is almost uninterrupted,
and the line of the horizon is quite as sunbreken
as that seen upon the ocean.
IMPROVEMENTS AND GROWTH.
With surprising natural advantages, it is
not improbable that Boise City will become the
chief city of Southern Idaho, and in fair time
count its population by the tens of thousands.
It is already wonderfully wellbuilt up and
substantial-lOok place for one whose fOunda-
tion was so recently laid The first brick build
ing put up in the city was built in 1864, for II.
c. Riggs, an estimable pioneer citizen and pres
ent member of the Territorial Council. 1t
was built partly of sun-dried bricks, but it
still stands, strong and good as the day it was
| finished, on the corner of Main and Seventh
streets Next, DuRell & Co. built their brick
store, on the corner of Main and Eighth streets,
diagonally across from the Overland House,
which is yet one of the best and strongest
buildings in the city. Subsequently the fine
brick for Wells. Fargo & Co.'s Office, and one
or two others for store purposes were put up,
prior to the present year. But during this
year the building of brick has been more ex-
tensiyely carried on, and now Boise City has
several of as fine brick stores as any city Of
the interior, and others are being built The
handsome row of brick stores on Main street,
on the same side, but on the block above the
Overland Hotel, will favorably compare with
any in the cities of this coast outside of San
Francisco In this new row of bricks, the
heavy and widely known firm Of Bloch Miller
& Co., of Dalles City, have opened o large
branch store, and stocked it with very COM
prehensiye and superior assortment of dry
goods and general merchandise At the upper
end of the same block brick and stone store
building is going up, and on the block above
preparations are being made for stores and
storage houses of the same materials
On the upper end of the block upon which
DuRell & Coz store stands, is the large, sub
stantial, fire-proof brick store of G.. Jacobs &
Co.. one of the wealthiest and soundest mer-
camille firms in Idahes The senior of the firm,
Mr.. c.. jacobs. is a thorough merchant, and
possesses that happy combination Of great fore
sight and matare Judgment which coneeiTes
and successfully aecOmplishes isnpOrtars enter
prises that, at the same time they enrich the-
operator, rebound materially to the adxantage-