Hidden among
... the bricks and brownstones are clues to the mysterious disappearance of people from distant places in a city once tightly compacted with immigrant groups.
What happened to the Mexican teamsters who ran freight from Main and Broadway? Who were the Bohemians who arrived with the railroad and crowded the warehouse district? What of the Chinese apothecaries and German brewmeisters? The Blacks on forgotten Lee Street? The Basques in their boarding houses? The Greeks? The Shoshone-Bannocks? The Jews? Ethnic Landmarks identifies ten buildings and cultural sites worthy of preservation. Each is an ethnic story; each a reminder that Boise, a commercial city, has long been a cultural crossroad and surprisingly diverse. 
by Adele Thomsen and Todd Shallat, Center for Idaho History and Politics, Boise State University