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Boise Tour Train brings new insight to 75th anniversary
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As part of Boise State University’s 75th anniversary celebration, the historic Boise Tour Train provided campus and community members free tours of the BSU campus on Founder’s Day, Thursday, Sept. 6.
Three tours ran throughout the afternoon, starting at the Friendship Bridge on Cesar Chavez Lane.
Participants were invited to learn more about the school’s
history, its strong community ties and the facts and myths associated with its many facilities.
Tours included the history of campus buildings and trivia about the ghost in the Communication Building, the famous aviator who landed at what is now Bronco Stadium, the full name of the Administration Building and which building is constructed in the shape of the state of Idaho.
Tours were sponsored by the Boise Tour Train and were organized by University Communications and Marketing.
According to University Communications and Marketing Assistant Director Kathleen Craven, the point of the tours was “to make the 75th a little more relevant for everybody.”
Craven said all the tours were well attended, and the trains were full without being crowded.
“People were really pleased for the most part, and we heard lots of ‘I didn’t know that’ comments,” Craven said. “It was a great way for them to learn about Boise State’s history, as well as some of those lesser-known facts that just let you take ownership of the campus.”
DARCIE NUTT
Asst. News Editor
