Editing Boise, Idaho (section)

=== 20th and 21st centuries ===
[[File:Idaho - Boise through Boise River - NARA - 23939399 (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|View of Boise, 1932]]
In 1925, with the construction of [[Chicago]]-[[Portland, Oregon|Portland]] railway line, [[Boise Union Pacific Depot]] was established in the city. This train station served passengers until 1997.

A "homosexual panic" erupted in the city in 1955 during the [[lavender scare]]. Police interrogated hundreds of Boise citizens, arresting sixteen men whom police believed were part of a "homosexual ring." Arrests included prominent citizens, including a bank vice president. Their trials, which received sensational coverage in the local press, resulted in lengthy prison sentences; one man was sentenced to life in prison.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Lavender Scare |first=David K. |last=Johnson |date=March 22, 2023 |isbn=978-0226825724 |publisher=The University of Chicago Press |oclc=52197376 |page=98}}</ref>

In 2019, the city council approved the renaming of a park and natural preserve to names in the [[Shoshoni language]] to recognize their significance to local indigenous peoples.<ref>{{cite news |last=Wright |first=Samantha |date=May 9, 2019 |title=It's Official: New Names For Boise Park and Reserve |url=https://www.boisestatepublicradio.org/arts-culture/2019-05-09/its-official-new-names-for-boise-park-and-reserve |publisher=[[Boise State Public Radio]] |accessdate=September 4, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=May 13, 2019 |title=Boise parks renamed to honor indigenous past |url=https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2019/may/13/boise-parks-renamed-to-honor-indigenous-past/ |work=The Spokesman-Review |accessdate=September 4, 2023}}</ref>