Idaho City, Idaho – Queen of the Boise Basin – Legends of ...
Idaho City, Idaho was once bustling with miners living in the largest town between St. Louis and San Francisco. Following rumors of large goldfields to be found in southern Idaho, George Grimes and Moses Splawn were leading a small group of prospectors when they discovered gold in the Boise Basin on August 2, 1862.. It all started with a story told to Splawn a year earlier …