IDAHO CITY HISTORICAL FOUNDATION
EIN 82-6008868 · Historical Societies & Historic Preservation (A82)
What they do
The Idaho City Historical Foundation is Trying to Capture and Preserve The Flavor of Life In The Bustling Mining Camps That Grew Up In A Few Short Months After Gold Was Discovered On Grimes Creek In August 1862, Revealing What It Was Like to Live In Boise Basin In The Years Between 1862 and 1890 When Idaho Became A State. We Do So Through Our Three Museums, All Housed In Historic Buildings Dating From The 1800s and Have Relied Heavily Upon Descriptions and Representations of Those People and Events. It is The Mission of The Foundation to Dedicate Itself to The Preservation, Restoration, and Interpretation of The Boise Basin of Idaho As An Historical Area for Present and Future Generations. The Foundation Will Develop Goals and Objectives That Further Its Mission and Will Strive to Focus All Activities of The Foundation On Achievement of These Goals and Objectives.We Also Maintain Four Other Historic Buildings for Occasional Viewing And, With The City of Idaho City, Restore and Maintain
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About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 1954
- Location
- PO BOX 358, IDAHO CITY, ID 83631-0358
- County
- Boise
- In care of
- % JOHN P ROBERTS