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By 1965, over 111,000 acres (450 km 2) were being irrigated for a value of more than $23 million. The main purpose of the Owyhee Project was irrigation. While the dam was under construction, over 98.5 miles (159 km) of irrigation canals were being dug to the north and south. The Owyhee project received official Congressional sanction in 1924 on December 5 and the Owyhee Dam was completed on September 16, 1932. It essentially began 119 years ago in 1903, when surveyors began investigating a site on the Owyhee River for the construction of a dam, to impound water for irrigation. The Owyhee Project was one of the most influential developments of the area. In 1907, he donated much of this land as Julia Davis Park in honor of his wife. He later purchased more land for orchards and horses. Tom Davis became very successful at growing fruit, as he made over $10,000 on one year's apple crop. They moved to Idaho in 1862 for mining and homesteaded right below the Boise Bench on the Boise River. Farming Įastbound from Vale on US-20/26 into Ontario, Oregon.Īs Boise began to grow, so did the riches of large planters such as Thomas and Frank Davis. Over 50,000 Basques came to the Treasure Valley, making it the largest community of Basques outside of Europe. Many Basques, primarily from northern Spain, came to the area looking for gold but, meeting discrimination, it seemed to many that a better occupation was shepherding, familiar from their homeland. In 1883, the Oregon Short Line Railroad reached the Treasure Valley, creating a thriving community, with Nampa as the center of the area's rail activity. Army in 1863 in present-day Boise, from which the city grew. A new Fort Boise was constructed by the U.S. The valley was settled for the most part by ranchers and farmers, initially to supply the gold and silver mining communities in the higher elevations nearby: Idaho City in the Boise Basin and Silver City in the Owyhees. The Oregon Trail runs through the Treasure Valley. It later was moved because of flooding troubles and was abandoned in 1854. In 1834, Thomas McKay built the original Fort Boise, in the area near present-day Parma, which was run for a time by Francois Payette. The tribes that roamed the area, specifically, were the Northern Paiute and Shoshone. The Treasure Valley from the east side of Bogus Basin