Boisé City, capital of the state of Idaho, U.S., stands in a fertile valley, near the Boisé River, 520 miles N.E. of San Francisco. The public buildings include a United States assay office, gold being the principal article of export. A branch railway, 20 miles long, now connects the city with the Oregon Short Line Railroad. Pop. (1890) 2311.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 2: Beaugency to Cataract, p. 273
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