Monday quickie

Re: Monday quickie

Probably too soon to answer, but maybe something about a Red Stick?

Fred

With clear sky and disappearing snow in Eastern Missouri

Not what I was thinking of, but it sure fits.

Gold star. Now forty nine other alternatives.

Re: My Monday quickie answer

No other takers.

Boise, Idaho

Bois�French, Wood, Timber, Tree

Some credit a story told of Captain Bonneville of the US Army as the source of the name. After trekking for weeks through dry and rough terrain, his exploration party reached an overlook with a view of the Boise River Valley. The place where they stood is called Bonneville Point east of the city. According to the story, a French-speaking guide, yelled "Les Bois! Les Bois!" giving the area the name.

But the name "Boise" may actually derive from earlier mountain man usage, which contributed their naming of the river that flows through it. In the 1820s, French Canadian fur trappers set trap lines in the vicinity where Boise now lies. In a high desert area, the tree-lined valley of the Boise River became a prominent landmark. They called this "La Riviere Boise", which means "the wooded river."

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