Boise...A History of Our Capital City BOISE, ID (idaho) - From early natives to the gold rush. From Fort Boise to the first streetcars and telephones. The first airport sat on what is now Boise State University. It's all part of a new exhibit, housed in the 1860s home of Boise Mayor Thomas Logan in Julia Davis Park. Boise State Radio's George Prentice gets a sneak preview from Fred Fritchman, exhibit graphics designer for the Idaho State Historical Society. © Copyright 2009, idaho