We're #1 with National Geographic, Forbes, Bike Magazine, and Outside Magazine.

 

1.     The Boise State University mascot is Buster the Bronco, who also has his own children's book.


 

 

2.     National Geographic crowned Boise the number one "Adventure City" in the whole United States.


 

 

3.     While other cities usually drop a giant glass ball to ring in the new year on New Year's Eve, Boise drops a giant potato. 


 

 

4.     Forbes put Boise on their Top 10 List for cities where salaries are actually increasing.


 

 

5.     The name Boise comes from French fur trappers who set their traps in the woods by the Boise River which they called "La Riviere Boisee" and they'd call the trees "Les Bois."


 

 

6.     Boise has been named the top mountain biking city in the U.S. by Bike Magazine.


 

 

7.     Joe Albertsons, the founder of the Albertson's chain of grocery stores lived in Boise with his wife until he passed away at the age of 86 in 1993.


 

 

8.     Outside Magazine named Boise the #1 overall town in the western United States.


 

 

9.     An old Boise law that is not enforced anymore is that it is illegal to ride a Merry-Go-Round on Sundays.


 

 

10.     Boise has the second largest Basque population in the country with over 15,000 residents.

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