Boise WaterShed Weekend Program: Our Home, Our History

The history of our watershed is rich with stories of early settlers. Travel back in time with the Idaho Humanities Council for a historic look at our watershed, complete with historic drawings, and a costumed character who shares entertaining tales! At 10:30, Janet Worthington will perform a fun-for-all-ages dramatization of life in the late 1800s in Treasure Valley as noted author and illustrator Mary Hallock Foote, wife of mining engineer Arthur Foote, who developed plans for the Boise River irrigation project, which later became the US Bureau of Reclamation's Boise Project. The presentation will be followed by live Idaho folk songs performed by John Thompsen. In the exhibit hall, kids can pan for gold and practice their hand at siphoning water with the Boise Project.