About Us
In 1834 Thomas McKay, an associate of the Hudson Bay Company, built a fort on the east bank of the Snake River. The fort, now known as Old Fort Boise, was located at the mouth of the Boise River, 40 miles from present day Boise. In 1854, due to frequent Indian raids, the fort was abandoned. Despite this, the military desired to build another fort in the area, but, before this plan could go into effect, gold was discovered in the Boise Basin in 1862. It was now necessary, more than ever, to protect the vast number of travelers coming to the area.
On July 4th, 1863, the military chose a location for the new Fort Boise and construction began soon afterward. A town site was located next to the fort, and with the protection of the military, the town grew quickly. A major reason for this growth, other than the gold rush, was its location along the Oregon Trail. Parma’s Old Fort Boise on the Eastern edge of town has a replica of Fort Boise, a museum and an authentic pioneer cabin. An RV park, picnic area and campground are available at the west end of the park.
2024 Old Fort Boise Days Grand Marshals
Allan & Reggie Stevenson
Allan and Reggie Stevenson met playing sand volleyball while attending Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska. They married in May of 1995, just weeks after Allan graduated from Dental School, and remained in Omaha until Reggie’s graduation from Pharmacy school the following year. In July of 1996 they made the trek across the country (with their two-month-old daughter, Lucy) to make Parma, Idaho their home. Moving to Parma was one of the best decisions they’d ever made.
Allan was born and raised in Walla Walla, Washington, where he was the third out of seven kids in the Stevenson crew. Following a church mission in Guatemala he attended Brigham Young University, where he studied chemistry and Spanish, and completed his education at Creighton with his DDS. In 1996 He purchased Tom Thebo’s dental office in Parma, which eventually became Trailridge Family Dental when the new office was built in 2009. Allan is an avid runner and can often be seen running through the neighborhood and on ditch banks with the PHS cross country team or the “Parma Peeps” runners. He’s hoping you’ll join him for the Old Fort Boise Day Fun Run on Saturday morning!
Reggie is from Northern Nevada and is the youngest of three (or seven if you count all of her step-siblings). She graduated from Colorado State University with her degree in biology, and obtained her PharmD from Creighton. She worked as a part-time pharmacist at SuperThrift in Parma, then moved to Wal-Mart where she worked as a “floater” for 17 years. Reggie spent many years volunteering on the library board, in the elementary and middle school as “picture mom” helping with school photos, and as a sports, choir, and BPA mom. Reggie loves her family, football (GO COWBOYS), and her pug, Hooper - be sure to look for him in the Old Fort Boise Day Parade!
Allan and Reggie have four daughters (Lucy, Lydia, Eliza, and Ellie), all of whom are proud to say that they graduated from the Parma School District. They’ve added two sons-in-laws (Jacob and JT) and the cutest grandson ever (Jay), with another one due in August. Parma was, without a doubt, the perfect place to raise their family. They couldn’t be more grateful to live among such wonderful people in such a wonderful community.
2024 Old Fort Boise Days Announced!
UNDER THE SEA
Join in on all the fun this year with this fun theme!
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We need more participation from the community in ALL the contests we have planned for Old Fort Boise Days. Our committee has worked hard to plan a fun week for the community. We hope you will come out to join us and get involved so we can continue to provide these fun community events!!
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