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   ocr: WA Boise, Idaho Boise, Idaho's largest city, has been the capital of the state since 1864. The city was named for the ID SD tree-lined river that flows through it. French-Canadian fur trappers called it the AETEYE Bukiere, or Wooded River. a Gold brought CA UT CO miners flocking to the area in AZ 1862, and the town was laid out a year later at the crossroads of the Oregon Trail and ani important TX mining route. Boise and the surrounding area have muchto offer tourists in the way of hunting, camping, boating, fishing and skiing. de